YIMBYtown 2018
Main site: https://yimby.town/
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Schedule[edit]
- Thursday 9/20[edit]
- 6:00pm-9:00pm Welcome to YIMBYtown Party![edit]
Club Café YIMBYtown Organizers
- Friday 9/21[edit]
- 8:00am-9:00am - Registration, Check-In, & Breakfast[edit]
Gym YIMBYtown Organizers
- 9:00am-9:30am - Good Morning, YIMBYtown![edit]
Auditorium - YIMBYtown Organizers
- 9:30am-10:30am - Opening Plenary - Ed Glaeser[edit]
Auditorium
- Sessions 10:45am-12:00pm[edit]
- "Coming (back) to a State House near you: Modern zoning for modern times"[edit]
André Leroux, Brian Hanlon, Dante Ramos, Rachel Heller, Victoria Fierce
- "How to build diverse coalitions that win! Urban Revitalization, Micro Housing, Co-living"[edit]
Marcy Ostberg, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Michael Winston, Tamara Roy
- "What Do People Say 'Yes' To?[edit]
Dan Gainsboro, Justin Iantaosca, Karina Milchman, Sarah Philbrick
- Sessions 11:00am-12:00pm [edit]
- "Commercial Upzoning: The Next YIMBY Frontier" - Nolan Gray[edit]
- "An Enduring Coalition: A Municipal Path to Greater Equity + Affordability" - Mayor Miro Weinberger
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- "Building Alliances Between YIMBYs and Equity Groups"[edit]
Randy Shaw
- 12:15pm-1:30pm - Lunch[edit]
Gym Caterer Announcing Soon
- 12:30pm-1:30pm - tours[edit]
Walking Tour of Charlestown[edit]
Gym Andrew Criscione
- Boston Building Resources: Helping Homeowners Keep Up Their Homes Affordably[edit]
- Boston Building Resources Deb Beatty Mel
- 1:00pm-1:30pm - Island Housing Trust Documentary + Q&A[edit]
Auditorium Christopher Anderson, Faren Worthington, Philippe Jordi
- 1:45pm sessions[edit]
- Taking the Teeth out of Tiebout NIMBYism: Public Goods Provision and Incentive Zoning for Rapid Growth in High-Cost Markets[edit]
Alexander Armlovich
1:45pm - 2:45pm
- "Strategies to Break through the Chatter & Build Public Support for Any Housing Campaign" - Al Maiorino[edit]
1:45pm - 2:45pm
- "The Premium for Walkable Development under Land Use Regulations" - Eli Dourado, Emily Hamilton[edit]
1:45pm - 2:45pm
- "It's Always Parking: What's the Status of Parking Reform Nationally and What is Next?" - Tony Jordan[edit]
1:45pm - 2:45pm
- "Before You Say “Yes In My Backyard”: How to Develop Without Displacement"[edit]
Angie Liou, Dan Bartman, Dave Traggorth, John DePriest, Karina Milchman
1:45pm - 3:00pm
- "How can the Federal Government Encourage Housing Development?" [edit]
Ali Solis, Brendan Woodbury, Mike Kingsella, Tracy Hadden Loh
1:45pm - 3:00pm
- "Understanding Housing Development: Beta test an interactive education tool"[edit]
Elise Selinger, Marcy Ostberg
1:45pm - 3:15pm
- 3:15pm-4:15pm sessions[edit]
- "Anti-Gentrification Activists Aren’t NIMBYs: Building Nuance for YIMBY Housing Policy in Gentrifying Neighborhoods"[edit]
Joe Rivano Barros
Presentation slides: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WzChXDTMq8-xvDxLTMvkwY1rt7LlSd2Y
- "Solving Housing Politics to Win: the UK Experience" - John Myers[edit]
- "Shifting Public Opinion in a 'Retail' Fashion" - Kenneth Stahl[edit]
- "Elections: Finding and Supporting Champions of the Cause" - Laura Foote[edit]
- 4:30pm-5:30pm - Closing Plenary[edit]
Auditorium Speaker Announcing Soon!
- 6:00pm-10:00pm - Camberville-Somerbridge Pub Crawl![edit]
Central Square, Davis Square, Harvard Square A Better Cambridge, Somerville YIMBY
- Saturday 9/22[edit]
- 8:00am-9:00am - Registration, Check-In, & Breakfast[edit]
Gym YIMBYtown Organizers
- 9:00am-10:00am - Opening Keynote - Kristen Jeffers[edit]
Auditorium
- 10:30am-12:30pm Diversity Workshop[edit]
Auditorium - Angela Park
- 10:30am - 12:15pm Unconference Breakout Sessions[edit]
Classroom 1, Classroom 2, Multi-Purpose 1, Multi-Purpose 2, Multi-Purpose 3 Attendees
- 12:30pm-1:45pm - Lunch[edit]
Gym Caterer Announcing Soon
- 1:45pm-3:30pm - Unconference Breakout Sessions[edit]
Classroom 1, Classroom 2, Multi-Purpose 1, Multi-Purpose 2, Multi-Purpose 3 Attendees
- 2:00pm-4:00pm - Diversity Workshop[edit]
Auditorium Angela Park
- 4:00pm - 5:00pm - Closing Plenary[edit]
Auditorium - Speaker Announcing Soon!
- 5:30pm-7:30pm - Networking Party[edit]
Gym - YIMBYtown Organizers
- Sunday 9/23[edit]
- 9:00am-10:30am - Networking Breakfast[edit]
Auditorium Lobby - YIMBYtown Organizers
- 10:30am-12:30pm - Beyond Our Backyards - Regional Thinking to Address the Housing Crisis (Open to the Public)[edit]
Auditorium
Dana LeWinter, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Mayor Kim Driscoll, Mayor Marc McGovern, Sheila A. Dillon, Undersecretary Janelle Chan