Consensus Planning Group President to Speak on Building Community Support for Major Transportation Projects.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Team Up to Develop Solutions to County Transportation Issues at Mobility 21 Summit Consensus Planning Group President Julie Gertler will be a featured speaker discussing building community consensus for transportation projects at "Mobility 21: L.A. County Moving Together," the second annual countywide transportation summit to be held November 17 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel The Westin Bonaventure Hotel is the largest hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is 367 feet (112 meters) tall and has 35 floors. It was completed in 1977. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and observation level. in Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . The panel discussion, "NIMBYs: Building Support for Public Transportation, Highways and Infrastructure Projects," will explore the dynamics of communities that many times react negatively to transportation and infrastructure projects in their backyards. Gertler's 30-plus years of professional experience in community outreach and advocacy will provide an authoritative voice for discussion of strategies to establish consensus through public education campaigns, compromise and advocacy. As president of Consensus Planning Group, Gertler has presided over hundreds of consensus-building and public education campaigns throughout the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . The firm has developed and implements outreach programs for all types of transportation projects including highways, airports, rail and busways. "Projects must be defined outside of the customary engineering vernacular of 'preferred alternatives and strategies' and brought to the people in a way they can understand and accept," said Gertler. "Participating agencies must put aside their differences and stand firmly behind their projects to make it easier for the politicians to accept any project with impacts to communities." Consensus Planning Group has committed to helping Mobility 21 become a successful and continuing program. The firm's vice president, Josh Gertler, helped organize the event as a member of the summit's executive committee. Mobility 21 is led by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Area Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in association with the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. . More than 500 people attended the inaugural summit in 2002 and the group developed resolutions on land use, public transit, streets and highways, freight movement, aviation, transportation funding and coalition building. Key speakers at this year's summit include Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn, MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. Chief Executive Roger Snoble, Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. Chief Executive Jim Parker, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. and Los Angeles Department of Transportation General Manager Wayne Tanda. Other panel discussions include "Cutting Red Tape for Faster Project Delivery," "Planning for Freight Movement," "Creative Local Funding Opportunities to Improve Public Transit and Get Freeways Moving," "Balancing Growth Through Infill Development that Enhances Communities," "Improving Ground Access to LA County Airports" and "Building Partnerships to Develop a Countywide Transit Network transit network - A network which passes traffic between other networks in addition to carrying traffic for its own hosts. It must have paths to at least two other networks. See also backbone, stub. ." Consensus Planning Group provides strategic communications and grassroots community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. strategies to support public facilities, real estate development, transportation projects, and public awareness campaigns across the Western United States. The firm, headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, was founded in 1986 by Julie Gertler who foresaw the emerging polarization among business, government and members of the public surrounding development and public projects. Clients include national real estate firms and developers, local and state government agencies, and engineering, planning and environmental companies. |
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