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Mobile workshops are site inspections of
<br />planning activities and developments.
<br />Local experts provide the opportunity to
<br />u~ the entire region as a planning
<br />laboratory. Refer to pages 8 and 9 for the
<br />Planning Topics at a Glance.
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<br />To register, circle the appropriate
<br />workshop number(s) on the registration
<br />form on page 39 and add the cost to your
<br />conference registration total.
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<br />Attendance is limited. Many workshops
<br />sell out quickly. Early registration gives
<br />you the best chance of obtaining tickets.
<br />If you choose a workshop that is sold out,
<br />your name will automatically be added to
<br />a stand-by list.
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<br />Only registered delegates may purchase
<br />tickets, and only one ticket per workshop
<br />may be purchased. Guests and spouses are
<br />able to purchase remaining tickets onsite.
<br />No refunds or exchanges after March 29.
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<br />Sunday. April 14
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 1
<br />Rocksprings Run Canoe Trip
<br />Sunday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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<br />This canoe trip will transport you back to
<br />a time when Florida was young and wild.
<br />See the river in its pristine state and hear
<br />how Florida is educating the public on
<br />balancing environmental preservation and
<br />recreation. Lunch included. CPDP: 8
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<br />Price: $61
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 2
<br />Kennedy Space Center
<br />Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-l:30 p.m.
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<br />Kennedy Space Center has a significant
<br />impact on the local economy and
<br />environment. See the sites, and hear how
<br />the Space Center plays a key role in the
<br />economic development of the area while
<br />trying to maintain a balance with nature.
<br />CPDP: 5
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<br />Price:S28
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 3
<br />Mills Avenue and Thornton Park
<br />Sunday, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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<br />Explore the emerging gay and Asian
<br />communities in Thornton Park near
<br />downtown Orlando. Topics include
<br />redevelopment of older neighborhoods,
<br />infill mixed-use development, Asian and
<br />gay communities' relationship, and the
<br />role of the political climate in shaping a
<br />community's development. CPDP: 2.5
<br />Price: $19
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 4
<br />Orlando Naval Training
<br />Center Reuse
<br />Sunday, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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<br />The abandonment of a 1,200-acre naval
<br />base provides many opportunities for
<br />large-scale infill. Look at the issues,
<br />processes, and solutions for tile reuse or
<br />redevelopment of military bases
<br />completely surrounded by urban
<br />development. CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $20
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<br />Monday. April 1 5
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 5
<br />Disney's Walker Ranch
<br />Wilderness Preserve
<br />Monday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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<br />The Disney Wilderness Preserve was
<br />created through a partnership among the
<br />Walt Disney Company, The Nature
<br />Conservancy, and state and federal
<br />agencies. It is the firsl large-scale, offsite
<br />mitigation project in the U.S. dedicated to
<br />restoration and preservation. Lunch
<br />included. CPDP: 8
<br />Price: $52
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 6
<br />Winter Park
<br />Monday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
<br />
<br />Winter Park is a premier urban village
<br />and a model of New Urbanism. This tour
<br />highlights the elements of neotradition-
<br />alism and will include a boat tour, visit to
<br />Morse Museum of Art, and village
<br />shopping experience. Lunch included.
<br />CPDP: 8
<br />Price: $48
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 7
<br />Multi-Modal Transportation
<br />System
<br />Monday, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
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<br />Hear a presentation on Orlando's Multi-
<br />Modal Transportation System that will
<br />support Central Florida's continued
<br />growth in the next century. The mobile
<br />workshop will address aviation,
<br />expressway, highway, and transit
<br />planning; facilities design; and innovative
<br />technologies. CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $20
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 8
<br />Coalition for the Homeless
<br />Monday, 8:00 a.m.-I 2:00 noon
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<br />Tour thc Central Florida Coalition for the
<br />Homeless Center. The tour will include a
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<br />454ninute briefing and a walk through
<br />Parramore and Cenlral, areas that support
<br />the coalition's acti', ities, and a visit to the
<br />new $3 million dollar center and pavilion.
<br />CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $20
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 9
<br />Viera
<br />Monday, 8:00 a.m.-I 2:00 noon
<br />
<br />Tour Viera. a 38,000-acre new town that
<br />has been planned as a fully mixed-use
<br />town, anchored by a town center. Viers
<br />will provide approximately 40,00(} new
<br />homes and 55,000 jobs at build-out in 50
<br />years. Discuss the planning, development,
<br />and continued growth of this community.
<br />CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $20
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. l0
<br />Model Retirement Community
<br />Planning
<br />Monday, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
<br />
<br />Sun City Center is a master planned
<br />community designed for thc special needs
<br />of the elderly. The commnnity was
<br />featured in tile book Cities on the Hill by
<br />Frances Fitzgerald, which looked at
<br />special population commnnities.
<br />Highlights include special urban design
<br />features, the integration of health and
<br />human services, and coordiuation with
<br />local government. CPDP: 6
<br />Price: $40
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 11
<br />Behind the Scenes at
<br />Walt Disney World
<br />Monday, 8:30 a.m.-I 2:00 noon
<br />
<br />This behind-the-scenes adventure
<br />includes a journey beneath the Magic
<br />Kingdom to visit support systems within
<br />the "tunnel." a visit to the world-famous
<br />nursery and tree farm, a look at the state-
<br />of-the-art materials recovery facility, and
<br />a look at backstage elements of Disney
<br />parades and stage shows. CPDP: 3.5
<br />Price: $50
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 12
<br />GIS and the Statewide Plan for
<br />Greenways
<br />Monday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
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<br />The University of Florida is developing
<br />an overall GIS system for the Statcwide
<br />Plan for Greenways. Still in its first
<br />stages, this project was funded by ISTEA
<br />and was conceived by 1000 Friends of
<br />Florida. This program will integrate GIS
<br />data and is starting with a discrete test
<br />case. See a demonstration of the project
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<br />and learn how public, nonprofit and
<br />university planners worked together on
<br />this exciting pilot program. Lunch
<br />included. CPDP: 6
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<br />Price: $40
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 13
<br />Daytona Beach Waterfront
<br />Planning
<br />Monday, 10:i5 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
<br />
<br />Daytona Beach recently completed four
<br />waterfront parks: two are islands in the
<br />Halifax River~ and one is a major 450-slip
<br />harbor. These major planning efforts have
<br />influenced the eye-catching streetscape
<br />planning and cmnmercial and
<br />neighborhood redevelopment and design
<br />in the beachfront areas. Come and see
<br />why Daytona Beach is getting so much
<br />attention. Lunch included. CPDP: 5
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<br />Price: $40
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 14
<br />Canaveral National Seashore
<br />Monday, 10:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
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<br />Nationally-designated seashores have
<br />special management and planning
<br />proble~ns. Tour this seashore just north of
<br />Cape Canaveral and learn about the
<br />ecosystems of the eastern shore and the
<br />issues related to preserving the
<br />environment in a region of varied, and
<br />some highly unusual, uses. Lunch
<br />included. CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $36
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 15
<br />Orange County
<br />Convention Center
<br />Monday, I:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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<br />Take a tour of the Orange County
<br />Convention Center and South
<br />International Drive. Hear how Orange
<br />County uses the approximately ! million-
<br />square-foot facility to promote economic
<br />and tourist development for Central
<br />Florida, and discover the impact it has had
<br />on the surrounding hotel industry and
<br />meeting facilities. CPDP: 4.5
<br />Price: $22
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 16
<br />Orlando's Traditional City
<br />Monday, !:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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<br />See the "real'· Orlando on this bus and
<br />walking tour of historic residential areas
<br />and neighborhood business districts
<br />surrounding the city's downtown
<br />commercial core. CPDP: 4.5
<br />Price: $22
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<br /> Universal Studios is a vibrant~ PmmsSive ~.°mm~mity that is ~
<br /> growing in the U.S.-Panners for Livable Communities ranks
<br /> America's most livable cities. Orlando has achieved this ~.. ~
<br />becs~us~-"local leaders, while of the city's transformation
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<br />old and the new,' residential neighborhoods and ~"
<br />~traditional urban ired modem suburban design, and public/
<br /> for a sun Belt city.~ ~ -
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<br /> Winte~ Park's Park'AVenue~'Disney
<br /> Dri4e, Orlando Arena. Southern Gateway, historic '
<br /> and several 0f*~
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 17
<br />Loch Haven Park
<br />Monday, I:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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<br />Visit three key facilities near downtown
<br />Orlando and learn how they add to the
<br />city's vitality and cultnral richness. Loch
<br />Haven Park houses regional cultural
<br />facilities. Leu Gardens is a botanical
<br />refuge amidst urban growth, and Florida
<br />Hospital is a rapidly growing health care
<br />campus. CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $20
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 18
<br />Altamonte Springs
<br />Monday, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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<br />Come see how this Orlando suburb struck
<br />back at urban sprawl and, through
<br />innovative planning and implementation,
<br />created a unique "Edge City Downtown."
<br />Come see tile econotnic development Ihat
<br />helped create a place where the citizens of
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<br />Central Florida can now live. work, and
<br />play. CPDP: 4
<br />Price: $25
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<br />Mobile Workshop No. 19
<br />Celebration-Disney's "New
<br />Town"
<br />Monday, 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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<br />Celebration is a "new town" designed to
<br />combine features of small-town life with
<br />modern technology and amenities.
<br />Celebration focuses on family life and
<br />showcases new ideas in health, education,
<br />and technology. CPDP: 3.5
<br />Price: $20
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