ULI’s Fall Meeting in Chicago, Illinois last week featured a good deal of Building Healthy Places programming, with dynamic panels and speakers that focused on what it takes to make healthy places happen, the future of retail and office, and emerging opportunities for doing well and good. Read highlights and tweets from some of the sessions.

Making Healthy Places Happen

This Thursday morning session featured Nichols Prize winners Peter Calthorpe, founder and President of Calthorpe Associates, Bart Harvey, former Chairman of Enterprise Community Partners, and J. Ronald Terwilliger, Chairman Emeritus of Trammell Crow Residential, in a panel moderated by Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Dean and Paley Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.

The thought-provoking discussion focused on health factors and urban form at various scales: the economy, the environment, communities, and individuals. The panel jumped quickly to the need to address challenges in low income neighborhoods, including physical security and safety, as well as the critical challenge of addressing the United States’ housing deficit and providing stable, healthy, and affordable housing for all.

Read the Urban Land article
on this session here.

Social media was buzzing during this session – below are just a few tweets about this discussion.

#PeterCalthorpe: Healthy people, healthy communities, healthy environment all depend on how we build. #ULIFall13 pic.twitter.com/YFsXrXJLyg

— JayDawkins (@dawkinsjay) November 7, 2013

Peter Calthorpe: how much money are we willing to spend in America on the viability of the public realm, policy + design #ULIFall13

— RELM (@RELMstudio) November 7, 2013

http://twitter.com/sebyrjones/status/398482898413977600

Terwilliger: not only do we need affordable homes, but they need to be connected to something – urban design counts too. #ULIFall13

— RELM (@RELMstudio) November 7, 2013

https://twitter.com/ULIHousing/status/398480459044495360

Building Healthy Places: New Opportunities for Doing Well and Good

This afternoon session, which capped off Thursday’s Building Healthy Places track, featured voices from ULI’s leadership. Moderated by Melinda Masson, Chief Executive Officer at Masson Investments, and ULI’s Ed McMahon, the panel featured Richard Albrecht, Principal at Lattice Properties, Colleen Carey, President of The Cornerstone Group, Todd Mansfield, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Communities, and Anne Warhover, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Health Foundation.

The panelists discussed the history of integrating health into development, with Mansfield emphasizing that master planned communities like Celebration have always had health as a core consideration. Warhover noted that 90% an individual’s health was determined by factors other than health care, and Carey and the others discussed how they are thinking about health in the projects they’re developing today.

Read the Urban Land article
on this session here.

In 1969, 50% of children walked or bicycled to school. Today, its fewer than 15%. #ULIFall13 #healthyplaces

— Jaclyn Lensen (@JaclynLensen) November 7, 2013

@AnneWarhover: 90% of our health is determined by things unrelated to "healthcare". #ULIFall13 #healthyplaces pic.twitter.com/tQ49dwWx16

— JayDawkins (@dawkinsjay) November 7, 2013

"Why should kids get to choose between healthy and unhealthy school lunches? They're kids." – Anne Warhover #ULIFall13

— Sam Newberg (@JoeUrbanist) November 7, 2013

Todd Mansfield: community building as a component of real estate development has a real, measurable financial impact. #ULIFall13

— JayDawkins (@dawkinsjay) November 7, 2013

Other Highlights from the Fall Meeting

Read about sessions on office and residential development here.

Watch highlights from videos of the General Sessions here.

Keep the Conversation Going

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