Preparing for a New Year

Happy Holidays to you and your family.  Stay tuned for upcoming events and announcements in 2012!!!

Governor's Housing Conference 2011

I'll be speaking on the linkage between transportation and housing at the Governor's Housing Conference.

Friday November 18, 2011
Hampton Roads Convention Center
Meeting Room 102*

Creating Resilient Communities

This session will highlight best practices and current models in planning resilient communities, those that are environmentally and economically sustainable, equitable, walkable and meet the current needs of residents, workers and visitors without compromising the needs of future generations. Resilient communities are created by collaborative approaches to land-use planning, transportation planning and community development. Resilient communities are those that are planned and implemented via partnerships between all affected stakeholders. The communities are created when the physical environment is the result of cooperative decision making. Presenters will share best practices in community building via heightened awareness of the connection between housing, jobs, transportation and environmental sustainability.

Presenters:

• Veronica O. Davis, Principal Planner and Engineer, Nspiregreen
• Jon Frederick, Housing Analyst, City of Alexandria
• Matt Ladd, Senior Planner, Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning

Moderator:

• Brandi Collins, Urban Planner, City of Alexandria

*Please check conference literature for up-to-date information

Fabulous October Speaker - New Date

I'll be speaking at the October meeting of the Fabulous Women Business Owners.


Going Green: Tips for Making Your Business More Eco Friendly

Tue, October 25, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
The H Street GreenHouse 1341 H Street, NE, 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20002


To learn more about the event and register, click here.

Rail~Volution

I look forward to meeting everyone at Rail~Volution next week.  I'm on a panel on Wednesday October 19, 2011, from 10:00-11:30 am

Community Outreach Strategies for Engaging Diverse Stakeholders CM 1.5: With public investment in infrastructure growing ever scarcer, public and private agencies need to dig deeper into their communities to ensure all voices are being heard. Investments in transit, bikeways and affordable housing will not be saved by community members who are accustomed to attending public meetings. This session will feature case studies for engaging diverse stakeholders from three large American cities.

Moderator: Diane Goodwin, Manager of Project Communications, TriMet, Portland, Oregon

Marla Wilson, Sustainable Development Associate, Greenbelt Alliance, San Francisco, California 

Veronica Hahni, Executive Director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative, Los Angeles, California

Veronica O. Davis, PE, Transportation Committee Chair, Hillcrest Community Civic Association, Washington, DC

Throwback: 50 Sexiest Engineers

In 2008 I was named of the the 50 Sexy Engineers by the National Society of Black Engineers. It was a fun special edition magazine to dispel the myth that engineers are nerds who wear pocket protectors.

Fabulous October Speaker

UPDATE (10/12/11): This event has been postponed.  Stay tuned.

I'll be speaking at the October meeting of the Fabulous Women Business Owners.

Going Green: Tips for Making Your Business More Eco Friendly

Thursday, October 13, 2011 

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 

Center for Green Urbanism

(3938 Benning Road NE)

To learn more about the event and register, click here.

Join me on a Webinar

The Bike League is hosting a webinar on "Diversifying your Membership and Outreach" on September 7, 2011, at 8pm Eastern. Dan Hoagland from the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and I will be representing the DC region. Dan will discuss WABA's outreach East of the River. I'll be discussing Black Women Bike DC and local advocacy East of the River.

For more information and to learn about the other speakers, visit The Bike Leagues site.

Group Photo from August Ride