This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, UMass Lowell, NECC, the Catherine McCarthy Memorial Trust Fund, the ECCF—Rosman Family Fund, and the Lawrence Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | Welcome Susan Grabski, Executive Director, Lawrence History Center Professor Robert Forrant, Department of History, UMass Lowell/LHC Board of Directors |
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Keynote Address: "The Planners and the People: Boston's Urban Renewal Revisited" Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University |
| 10:00 am – 11:15 am | Session I (5 concurrent presentations)
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| 11:30 am – 12:45 pm | Session II (5 concurrent presentations)
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| 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Lunch |
| 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunchtime presentation: Urban Renewal in Lawrence through the “Rising” Voices of Bread Loaf |
| 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Session III (4 concurrent presentations)
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| 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm | Session IV (4 concurrent presentations)
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| 5:15 pm – 5:45 pm |
Walking Tour Led by Jim Beauchesne, Visitor Services Supervisor, Lawrence Heritage State Park Walking tour from the Everett Mill through the Historic Mill District viewing examples of historic preservation and urban renewal, including the Lawrence Heritage State Park. The walk will conclude with good food, drink, and atmosphere at El Taller / The Workshop on Essex Street. * * Dinner not included in registration fee
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Other Attractions
The following will take place in the Common Space on the 3rd Floor of the Everett Mill
- Lawrence, MA: A New Urban Renewal Plan for a New Century
Emily Keys Innes, Urban Planner, The Cecil Group and Harriman; Maggie Super Church, Independent ConsultantThe city of Lawrence is creating LawrenceTBD, a process centered on community engagement, interaction, and input. At every stage of the process, discussions are informed by rigorous analysis of data collected from many sources, including residents’ lived experience of the city. The Lawrence Redevelopment Authority (LRA) has identified job creation, economic development, quality of life, and fiscal stability as primary goals for this effort. The final plan will identify where and how the LRA can address these goals in concert with the City, local businesses and institutions, and community organizations. The ability to comb parcel data, map it using GIS (geographic information systems) and overlay the results with data collected in the field has enabled project planners to identify both assets and challenges in order to target interventions more effectively. Analysis of economic data and community discussion and input at every stage of the process round out the picture of what is now and what could be in the future.
Come meet members of the LRA, its Citizens Advisory Committee and consultant team and discover how urban renewal planning in Lawrence has become an inclusive, collaborative and community-driven process.
- Student Exhibit: The Rising Loaves
This exhibit is an extension of the summer 2015 Lawrence Student Writers Workshop – The Rising Loaves: Andover Bread Loaf at the Lawrence History Center – funded in part by UMass President’s Office Creative Economy Initiative Funds and by El Taller, Lawrence, MA.
Exhibit designed by Kate Delaney.