Event: A First Look at Riverwalk Village

Town Hall | Roswell is an unique forum to learn about our city.  Listen to local, regional and national voices discuss important topics and how they impact Roswell.  Add in a little laid back socializing, have a drink and enjoy.

Our topic this month is Riverwalk Village.  Hear from the group behind this $500 million development slated for the southeast quadrant of the GA 400/Holcomb Bridge interchange.  The proposal includes over 1,500 residences, 1.7 million square feet of office and 500,000 square feet of retail. Over 40 percent of the land will be preserved as some form of green space and it will center on a small lake which will be the heart of the development with a 200 room hotel, Roswell’s largest, overlooking the lake.

Kevin Sloan of Kevin Sloan Studio will lead the presentation.  Per his Wikipedia Entry…

Mr. Sloan is a landscape architect, urban planner and writer with international scope, located in Dallas, TX.  He is the founder and director of Kevin Sloan Studio, a design studio principally concerned with the urban design and landscape architectural problems generated by the metropolitan city and its new and unprecedented formation.

Recent projects include master planning the 270-acre South Campus at Syracuse University in New York; the urban design at Vitruvian Park, a 100-acre mixed use development in north Dallas; the master plan for a dense urban addition on Lake Carolyn in Dallas; and the master plan for the Southern Methodist University’s winning submission for the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

Admission is free this time around and will be limited to the first 250 people.  You will need to reserve your tickets quickly for this one.  RSVP Here

Town Hall | Roswell is brought to you by RoswellNEXT in partnership with Roswell Inc.

Town Hall Roswell | Building a Walkable & Bikeable City

The 4th installment of Town Hall | Roswell is tomorrow night at Muse & CO Fine Art.  The topic is Building a Walkable & Bikeable City.  I'll be doing a brief presentation and then I'll be moderating and participating in a panel made up of Lew Oliver of Whole Town Solutions, Steve Acenbrak of Bike Roswell and Matt Foree of Bike Roswell.

Come check it out tomorrow at 7pm.  RSVP Here It's free for RoswellNEXT members and $10 for the general public.  If you purchase at the door, tickets are $15.

Town Hall | Roswell - Developing Our Future

There is a really interesting event coming up this week here in Roswell. It’s put on by RoswellNEXT, a local non-Profit that I’m involved with.  We are focused on engaging young professionals, entrepreneurs and visionaries in an ongoing dialogue on how we can work together to improve Roswell.  Our signature event is Town Hall | Roswell and our kick-off is this Thursday, 2/28 at 7pm.  If you enjoy this blog, you will definitely enjoy this event.

Town Hall | Roswell is held every other month and each event focuses on a topic relevant in Roswell.  Each event will have a speaker or panel of speakers who will discuss that month’s topic.  We then follow up with a Q&A from a moderator and/or from the audience.  

This month’s topic is “Developing Our Future” and we are very fortunate to have an incredible panel.  Our speakers are:

• Dave Schmit - Macauley + Schmit, Roswell Rotary, Roswell DDA, Roswell Comp Plan 2030 Chair, 2011 RBA Economic Development Award Winner
• Steve Stroud - Executive Director Roswell Business Alliance, Stroud's Printing & Design
• Steve Acenbrak - Director of Roswell Department of Transportation, Bike Roswell!
• Lew Oliver - Whole Town Solutions, Vickery Village Town Architect, Two Time CNU Charter Award Winner

Event Details

• Date & Time - 2/28 from 7pm - 10pm
• Location - Roswell Historic Cottage, 972 Alpharetta St, Roswell, GA 30075
• Cost - Tickets - Members - $5, Non-Members - $15, Drinks - $5
  • Purchase your tickets here (Members must login to website to get discounted ticket)
  • Walk-in/Door tickets -- add $5

Come check it out if you are interested in learning more about Roswell and getting involved in helping build our city’s future.