A New Green Approach to
Re-rooting Eastland Mall 

With the retail development industry's demise, the conventional approach to suburban shopping is likely off the table.  
So what can we now do with our failed places like Eastland Mall?  Will the new architecture of our nation point us toward more community orientation, a different approach to economical viability, and/or more sustainable green infrastructure?
Come hear leaders in the design and planning world show ideas and discuss how to unlock new possibilities and innovative visions for creating beautiful, practical and green approaches to community.

CIVIC BY DESIGN FORUM
Tuesday, April 14, 2009  |  5:30pm  - 6:30pm
Levine Museum of the New South
200 East Seventh Street
Charlotte NC
Free and open to the public
Free parking at 7th street parking garage
info@civicbydesign.com
www.civicbydesign.com  

The March Civic By Design Forum will focus on the retrofitting of suburbia and specifically make proposals for Eastland Mall and the surrounding community as a case study as part of our current series:
POOF!  Our expansion era is over,
so back to the basic Rs:
Retrofitting
Retooling
Re-rooting
Charlotte towards a
Relevant region of the future

The mission of the Civic By Design Forum is to elevate the quality of our region's built environment and to promote public participation in the creation of a more beautiful and functional region for all. This is a free and open to the public forum starting our fifth year of activity. The Forum is sponsored through partnerships with the Levine Museum of the New South, the Foundation for the Carolinas, Crossroads Charlotte, American Institute of Architects Charlotte, the Congress for the New Urbanism Carolinas, the Charlotte Sierra Club, the US Green Building Council Charlotte, the City of Belmont, the Charlotte Area Bicycle Alliance, the Charlotte Mixed-Income Housing Coalition, CORA Architecture Charlotte, the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America Charlotte, and the Public Art Program of Charlotte's Arts & Science Council. Thomas E. Low AIA CNU LEED  Chair, Civic By Design Forum.