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EVENT NEWS RELEASE/January 3, 2008

Miguel Gaddi to Discuss Urban Planning in Boise's West End at February Fettuccine Forum

Miguel Gaddi, a senior planner at HDR Engineering who specializes in transportation and land use issues, will present “West Side Story: A global perspective on Boise’s next big thing” at the February Fettuccine Forum. The free event is Feb. 7 in the Rose Room in the historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the hour-long presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. Free appetizers will be served and fettuccine will be available for $5.

Gaddi will “think globally and speak locally” about urban mixed-use design, focusing on how Boise might envision the redevelopment of the West End neighborhood around 30th Street. Current plans show 30th Street safely connecting the existing neighborhood with the yet-to-be developed Esther Simplot Park and the Boise River, while providing for the safe and efficient movement of traffic.

The presentation will include a pre-show slideshow of the historic neighborhood. The forum also features a companion workshop about new urbanism in Boise, taught by Boise State history professor Todd Shallat and Nancy Tacke. Participants can register for the workshop, offered for graduate and undergraduate credit, through BroncoWeb at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu. 

The forum is co-sponsored by Boise State’s Center for Idaho History and Politics and the Boise City Office of the Mayor. The Fettuccine Forum is an educational forum about the history and cultural life of Boise and the Treasure Valley. Upcoming speakers in the series are:
• March 6 — Ellen Greenberg. “The Opposite of Traffic: Counterintuitive thoughts about city streets.” Accompanying workshop, “Transportation in Crisis,” taught by Boise City planner Kathleen Lacey.
• April 3 — Michael Hoffman. “We Ought to be in Pictures: Hollywood in Idaho.” Accompanying workshop, “Art and Culture,” taught by Karen Bubb of the Boise City Arts Commission and Nancy Tacke.
• May 1 — Barbara Perry Bauer. “Once Upon the Trolly: Boise’s electric road.” Accompanying workshop, “Boise’s Historic Streetscape,” taught by historian Bauer.

Additional sponsors include Boise City Planning and Development Services, erstad Architects, the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State and Grape Escape.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support students, faculty, strategic initiatives, research and infrastructure. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.
 

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