Thursday, October 20
Walking Tour 4:30pm / Reception 5:30pm / Film 7pm
Free Community Event!

Downtown Santa Ana was recently named one of America’s ‘Great Neighborhoods’ by the American Planning Association (APA). This is a distinction that it now shares with some of the United States’ most recognizable neighborhoods, including Chinatown in San Francisco and Back Bay in Boston. To mark the occasion, the City of Santa Ana invites our community to join us as APA representatives present the City with a Certificate at a public event on October 20, 2016 at the Frida Cinema!

Celebrate this collective honor with a series of events planned for Thursday, October 20th, concluding with a free screening of the documentary-film URBANIZED at the Frida. A full evening’s worth of activities will unfold as follows:

• 4:30pm: Walking Tour of downtown Santa Ana

• 5:30pm: Reception at The Frida Cinema, with samples from downtown restaurants

• 6:30pm: Presentation of the APA Award

• 7pm: Screening of Urbanized

City staff will be on hand to share information about current planning projects such as the City’s General Plan Update, Complete Streets plans, and other exciting projects.

Whether you are a local resident, business owner, employee, downtown visitor, or just a city planning aficionado, do not miss this opportunity to celebrate Downtown Santa Ana (past, present, and future)!

Free community event.

ABOUT THE FILM

Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking. The challenges of balancing housing, mobility, public space, civic engagement, economic development, and environmental policy are fast becoming universal concerns. Yet much of the dialogue on these issues is disconnected from the public domain.

Who is allowed to shape our cities, and how do they do it? Unlike many other fields of design, cities aren’t created by any one specialist or expert. There are many contributors to urban change, including ordinary citizens who can have a great impact improving the cities in which they live. By exploring a diverse range of urban design projects around the world,Urbanized frames a global discussion on the future of cities.

See the Urbanized trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jpN8kI0-pY!