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With input from more than 14,000 Bostonians,Imagine Boston 2030will define a vision for Boston leading up to its 400th birthday and beyond, and a roadmap to realize that vision. As Boston’s first citywide plan in 50 years, Imagine Boston 2030 will create a framework to preserve and enhance Boston, while embracing growth as a means to address our challenges and make the city stronger and more inclusive.Read the first draft here!

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<H2>Imagine Boston 2030 is thrilled to invite you to a series of three conversations on April 27th, May 3rd & 9th with expert panelists to discuss the future of our city.  </H2>
<H2>Please see full details below.</H2>
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All events are FREE and open to the public!
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All events are 6-8pm, doors open at 5:30pm
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Please see below for location information
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<H2>The History & Future of Planning in Boston</H2>
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Thursday, April 27
<A HREF="https://www.emkinstitute.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Edward M. Kennedy Insitute</A>  (Columbia Point--<A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Edward+M.+Kennedy+Institute+for+the+United+States+Senate/@42.3157873,-71.0354254,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x2940ce86eedb9e11?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd0JGhv43TAhXq7IMKHe8xCToQ_BIIhQEwEg" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> 210 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125</A>)
6-8pm
 
Renée Loth, Moderator,  ArchitectureBoston magazine
Madhu Dutta-Koehler, Director, City Planning Program and Urban Affairs, Boston University
Chris Grimley, Author, Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston
Mel King, Author, Chain of Change
Ted Landsmark, Director, Dukakis Center, Northeastern University, Board member, BPDA 
Tunney Lee, MIT, Department of Urban Studies
Fred Salvucci, Senior Lecturer, MIT and former Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1983-1990) 
 
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<H2>The Role of Philanthropy in the Future of Our City</H2>
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Wednesday, May 3
<A HREF="https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/fh.htm" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Historic Faneuil Hall, </A>2nd Floor, Great Hall (Boston, MA 02109)
6-8pm
 
Sacha Pfeiffer, Moderator, The Boston Globe
Jim Canales, Barr Foundation
Paul Grogan, The Boston Foundation
Jocelyn Sargent, Hyams Foundation
 
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<H2>How Academic Institutions Play a Role in Boston's Future</H2>
Tuesday May 9
<A HREF="http://www.bpl.org/central/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Boston Public Library</A>, Copley Square in Rabb Hall (<A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/place/700+Boylston+St,+Boston,+MA+02116/@42.349107,-71.0792711,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e37a0c42b7f6d3:0xfd8ac091bcded2ba!8m2!3d42.3494163!4d-71.0788285" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">700 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116</A>)
6-8pm
 
Alex Krieger, Moderator, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Dr. Robert A. Brown, Boston University
Dr. Pam Y. Eddinger, Bunker Hill Community College
Dr. Zorica Pantić, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Dr. Lee Pelton, Emerson College
Dr. Valerie Roberson, Roxbury Community College
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If you have any questions, please contact <A HREF="mailto:%20natalia.urtubey@boston.gov" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Natalia Urtubey.</A>
 
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