Building a Competitive City

What are the ideas and strategies that drive competitiveness for urban centres? Join Tom Murphy, senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute and former mayor of Pittsburgh, for an engaging discussion about cities that employ non-traditional thinking to achieve competitive success. Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Haskayne School of Business BMO Forum University of Calgary, main campus RSVP – http://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/building-competitive-city Presented by the Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies at the Haskayne School of Business and the Urban Land Institute Alberta.

Location:

Scurfield Hall BMO Forum

Speaker:

Tom Murphy is the former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA with extensive experience in urban revitalization. Serving three terms as mayor of Pittsburgh, Murphy initiated a public/private partnership strategy that leveraged more than $4.5 billion in economic development in the city. Murphy led efforts to secure and oversee $1 billion in funding for the development of two professional sports facilities, and a new convention center that is the largest certified green building in the United States. He developed strategic partnerships to transform more than 1,000 acres of blighted, abandoned industrial properties into new commercial, residential, retail and public uses.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/building-competitive-city