Philadelphians have been coming together to explore strategies for making the city sustainable in a series of Urban Sustainability Forums. "Greene Country Towne: The Future of Philadelphia Land Use Planning" featured Keynote Speaker Joanne Denworth, a land use and environmental lawyer, who has been working in Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s Office of Policy since March, 2003. She works with state agencies on policy issues relating to land use, including community and economic development, environmental protection, parks and conservation, transportation, water and sewer infrastructure, agriculture, historic preservation, and recreation. The focus of this forum was to talk about creating a new visionary land-use plan for Philadelphia that will integrate open space, neighborhood revitalization and economic development for our future. It included a discussion of sustainable land-use planning implemented in other U.S. cities as well as presentations of noteworthy local programs currently underway or being planned.

In this podcast, PennFuture’s Christine Knapp chats with presenters Alma Plummer, the Vice President of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and Karen Black, Principal with May 8 Consulting, Inc. The forum also featured Tom Chapman, Acting Secretary, Strategic Planning and Executive Director, Philadelphia City Planning Commission.