April
12, 2002
Regional
Planning Expert Timothy Brennan to Speak April 16
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Timothy W. Brennan
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"Shaping a Livable
Future: Putting Our Brakes on Sprawl" will be the subject
of a talk by Timothy W. Brennan, executive director of the Pioneer
Valley Planning Commission (PVPC), on Tuesday, April 16, at 7
pm in Gamble Auditorium. Brennan, who has been studying local
growth and development for almost thirty years, will discuss connections
between the way the valley has developed and the environmental
problems it now faces. He will also briefly describe the work
of the PVPC, which is one of only thirteen such designated public
regional planning agencies in the commonwealth, serving its second-largest
planning region. The public is invited to bring questions and
concerns for a comment and discussion period after the talk. The
event is part of A Sense of Place: At Home in the Connecticut
River Valley, a continuing lecture series sponsored by the
Center for Environmental Literacy (CEL). The popular lecture series,
begun last year, highlights and explores special places and open
spaces in the valley.
Brennan joined the
PVPC in 1973 and since 1980 has served as the agency’s executive
director. He currently serves as the chair of the nationwide Institute
for the Regional Community and is active in many other organizations,
including the National Association of Regional Councils, the Massachusetts
Association of Regional Planning Agencies, the New England Association
of Regional Councils and the Hartford-Springfield Economic Partnership.
He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Landscape
Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts.
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