The 2021 Neighborhood Summit will be held Saturday, Nov. 6, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This year’s conference theme: Resilience: Strengthening Neighborhood Livability, will educate and equip neighborhood leaders with the tools needed to enhance the quality of life in their neighborhoods!
The Summit is an exciting time to convene and gather thoughts that help us strengthen neighborhood livability by cultivating and maintaining strong relationships that build a sense of community and improve well-being.
Keynote Speaker – Allan Mallach
This year’s keynote speaker, Alan Mallach, is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Community Progress in Washington DC, and a lecturer in the graduate city planning program at Pratt Institute in New York. The author of The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America, is widely known for his research, advocacy and engagement with the challenges of urban and suburban neighborhoods around the United States.
Additional sessions include:
| Positioning Your Neighborhood for Success |
| Smarter, Stronger, Healthier, Happier: What Happens When We Reconnect with Nature |
| Designing a Habitat for Pollinators |
| Who Lives Next Door? Housing Diversity |
| Making Neighborhoods Livable for People of All Ages |
| Empowering Youth Community Engagement |
Garland Pre-Summit Mixer
Also, don’t forget to sign up for the Garland Pre-Summit Mixer Thursday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m. Mix and mingle with neighborhood leaders from across Garland and get geared up for the upcoming conference. Also, the winners of the Garland Neighborhood Awards will be announced. You won’t want to miss it!
Register for the Garland Pre-Summit Mixer Here.
Garland Pre-Summit Mixer/Neighborhood Award Ceremony
Thursday, Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m.
VIRTUAL GATHERING
Free to attend, but registration required
Information and photo provided by city of Garland.