Better Philadelphia Challenge & Edmund N. Bacon Prize

Posted by on January 20, 2014

Better Philadelphia Challenge & Edmund N. Bacon Prize

Join political powerhouse Ed Rendell as he presents an insightful talk in honor of receiving the 2014 Edmund N. Bacon Prize for his lifetime of success in promoting smart investment in transportation infrastructure. The Edmund N. Bacon Prize is bestowed annually on an accomplished figure who, like Bacon (Executive Director of Philadelphia’s City Planning Commission from 1949-1970), has achieved outstanding success in urban planning, development, and design through conviction of vision, effective communication, and a commitment to improving their community.

Ed Rendell is well known both locally and nationally as one of the foremost advocates for serious investment in transportation infrastructure, as has been evidenced through his tenure as Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania, chair of the Democratic National Committee, and as a political commentator on many national news programs. In 2008 Rendell co-founded Building America’s Future, a bipartisan coalition of elected officials dedicated to “bringing about a new era of U.S. investment in infrastructure that enhances our nation’s prosperity and quality of life”.

The Better Philadelphia Challenge annually gives university-level students from around the world the chance to address real-world urban design issues in Philadelphia that have application not only to our city, but to aging industrialized cities around the globe. This year’s challenge asked university-level students to imagine the physical shape of Philadelphia in a future of autonomous vehicles. First prize is $5,000.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
7:00-8:30 PM
at the Pennsylvania Convention Centers (theater, room 114)

Event info and tickets
http://philadelphiacfa.org/events.php