BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58@laigw.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Cambridge_Bay:20230127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Cambridge_Bay:20230127T133000 DTSTAMP:20230112T134641Z URL:https://www.laigw.org/events/laigw-luncheon-january-27th-green-city-ec o-district-development/ SUMMARY:LAIGW Luncheon January 27th - Green City Eco-district Development DESCRIPTION:GreenCity Eco-district Development\nIn October 2021\, Henrico C ounty VA granted entitlements that would allow for the development of Gree nCity\, a 200-acre planned eco-district in the greater Richmond area for u p to 2 million square feet of office\, hotel\, retail\, and residential us es\, as well as a 17\,000-seat arena. \nWhat sets GreenCity apart from oth er mixed-use developments is its focus on sustainability at a district sca le\, with net zero energy and carbon benchmarks that its developers believ e better align with a growing number of companies who have made climate go als a key part of their ESG corporate commitments. Environmental\, Social\ , and Governance (ESG) issues have become a priority for American business \, especially for the largest public companies. According to an August 202 2 report by ‘McKinsey &\; Company’\, more than 90% of fortune 500 c ompanies now publish an ESG report in some form. \nSmaller\, non-fortune 5 00 companies\, are also signing on to a variety of public pledges that man date corporate sustainability commitments by certain dates. These include The Climate Pledge for carbon neutrality\, RE100 that commits to sourcing 100% renewable energy\, and the Science Based Targets initiative that prov ides for companies to regularly track their commitments to self-imposed ca rbon reduction pledges. \nGreenCity developers have also recently unveiled initial design concepts for one of the first buildings proposed that woul d accomplish sustainability goals on an unprecedented scale - the renovati on of the former Best Products Headquarters building - turning it into the largest Living Building Challenge project in the U.S. at 280\,000 S.F.\nh ttps://youtu.be/hogTL_sKGLI\nMichael Hallmark Bio\nMichael Hallmark is an architect and developer known for his work in the design and development o f sports and entertainment venues throughout the US and overseas. Encourag ed by the success of projects like Staples Center and LA Live\, and the re birth of downtown Phoenix through his work on venues for Phoenix Suns and AZ Diamondbacks as urban place-maker projects\, Michael founded Future Cit ies\, a non-traditional real estate practice focused on the creation of sp ecial districts leveraging unique venues. Prior to the formation of Future Cities\, Michael was founder and director of two of the nation’s leadin g sports planning and design firms\, Ellerbe Becket (now AECOM) and NBBJ S ports. Under his leadership\, his firms designed Staples Center Arena in L os Angeles and NBA/NHL arenas in Boston\, New York\, Philadelphia\, Washin gton\, DC\, Buffalo\, Cleveland\, St. Louis\, Tampa\, Phoenix\, Portland\; new MLB ballparks Turner Field\, Chase Field\, Miller Park\, and Safeco F ield\, and NFL venues in Philadelphia and the American Architecture award winning Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati\, OH. \n\n \; LOCATION:Clyde’s of Gallery Place\, 707 7th Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC \, 20001\, USA\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=707 7th Street\, NW\, Washi ngton\, DC\, 20001\, USA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Clyde ’s of Gallery Place:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Cambridge_Bay X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Cambridge_Bay BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR