CIVIQ: A Speaker Series Honoring Robert Taylor

Chattanooga Design Studio is pleased to announce the next installment of CIVIQ: A Speaker Series Honoring Robert Taylor.  CIVIQ is a free quarterly speaker series that celebrates the act of coming together to envision new ways of building cities collaboratively by bringing in visionaries

National mobility expert Veronica O. Davis will share her presentation People-Centric Planning at Camp House on August 2nd from 6 to 7pm.  Doors open at 5:30 for light refreshments and networking with the presentation beginning at 6 o’clock.  A Q&A conversation will follow the presentation.

Veronica is a transportation guru with experience in both urban planning and civil engineering who uses her knowledge to spark progressive social change. She specializes in bringing the people element back into civil infrastructure planning by engaging with communities and advocating for transportation in unique ways.

As Co-owner and Principal of Nspiregreen, a planning and engineering consultancy specializing in multimodal transportation planning, climate and resiliency planning, and community planning, she is responsible for the management of the firm’s major urban planning functions. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Master of Science in Engineering Management and Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University. She is a registered professional engineer in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia.           

In July 2012, Veronica was recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House for her professional accomplishments and community advocacy, which includes co-founding Black Women Bike, an organization and movement that encourages African American women to use biking for health, wellness, and transportation. About Black Women Bike, she says, “Bike advocacy, nationally, has been traditionally white men, so people assume that’s who’s cycling. I think the emergence of Black Women Bike gave voice to the fact that women bike, the fact that black people bike, and that black women bike – and that started the conversation nationally…For me, it’s not just about riding a bike; it’s about black women getting their seat at the table where decisions are being made.”

Her presentation will showcase Davis’s approach to planning as a creative and community-building act. 

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. For tickets visit Eventbrite.com or Facebook.com.