The Forum and Panel
Join us for a Community Forum where local professionals focused on sustainable architecture, landscape design, land management, historic preservation, planning, and government policy will discuss the proposed solutions for Mayo Island and the 2015 Road Bike World Championships.
When: May 3, 2012
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Where: Troutman Sanders Building
1001 Haxall Point
Richmond, VA 23219
Free parking provided in the parking garage below.
Cost: $8 members/$10 non-members
Our local Panel of experts will be presenting and discussing works from this year’s Green Spaces Competition. The Panel will be lead by a Frank Harmon and the following local members:
Frank Harmon FAIA, Forum Moderator
Frank was born in Georgia and educated at the Architectural Association in London. From 1970 to 1973 he was an associate of Richard Meier Architect in New York City, together with Henry Smith-Miller and Tod Williams. He has taught at the Architectural Association, Auburn University and NC State University, where he currently holds a practical appointment in the College of Design. In 1981 Harmon founded his own firm, Frank Harmon Architect in Raleigh, N. C. The work of his firm has been published in Architectural Record, Architectural Design and numerous other periodicals and books. Time magazine selected his Utility Storage Building for the Rake and Hoe Garden Center as one of the Ten Best Designs of 1988. Since 1992 Harmon’s six-person firm has won more AIA Design Awards than any firm in North Carolina. In 1995 he was awarded the Kamphoefner Prize for innovative modern design over a 10-year period. Harmon writes a column on architecture, landscape and design for the Independent newspaper. He teaches “Experiencing Architecture” to four hundred undergraduates each year, introducing the principles of architecture to the engineers, business people and teachers who will be the future clients of architecture.
Jakob Helmboldt, AICP
Jakob Helmboldt is the Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trails Coordinator for the City of Richmond. Mr. Helmboldt is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has worked as a planner in environmental, transit, and transportation planning, and specializes in bicycle and pedestrian transportation and safety. Mr. Helmboldt has worked for state and local government as well as in the private sector as a consultant working on bike and pedestrian projects for local, state and federal government clients. Mr. Helmboldt has been a cyclist for 30+ years, riding for transportation, recreation and competitively.
John A. Hugo, AIA ASLA ASID
Noted designer and Managing Principal of 3north, Jay Hugo oversees important master planning and design assignments for the firm supported by his professional training as an architect, landscape architect, and interior designer. His buildings and landscapes have been featured in the regional and national press and have been recognized by numerous award programs. Often drawing on concepts from nature, his work focuses on signature place-making, and in particular, what he calls “Threshold Spaces” – those dynamic places that bridge between structure and the surrounding environment.
Mark Olinger
Mark A. Olinger is the Director of the Department of Planning and Development Review for the City of Richmond. Mr. Olinger joined the City in September 2011. As Director, Mr. Olinger leads an organization of over 100 staff dedicated to creating and maintaining a high quality of life for Richmond’s citizens, businesses, and visitors. Believing that the best environmental policy is a sound and inclusive urban policy, Mr. Olinger has spent the past 30 years in local government focused on strategic visioning, comprehensive neighborhood revitalization implementation, urban design, development finance, and economic development. Projects in which Mr. Olinger have been involved have won awards at the local, regional and national levels, but he’s equally proud of helping people move into their first home, improve their business, or reclaim open space for parks. Mr. Olinger is a member of both the national and Virginia Chapters of the American Planning Association.
Mary Harding Sadler
Mary Harding Sadler is an historical architect and principal with Sadler & Whitehead Architects, PLC, a small business she formed with husband Camden Whitehead in 1997. She serves historic property owners, architects, and engineers as a historic preservation consultant. Mimi received her undergraduate degree in Art History from Williams College and her Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia. She is the chairman of Richmond’s Commission of Architectural Review and serves on the Board of the Storefront for Community Design.
Greg Velzy
Greg is the Chair of the “Falls of the James” Scenic River Advisory Committee. Appointed to this committee in 2002 by then Governor Mark Warner, Greg has advised on issues pertaining to development, preservation and recreation on the James River and its environs encompassed within the Richmond City limits. This appointment came about as a result of his extensive knowledge and involvement in river related projects and activities.
Greg received a BS in Psychology from Virginia Tech with a Minor in Biology. Since 1997, Greg has held the position of Sr. Recreation Programmer with Chesterfield County specializing in outdoor activities with a focus in paddle sports programs. Since the late 1970s, Greg has been intimately involved in recreational, environmental and public education opportunities pertaining to the James River. He is active in numerous James River related organizations (Former President and current Vice-President of the James River Outdoor Coalition, Honorary Trustee of the Friends of the James River Park, Former Board Member of Coastal Canoeists, Council Member of the James River Advisory Council) with a focus on promoting user input to steer future growth and progress of the James River resources. He is also a certified Level 4 Canoe, Level 4 Kayak and Swiftwater Safety Instructor, and has consulted for various local River Rescue squads.
