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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Colleen M. Ryan, President James Dennehey, Vice PresidentLori Harris, SecretaryMark Patten, TreasurerPaul Bray, Founding PresidentAl De Salvo, ChairGood Patroon CommitteeElizabeth Griffin, Chair,Friends CommitteeFelton McLaughlin, Chair,Nominating CommitteeGuy AlongeChris BettsNancy Burton James CarrMary DarcyMark EaganChristopher HawverCatherine HedgemanPaul Larrabee Justin PriddleMarcus PryorDanny Sanders Jeff SherrinRuth WaltersTim Welles

ALBANY ROUNDTABLE

civic luncheon series

P.O. Box 7101

Albany, NY 12224

FOUNDED

1979

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April 3, 2009Dear Friend:On

Thursday, May 28

, the Albany Roundtable will commemorate 30years of providing a vital forum for civic engagement with an excitingevening reception featuring a visionary speaker.I’m writing to invite you to become part of the Honorary Committee forthis historic event.The reception will take place from

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the UniversityClub of Albany

, and will include a cocktail hour and short program tocommemorate the 30

th

Anniversary of the Albany Roundtable CivicLuncheon Series.We are delighted to welcome

Jaime Correa

as our Visiting Speaker. Mr.Correa is a planner, architect, and professor at the University of Miami,and a respected authority in the fields of architecture, town design, andsustainable development. He is author of

Seven Recipes for the New Ur-banism

, published January 2009 and

SELF-SUFFICIENT URBANISM: AVision of Contraction for the Non-Distant Future

.The Albany Roundtable endorsed the ideals of new urbanism and sus-tainability long before these were common buzzwords. Previous VisitingSpeakers have included Stan Eckstut (NYC architect, Battery City Pro- ject); Tony Hiss (Project for Public Spaces); Robert McNulty (Partnersfor Livable Places); Paul Pritchard (National Parks and Conservation As-sociation); Richard Bradley (proponent of Downtown business districts);Ray Oldenburg (The Great Good Place); James Howard Kunstler (authorand new urbanist); Jane Holtz Kay (architecture critic, author of AsphaltNation); Joseph P. Riley (Mayor, Charleston, South Carolina); RichardReinhart (Buffalo Place); and others.The Albany Roundtable’s civic luncheons are open to the public andtypically attract a range of people active in business, the arts, nonprofits,governments, neighborhoods and other urban activities.I know that springtime in the Capital District provides many opportuni-ties to support worthy community endeavors. Still, we hope that you will

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