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2004 Events
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December 2-3Labor at the Crossroads: Competing Visions, Alternative Strategies, and the Future of the US Labor MovementEd Ott, Joanne Derwin, and ShaKing Alston of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance made presentations about Apollo at the Queens College Labor Resource Center and New Labor Forum conference entitled "Labor at the Crossroads: Competing Visions, Alternative Strategies, and the Future of the Labor Movement." For more information about the conference please click here. November 14Eco-MetropolisUrban Agenda's Co-Project Director Jeremy Reiss spoke about jobs, economic development, and the environment is his presentation "NYC Apollo: A New Movement for a Strong Economy and Healthy City" at the 2004 Eco-Metropolis conference on November 14. For more information about the conference please click here. Read conference remarks. October 6Ten Point Plan ReleaseIn October 2004, NYC Apollo celebrated the launch of its Ten Point Plan for a Strong Economy and Healthy City at the Municipal Arts Society. Well over 100 representatives from labor, business, city and state government, the environmental justice community and other allies attended the event, where representatives from NYC Apollo's constituency discussed the potential of implementing NYC Apollo's strategy. We Got Issues integrated a spoken word performance, and the Uprose Youth Justice Project presented a video and spoke about how NYC Apollo's vision would enhance their neighborhood. View press release. View City Limits article. October 2High Performance Building TourIn October 2004 NYC Apollo worked with Green Home NYC to organize a High Performance Building Tour where over 100 participants examined high performance buildings throughout the city, and Ed Ott spoke to participants about the role workforce training can play in jumpstarting a broader high performance building market in New York City. View press release. July 19Implementing a High Performance Lower ManhattanOn July 19, Urban Agenda and the Regional Plan Association sponsored a panel discussion, "Implementing a High Performance Lower Manhattan", as part of the Civic Alliance's Beyond 16 Acres series. Held at the Wall Street Rising Downtown Information Center, the event highlighted the opportunity to pioneer high performance building design in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and throughout Lower Manhattan. Read the summary and policy brief from the event. June 26Planners Network ConferenceUrban Agenda Co-Project Director Jeremy Reiss participated in a panel discussion about High Performance Buildings in New York City on June 26 at Hunter College.View conference remarks. For more information about the conference click here. May 14Future of the Sustainable Construction Industry in the New York RegionEd Ott discussed the future of high performance buildings in New York City at the City University of New York's Sustainable Construction Conference. For more information about this event click here. April 14Creating the High Performance CityEd Ott, Director of Public Policy and Worker Education at the New York City Central Labor Council and principal of NYC Apollo, discussed workforce issues related to high performance building at the Creating the High Performance City conference sponsored by NYC Comptroller William Thompson, Jr.View his remarks. Click here for more information about this conference. March 4Energy SummitNYC Apollo sponsored an Energy Sector Strategy Summit where over 80 representatives from labor, environmental justice, environmental, business, government, philanthropy, and academia came together on March 4 at the District Council of Carpenters to discuss the future of energy in New York City. Read the summary report.
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