AIA Kansas City: The American Institute of Architects

Frank Lenk, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)’s research services director, is working with a Technical Forecast Committee on a future land use scenario to support the new long-range transportation plan for the Kansas City region, Transportation Outlook 2040. The region can expect to add 500,000 people and 300,000 jobs, and the future land use scenarios under consideration show alternate ways of accommodating the region’s expected overall growth – the baseline and adaptive. Under a baseline scenario where past trends continue into the future, more than 100 percent of the region’s growth over the next 30 years occurs in new suburban settings. Under the adaptive scenario, 60 percent of the growth is in newer suburbs, yet 40 percent is in existing areas, older suburbs and urban places. The financial impact of the adaptive scenario is a savings of over $5 billion in infrastructure construction and maintenance over the 30-year forecast period. MARC is interested in sharing this information with the AIA and hearing members’ thoughts about the likelihood of achieving the adaptive scenario.

This lunch is worth 1 HSW and please feel free to bring your own lunch.