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2007 Oct 02 23:29 UTC

Telling River Stories:  The I-35W Bridge, the Mississippi River, and Rebuilding
Community Connections

Immediately after the I-35W bridge collapsed, public talk centered on the
tragedy and heroism of the incident itself, and on how such a thing could have
happened.  In the ensuing weeks, talk has turned to questions of appropriate
responses, whether legislative, engineering, and/or community-driven.

Please join us for a series of public lectures that extend the conversation
further, into a series of considerations and reflections about the ongoing
nature and role of the Mississippi River, the new I-35W bridge, and the
community in which these two critical systems intersect.

Lectures are to be held at 5:00 on Tuesdays, on the dates listed below.  All
lectures will be held in 100 Rapson Hall, on the University of Minnesota East
Bank campus.

Lectures confirmed:

10/9	R.T. Rybak, Mayor, City of Minneapolis, “Rebuilding Common Ground”

10/16	Paul Labovitz, Superintendent, Mississippi National River and Recreation
Area, “The Mississippi River as a (National) Park”

10/23	 Chris Paola, Earth Science Geology/Geophysics, National Center for
Earth-Surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota,

10/30	Hokan Miller, Upper River Services, “Between Prairie and Sea:  The
Mississippi River as a Continental Transportation System.”

11/6	John Adams, Associate Dean, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota,
"A Vital Cog in the Regional Network:  the New Bridge as a Transportation
Link."

11/13	Tom Fisher, Dean, College of Design, University of Minnesota, “The Design
of a New Bridge”

11/20	Lance Neckar, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of
Minnesota, “Integrated Design: Sustainable Community”

To learn more, please go to our project web site: www.bridgeproject.umn.edu

Kelly O'Brien
Kingfield