June Meeting - OneSTL

Please join us for a presentation on OneSTL, sponsored by ASME and ASCE.  OneSTL is a regional framework for sustainable development that citizens, non-profit organizations, businesses, and local governments can use to make better use of resources and meet the needs and aspirations of residents. The presentation will focus on the structure of the plan, resources available through the OneSTL website, and next steps East-West Gateway and partners are taking to implement the plan. Additionally, attendees will be asked to engage in a discussion about the information presented and where improvements can be made from the perspective of engineering professionals.  1 PDH will be offered.

WHEN: Tuesday June 3, 2014
5:30 – 6:00pm Registration and Networking

            6:00 – 6:45pm Dinner

            6:45 – 8:00pm Presentation

WHERE: Engineers Club of St. Louis
   4359 Lindell Blvd
   St Louis, MO 63108

MENU: “Down South Buffet” consisting of dry smoked baby back ribs, BBQ chicken, roasted red potatoes, corn on the cob, corn bread with sweet whipped butter, chef’s dessert, coffee, and tea

COST:   $10.00 ASME or ASCE Members and Guests / $5.00 Students

RSVP:   At www.asmestlouis.org or to Ryan Neil ryanneil84@hotmail.com by Saturday, May 31st

The presenters will be Aaron Young and David Wilson from the East-West Gateway Council of Governments.

Aaron Young is the Sustainability Planning Manager at East-West Gateway Council of Governments.  He has worked at East-West Gateway since 2010 and was the project manager for the St. Louis regional plan for sustainable development - OneSTL. 

Prior to East-West Gateway, Aaron work for 11 years in the private sector as a planning consultant. He participated as a team member on a variety of projects including municipal comprehensive plans, greenway and open space plans, corridor plans and studies, joint land use studies and county-wide plans. 

Aaron has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urban and GIS Certificate from Northwest Missouri State University.  He sits on the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Section of the American Planning Association and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

David Wilson is Senior Manager, Environment and Community Planning, East-West Gateway Council of Governments), where he has worked since 2002. In his professional life, he has balanced three distinct but overlapping interests – in the quality of our environment, the quality of our local government and planning and the quality of education - especially experiential education and leadership development.

Since 2010 David has worked on OneSTL, a regional plan for sustainable development. 

David also chairs the Water Resources Committee at East-West Gateway and served on planning committees for several other watershed based plans. David is co-editor of At the Confluence: Rivers, Floods and Water Quality in the St. Louis Region, 2003.

David currently serves on the Board of Directors of St. Louis Earth Day. He is past president of the St. Louis Metropolitan Section of the American Planning Association and has served on the Missouri State Chapter Executive Board of the APA.