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Editorial leadership in an age of disinformation

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Trinetra Paul

1:03

Hello and welcome to the live blogging session of Downtown Panel Discussion- A City for People.
This year's State of Downtown featured a panel of local leaders representing transformative projects downtown, Seattle.
Matt Griffin with the Pine Street Group, Courtney Ryan with Urban Villages, and Julia Nagele with Hewitt, representing the Washington State Convention Center Addition, RailSpur, and Capitol Hill TOD and Gridiron, respectively.

1:23

The moderator welcomes the audience at the event. She believes that Development is not a vessel for volume but to give life to city. The speakers are introduced and Matt Griffin is asked to share his views

1:24

Griffin believes that at Seattle, density of population is not a matter of concern but rather a friend to the authorities.
"People dont come here for agricultural or farming activities but for other technical jobs", she added.

1:25

However the sceneario was completely different 20 years back.

1:27

Posing a question to Julia Nagele, the lady from Hewitt mentioned that more and more people are being brought into the neighbourhood with better opportunities and work facilities.

1:28

Urban density will go on increasing day by day that's no excuse .
#dryrun @srivatsan_93

1:30

Bringing a different perspective, the moderator asked about people getting to interact with historical characters. Also the question of how to involve a community into its development is put forth.

1:32

Answering this Nagelle said that there is a development team, design team among others. All of these projects have varied voices and number of people involved.

1:33

These are open to individuals who could adapt to new ideas and have varied backgrounds. We need to speak in a simple way that accessible and easily comprehensible to everyone.

1:35

On bringing up the matter of making the historical issues work, a question was posed to Courtney from the audience.

1:36

And when asked why put it in the heart of downtown, Griffin shared his views.

1:37

Griffin emphasized that Seattle is a great city and has a good number of hotels and restaurants making it convenient and accessible to people visiting from across the globe.

Moderator asked, "When you were designing for the convention center, did you have to routine the neighborhood areas of downtown?"

1:38

Griffin promptly accepted the lack of proper and striking buildings in Seattle
Also, he mentioned about the elemental architects who work there.

1:39

Choosing the material for inside of the building and then seeing how it reflects outside. To check all these things is important.

Bringing the talks of transportation facilities, a question was raised from the audience about how to make it more fruitful and efficient.

1:41

Courtney answered this by asserting that this causes an amalgamation of people from different businesses. Bringing people to make buses, railways etc. Thus a diversity of people would be incorporated in the developmental programs of the place.

1:43

Now there is a question being asked, about keeping people and citizens happy.
Especially about balancing the people who moved in recently and those residing there for the past 14 years.

1:44

#dryrun
Why not people who love greenery more than your 'big buildings '?

Matt Griffin took this question. He responded as follows - "The city did not have a car for a long time in history. In our company we wouldn't do a project that wasn't without a great master plan. We have to clearly think if we are not going to use cars and all. You think about where can you make pedestrian actions, where you can make a conventional center."

1:45

"This would also ensure a larger capital link", Matt Griffin said.

"Cities with greater capital and opportunities would be linked", he continues.

1:46

Courtney shared her views and said this would also ensure greater pedestrian access.

A wide angle view of the beautiful Seattle skyline !

1:48

When asked to address the topic of affordability, Julia Nagele pointed out a very important fact.
"Affordability is about a equation, which includes housing, medical facilities, transportation," she added.

1:49

She also shared her views about Genderification.

1:50

Traffic is focusing about size. For us it’s about proving space about thousand square feet. It’s also about growing the talent whether it’s retails of food development It’s a way for us to add greater mix but also to creat a grater community.

1:51

Julia mentioned her opinions and said, "we are providing affordable housing. Market rate progamme will have 20 % units for MFTE programme, we have that component, but affordability is about transportation, of having access to affordable health care, jobs etc."

1:53

The biggest challenge for a fast growing city like Seattle will be to provide for proper opportunities.

1:54

Self-described as "Northwest Neo-Psych", GeneralMojos is simply a powerful and perfect wall of sound.
The recent music event at Downtown Seattle.

Courtney mentioned, "The biggest change for Kourtnet is about planning and curating a mix and to put further density and development."

1:56

Griffin emphasized more on the concern of Energy Waste, as he urged the people not to waste energy.

1:58

The speakers agreed that density is not a burden but a platform of providing opportunities and also using the human capital for growing the development.

Thank you for joining us on this live blog of the Downtown Panel Discussion- A city for people.

1:59

It was an informative session containing great insights from our panelists.
We are closing it here today, for the State of Downtown Panel discussion.
Stay tuned for more updates.

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