Schedule
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1 session matching “Keynote Luncheon” across all days.
Monday, November 9
12:15 PM
1:45 PM
Keynote Luncheon
Communities in Focus · Garden A/B
Jason Roberts
South of the Border buffet, introduction of the keynote speaker: Jason Roberts. Jason Roberts is an Urban Designer, Restauranteur, and former US Congressional nominee. In 2006, Jason formed the non-profit organization, Oak Cliff Transit Authority, to revive the Dallas streetcar system, and later spearheaded the city's effort in garnering a $23 Million dollar grant from the federal government to help reintroduce a modern streetcar system to Dallas. In 2010, Jason organized a series of "Better Block" projects, taking blighted blocks with vacant properties in Dallas and converting them into temporary walkable districts with pop-up businesses, bike lanes, cafe seating, and landscaping. The project has become an open-sourced international movement occurring everywhere from Melbourne, Australia to Tehran, Iran Jason, has received a Champions of Change award from the US White House, and showcased in the US Pavilion of the 2012 Venice Biennale. Jason currently lives in Dallas where he owns and operates Oddfellows Bistro, Revelers Hall, Jaquval Brewery, and Trades Delicatessen.
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