[All] Straphanger Author Taras Grescoe June 19th Rapid Transit & Community Building Talk

[Ginny Quinn]

Can't go..I developed SHINGLES   yesterday  and YES   I got  myself to the
doc and started meds last evening.  So hopefully   this will  keep them in
control .. on my back mainly.     don't worry I have a high pain tolerance
but  best to stay home.  Not up on the 'current ' things   yet.   Ginny

 

From: All [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin Thomason
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 3:28 PM
To: GREN
Subject: Re: [All] Straphanger Author Taras Grescoe June 19th Rapid Transit
& Community Building Talk

 

Hi,

 

A reminder about the Taras Grescoe talk on Transit and Community Building
tonight at 7:00pm at the Knox Presbyterian Church.  I've spent most of the
day so far touring the LRT and BRT routes with Taras and it promises to be a
great talk this evening with ideas from around the world for our community.

 

Hope that you can join us!

 

Cheers,

Kevin.

 

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From: Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason at mac.com <mailto:kevinthomason at mac.com> >

Subject: [All] Straphanger Author Taras Grescoe June 19th Rapid Transit &
Community Building Talk

Date: June 13, 2014 at 4:04:52 PM EDT

To: GREN <all at gren.ca <mailto:all at gren.ca> >

 

Good Day,

This coming Thursday, June 19th we are lucky to have award-winning Canadian
author Taras Grescoe in Waterloo to talk about his most recent book -
StrapHanger - Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile that could
appeal to most GREN members.  Taras has explored cities around the world and
will talk about the coming transportation revolution - in particular
community building, transit, and urban design.

The first speaker in the ION Community and Transit Talk Series, Taras
Grescoe is a highly-respected thought-leader on sustainable transportation.
His talk will explore urban transportation, city living, and the world's
great transit systems with thoughts and ideas for our community as the
launch of our ION Light Rail Transit and Bus Rapid Transit approaches.

Details are as follows:

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 7:00pm
Location: Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb Street W., Waterloo
Cost: Free!

We hope that you will be able to attend this fun, informative talk geared to
everyone in our community.  It will be a great way to learn more about the
upcoming ION Rapid Transit project across Waterloo Region and hear firsthand
how everyone can become involved in building the best possible future for
our community. 

Taras' links to Waterloo extend back to 2001 when his first book Sacre Blues
won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction beating out dozens of
other books from across Canada with his attempts to understand the rituals,
eccentricities, and customs of the province of Quebec.  His subsequent books
Bottom Feeder: How the Fish on Our Plates is Killing Our Planet (2008), The
Devil's Picnic: A Tour of Everything the Governments of the World Don't Want
You to Try (2006), and The End of Elsewhere: Travels Among The Tourists
(2004) along with writing for publications such as the Times of London , The
Chicago Tribune Magazine, Wired, National Geographic, Saturday Night, and
the New York Times have lead him on repeated global journeys and provided
the insights and experiences for Straphanger as Taras explored the features
that differentiated the greatest cities in the world from the others.

You can learn more about Thursday's event through the information card below
or the press release:

http://bit.ly/1is1slj

Wordsworth will have his books available at the event and there will be a
question and answer session after his talk.

I hope you can make it and feel free to bring a friend or anyone you think
might be interested in learning about transportation, culture, and community
building.

Cheers,
Kevin.

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