The Vine

We’re excited to announce the next two offerings in The Vine’s ongoing salon series (with more in the works for Spring ’11). Attendance at both will be limited to 50 participants. Registration is here.

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SEPTEMBER SALON: SEEING WHAT’S NEXT
Dev Patnaik, Jump Associates
Thursday • September 16, 2010 • San Mateo, CA
Workshop 9:00am – 5:00pm, Reception 5:00–7:00pm
Fee: $395, includes program materials, lunch and reception

This is not a new cycle. This is a new order. And the surest way to see the new opportunities that lie ahead—and move toward them with confidence—is through empathy, creativity and execution.

Jump Associates is one of the world’s leading growth strategy firms, helping companies (Nike, Target and GE among them) navigate uncertainty, create new businesses, and reinvent existing ones. And they especially like big, ambiguous challenges—the kinds of things you don’t know how to face, but can’t afford not to. Now they’re turning their considerable brainpower to the future of housing and community.

Jump founder Dev Patnaik is the author of Wired to Care, named one of BusinessWeek’s Best Innovation and Design Books of 2009. If you saw Dev’s keynote at PCBC, you got just a taste of what we’ll cover in this much deeper—and more hands-on—dive.

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OCTOBER SALON: IS AGRICULTURE THE NEW GOLF?
Hart Howerton Planners & Architects
Thursday • October 28, 2010 • Fairfield, CA
Workshop & Tour 10:00am – 5:00pm
Reception & Farm-to-Table Dinner 5:00–8:00pm
Fee: $395, includes program materials, lunch, reception and dinner ($345 without dinner)

“Only 17 percent of people living in golf course communities play golf more than once a year. Why not grow food?”

Andrés Duany first posed that question, and now the innovative thinkers at Hart Howerton are making it happen in a remarkable project that combines new development, existing agriculture, and new models of public/private collaboration. The answer turns out to be an intriguing glimpse into a possible future of life in America.

Combining new development with existing agriculture brings promise as well as pitfalls. The team behind Solano County’s Middle Green Valley Specific Plan and its successful public/private partnership will highlight lessons learned for anyone interested in the revitalization of local agriculture—built upon complementary development models for landowners, developers, designers, land use specialists, regional agencies, and financial institutions.

A fabulous Farm-to-Table evening event showcasing many of the products of the local foodshed will conclude the day.

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The Vine 2010 Salon Series is sponsored by Target