The Wichita Downtown Development Corporation continued the annual lecture series on Thursday, March 10, 2011,  at the Orpheum Theatre featuring Ms. Carol Coletta.  Read an article from the Wichtia Eagle on the lecture here.

Carol Coletta has served as president and CEO of CEOs for Cities since 2005. Previously, she served as president of Coletta & Company in Memphis. In addition, she served as executive director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation. For ten years, she was the host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show Smart City.

Carol was a Knight Fellow in Community Building for 2003 at the University of Miami School of Architecture. In 2010, she was named Honorary Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. She is a highly sought after speaker on the success formula for cities and creative communities and is frequently interviewed as an expert on urban issues by national media.

In 2008 she was named one of the world’s 50 most important urban experts by a leading European think tank. Most recently, she was named the recipient of the Lambda Alpha International 2009 International Journalism Award for her work with CEOs for Cities and Smart City Radio, and as one of the top 50 urban thinkers of all time by readers of PLANetizen.com.

The WDDC would like to thank our sponsors of the 2011 Annual Lecture:

On February 25, 2010, the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation's Annual Lecture was held at the WIchita Scottish Rite. The 2010 guest lecturer was Mr. Jim Cloar. Mr. Cloar is noted for his work in the cities of Tampa, Florida - sports arena development; Dallas, Texas - Arts District Development; and St. Louis Missouri - downtown residential and retail. The lecture focused on how to take a master plan from the vision to implementation. Mr. Cloar's presentation can be viewed in the video tab.