The final installment of the lecture series highlighting sustainability and resilience issues facing Wisconsin communities will be offered in April through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
“Sustainable and Resilient Communities” is the UW-Stevens Point College of Letters and Science community engagement series offered free of charge and open to the public. It welcomes anyone interested in urban planning, energy policy, natural resource management and climate resilience to attend.
The culmination of the series, “Sustainable and Resilient Communities Leaders Panel”, will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, at the Dreyfus University Center Theatre. The panel will host local mayors and administrators to discuss the challenges and opportunities of implementing sustainability and resilience policies locally and regionally.
Speakers for the event will include Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza, Stevens Point Community Development Director Ryan Kernosky and Wisconsin Rapids Community Development Director Kyle Kearns.
The series is hosted by the UW-Stevens Point Department of Geography and Geology and the Center for the Small City in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences within the College of Letters and Science. The 2023-2024 series is sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership at UW-Madison.
To learn more or find the live stream, go to www.uwsp.edu/SRC.