This forum is part of the Urban Design Indianapolis initiative, a project of the CAP: Indianapolis Center and an implementation component of the Indianapolis Regional Center Plan 2020.

The forum speaker is David Sucher from Seattle, Washington, author of the book City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village. The book shows examples of small things - City Comforts - that make urban life pleasant: places where people can meet, methods to tame cars and to make buildings good neighbors, art that infuses personality into locations and makes them into places. Many of these small details are so obvious as to be invisible.

At a time when Indianapolis is seeing tremendous investment in its urban core and cultural districts, as well as in urban-style developments around its fringes, Sucher will offer his observations on what it really takes to create a dynamic urban village.

If you're interested in urban neighborhoods, cultural districts, design and planning, development, new urbanism, or just curious about what makes a great place for people, you'll be interested in what David Sucher brings. For more information about Urban Design Indianapolis, visit http://www.urbandesignindy.org.