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 White Plains, NY - Milagros Lecuona, White Plains Common Council Member and Architect, will be the guest speaker at the June meeting of the White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations (WPCNA). She will talk about Urban Planning and Sustainability.
Milagros Lecuona, Project Manager and Designer for Peter Gisolfi Associates, the Hastings-on-Hudson architectural firm, and White Plains Common Council Member, will address the White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations (WPCNA) at its June meeting.
Ms. Lecuona, who previously served on the Westchester County Planning Board, will discuss Urban Planning and Sustainability. The meeting will be held at Education House at 5 Homeside Lane in White Plains, NY at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Admission is free and audience participation is encouraged.
Ms. Lecuona says the Renaissance of downtown White Plains coupled with the changing diversity of the population has created "new challenges for the infrastructure and for the health and safety of the residents" and thus challenges for its leaders. For her part, she believes the way to handle challenges is through "D.D.E.E.," which stands for Development, Diversity, Environment and Education. An outspoken advocate of transparency in government and applied technology in architecture, she says "Technology is something that is really governing our lives ... I want to make sure technology and green building design are part of our normal way of working in White Plains."
A native of Spain, where she took her BA/MA in Urban Planning at the University of Barcelona's School of Architecture, Milagros settled in White Plains in 1989, joining Peter Gisolfi Associates in 1999. At Gisolfi she has designed and/or managed major projects for Yale University, the Hastings-on-Hudson and Peekskill School Districts. In 2005, she established Lecuona Associates, her own woman-owned minority firm providing architectural services.
Active since coming to White Plains in civic, cultural, and women's organizations, she is the founder of La Casa de La Cultura, which promotes cultural development and diversity in Westchester. In addition to serving on the County Planning Board, Milagros served on the White Plains Cable Television Commission, and on the Boards of Museic, the choral group, the Westchester Hispanic Coalition, and the Westchester Red Cross.
Ms. Lecuona will take questions after her talk, which is sure to draw a full-capacity crowd. Come early to get a good seat!
The WPCNA, which is an apolitical non-governmental organization, provides a citywide forum on education, safety, health, government, the environment, and open space. Its members are the autonomous neighborhood associations dedicated to preserving and improving the quality of life in White Plains.
To learn more about the WPCNA, please visit: http://www.wpcna.org.
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