Community forum to look at what makes a great street

The Woodland Hills Warner Center Neighborhood Council's next community forum will feature a "Panel of Visionaries" offering perspectives and philosophies on what makes a great street.

The forum will be held from 8-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, in the auditorium at Kaiser Permanente, 5601 De Soto Ave., Woodland Hills.

Sustainability, mobility, accessability, walkability, ridability, enjoyability and profitability are all benefits of having a great street in a mixed-used development, according to the forum organizers.

Rick Cole, who has been city manager of Ventura since 2004, will be on the panel.

Called "one of Southern California's most visionary planning thinkers" by the L.A. Times, Cole is widely cited as an urban policy expert.

He previously served six years as city of manager of Azusa. Under Cole's leadership, Azusa was described as the "most improved city in the San Gabriel Valley" by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

For more information about the upcoming community forum, visit www.whcouncil.org.