Panel of Top City Planners From DC, NYC and Phila. To Discuss Infrastructure Needs and Possible Action by White House and Congress at March 7 Press Club Newsmaker

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Donald Trump has proposed spending a trillion dollars on infrastructure improvements. What should the priorities be?  On March 7, at 10 a.m., in the National Press Club's Bloomberg Room, three top city planners—from Washington, New York City, and Philadelphia -- will tell a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference what assistance from the administration and Congress is most needed.  Additionally, these experts will discuss the grade or assessment they would give the country's infrastructure and the help that they currently receive.

Panelists include Eric Shaw, Director, D.C. Office of Planning; Anne Fadullon, Director of Planning and Development, Philadelphia; and Carl Weisbrod, immediate past Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission and Director of the New York City Department of City Planning, now Senior at HR&A Advisors and Senior Fellow at NYU Marion Institute of Urban Management.

The National Press Club is located on the 13^th Floor of the National Press Building at 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.  This news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No advance registration is required.

Contact: Bob Weiner, NPC Newsmaker event coordinator 301-283-0821, cell 202-306-1200 [email protected]

SOURCE National Press Club