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The Conference Agenda
Pre- and postconference tours of model projects will be offered. Click here for more information.
For a list of other invited speakers, click here.
| THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2002
On-site Preregistration Times: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 5:00–8:00 p.m. |
| Special Preconference Events |
| 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
San Diego as a Laboratory for Livable Communities
San Diego is considered one of the most desirable American cities in which to live. With its temperate climate and Mediterranean - like geography, San Diego will continue to grow. The San Diego Association of Governments estimates more than 450,000 new residents will be living in the city in the next twenty years. But with less than 12 percent of its land left for development, San Diego must determine where and how it will grow. Learn from a panel of local experts about the core ingredients that make San Diego such a livable city and also the major Smart Growth challenges that San Diego will confront, such as: traffic congestion, affordable housing, integration of long-range planning, availability of water, resource and habitat consumption, and social equity among its diverse residents.
After the opening discussion, three experts will respond to the issues raised by the San Diego panel and offer their thoughts on how San Diego can effectively accommodate this growth and still remain a shining example of livability. This interactive roundtable will provide an excellent orientation to the Smart Growth discussions within the greater San Diego region and help set the stage for several of the conference tours that immediately follow this session.
Moderator
Joseph Schilling, Director of Community and Economic Development, International City/County Management Association, Washington, D.C.
San Diego Panelists
- Planning and Land Use: Gail Goldberg, City of San Diego Planning Director
- Transportation: Alan Hoffman, Principal, THE MISSION GROUP
- Community Perspective: Anna Mathews, Commissioner, San Diego City Human Rights Commission
- Environmental: Karen Scarborough, Scarborough Consultants, Inc.
- Community Development and Urban Revitalization: William Jones, President and CEO, CityLink Investment Corporation.
Respondents
- National perspective: Geoffrey Anderson, Director, Smart Growth Office, U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C.
- California perspective: Nick Bollman, President, California Center for Regional Leadership, San Francisco, CA.
- Regional/Local perspective: Mike Stepner, Director of Land Use and Housing, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation.
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| 12:30–4:30 |
Concurrent Tours of Local Model Projects
These exciting tours will highlight how San Diego has utilized smart growth principles to build a strong, vibrant, and revitalized community. Note: There is an extra charge for attending these tours—sign up on the registration form. |
| 2:00–4:30 |
Federal Highway Administration’s TCSP Focus Group Session
Section 1221 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) established the Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot (TCSP) Program to provide funds for planning and implementation grants, technical assistance, and research to address the relationship among transportation, community and system preservation, and private sector-based initiatives. This session will include a discussion of the TCSP and will highlight some of the innovative TCSP initiatives that are underway across the country. |
| Main Conference Program |
| 7:00–9:00 |
Opening Keynote Session
A Commitment to Smart Growth Comes from “the Top”!
Our opening session will feature state and national leaders whose strong commitment to smart growth inspired them to become partners in this conference. Hear why they believe smart growth to be important to environmental protection, transportation, and public health and safety, and why smart growth is important to the future of America.
- Christie Todd Whitman, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (invited)
- Dr. Richard J. Jackson, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Jeff Morales, Director, California Department of Transportation
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| 9:00–10:00 |
Networking Reception |
| FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 |
| 7:00–8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m.–5:45 p.m. |
Conference Sessions |
| 7:00–8:00 |
No-Host Reception |
| 7:30–9:00 |
Optional Evening Salon Sessions
These optional “salons” will provide conference participants with the opportunity to discuss specific conference-related topics in a facilitated, interactive forum. Choose from the following salon topics:
- Airports and Smart Growth—What’s the Connection?
What is the connection between compatible decision making near airports on land use and enhancing community values? How do airports fit into the tenets of smart growth? Join us for a unique look at airport land use planning and how it contributes to the development of a sustainable community.
- Smart Growth Project Balance Sheet
What are the critical elements that a developer looks at in determining whether a smart growth project “pencils”? Which economic factors can communities affect to help smart growth projects happen? Come join a discussion on what can make—or break—smart growth one project at a time.
- Smart Growth; Maryland’s Economic Development Strategy
Can states develop smart growth plans that also foster economic development? Come join a provocative discussion on how to integrate growth plans that are usually treated as separate endeavors.
- New Community Design: Using the NGA Checklist to Assess whether Places and Projects Are Really Consistent with Smart Growth Principles
The authors of the NGA report “New Community Design to the Rescue—Fulfilling Another American Dream” will provide guidance on how to use the NGA checklist. This checklist is a tool to help people see through attempts by developers and builders to claim credit for places that really are not much different from automobile-dependent sprawl. Other uses of the checklist include as a tool for screening places for investment and public support, and as a way to select winners of awards.
- GIS: A Smart Growth Tool for Assuring Community Security
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| SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 |
| 7:00–8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
Conference Sessions |
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