Smart Growth for Local Elected Officials
Local elected officials have a critical role to play in assuring better planning in their communities--without their leadership, there will be no progress! This session will outline the basic principles and benefits of smart growth. Then, city and county elected officials will offer examples of tangible actions that they have undertaken to implement smart-growth principles, making their communities better places to live.

6:30-7:00

7:00-8:30

Plenaries

Morning Keynote--A Townmaker's Vision of Livability
Victor Dover--an Architect and Town Planner--has been designing delightful, walkable, mixed-use communities for over a decade, and his work has enhanced the livability of the many cities in which he has worked. His presentation will provide us with a vision of what smart growth can be, at its best.

Facilitated Multidisciplinary Discussion Panel
The smart-growth vision offers the potential to address many of the critical issues that face our communities. Leaders representing several different perspectives--crime prevention, public health, transportation, national security, labor, water management, and development--will discuss the pros and cons of Dover's vision within a casual, quasi living room-style setting.

Concurrent Morning Breakouts

Concurrent Afternoon Implementation Workshops

Concurrent Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Concurrent Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Neighborhoods Built for Everybody
It is a principle of the smart-growth movement that our neighborhoods and communities should accommodate diverse uses and house people from all income levels. Our keynote speaker will provide us with a glimpse of such a community, its success, how it functions, and how it looks.

Facilitated Multidisciplinary Discussion Panel
Representatives from different community interests including youth, older adults, advocates of environmental justice, and crime prevention will comment on and discuss this vision. And, an affordable and mixed-income housing developer will share his views on the market outlook for such mixed-income neighborhoods.

Results of the Charrette Hands-On Workshop
See the outcomes of the workshop held on Friday that was centered on a real local New Orleans community project. Hear an overview from Bill Lennertz about the project itself and the results of the work completed by members of the technical expert and local city teams - within the context of the NCI Charrette methodology - a process for transformative community change.

Concurrent Afternoon Implementation Workshops

Concurrent Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Youth Delegation Presentation
It was clear at the first New Partners for Smart Growth conference that young people can be extremely articulate and outspoken about what they want for their communities. We expect the same degree of excellence and inspiration this year, as our youth participants step up to the plate.

Closing Keynote
It seems appropriate to close the conference by hearing from last year's most popular speaker, architect Andres Duany. Duany will discuss his newest activities related to getting smart-growth projects in the ground, including his SmartCode and a new venture capital fund to plan and permit new urban communities throughout the United States.

“At the Trust for Public Land we help communities get ahead of the growth curve with what we call “Greenprinting” --a process of conservation vision, funding, protection, and stewardship. Greenprinting demands partnerships. While public investments in open space can shape growth--and not block growth from sensible housing, transportation, and other infrastructure needs--it is dialogue among the leaders of distinct disciplines that encourages this ultimate goal--partnerships in community building. TPL is proud to co-sponsor the 2nd Annual New Partners conference, a premier forum for this dialogue."”
    —Will Rogers, President, Trust for Public Land