Why You Should Attend
Depending on your specific discipline, you may be wondering what the 11th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference has to offer you. To find the answer to that question, you don’t have to look far. Review the conference program and the dynamic sessions described there, the impressive list of national, regional and local experts and practitioners invited to speak, and the additional “special conference features” that include optional pre-conference sessions, tours that feature local model projects and interactive learning experiences. This dynamic event also offers you the opportunity to network with your peers as well as many different disciplines having the same goal—building safe, healthy, equitable and livable communities for all.
The New Partners for Smart Growth Conference has made it a primary goal to bring you together with multiple disciplines to explore how partnerships can provide the political will, technical expertise, and the most effective action plans necessary to overcome inertia and change business as usual. These partnerships also help eliminate single-sector “silo-thinking” and the language barriers that make it difficult for various professions and interests to communicate with each other. By promoting multidisciplinary, non-traditional partnerships, we believe it is possible for you to achieve even greater success in creating more livable communities.
The LGC and our conference partners strongly encourage you to "step outside your discipline” and attend sessions that are under a variety of different thematic categories (or tracks). We believe you will find the information, tools, and networking opportunities under each category to be extremely valuable, and well worth your time.
