“San Diego light rail station.” Photo by EPA Smart Growth via Flickr.
Save the date! Join smart growth leaders from across the country for the 11th annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, to be held from February 2-4, 2012 in San Diego, California.
New Partners for Smart Growth is a national, multi-disciplinary smart growth conference presented by the Local Government Commission. In these tough economic times when communities everywhere are struggling for fiscal survival, this timely conference will identify innovative ways to finance smart growth, explore creative techniques for reducing infrastructure and service costs, and provide concrete ideas for employing smart growth as a tool for community economic vitality.
Appealing to many different disciplines, the conference draws a national audience of local elected officials, city and county staff, landscape architects, developers and builders, planners, transportation professionals, public health professionals, architects, bankers, realtors, urban designers, parks and recreation professionals, advocates for social and environmental equity, school superintendents, board members and facilities staff, advocates for older adults and youth, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, labor representatives, environmentalists, crime prevention professionals, and all others committed to building safer, healthier, and more livable communities everywhere.
The program will kick off on Thursday morning and continue through Saturday afternoon and will include a dynamic mix of nearly 95 sessions — plenaries, breakouts, specialized trainings, implementation workshops, and coordinated networking activities. Tours of local model projects from San Diego and surrounding cities will be featured as well. Learn from hundreds of speakers who cross disciplines to share insights, and valuable tools and strategies for making smart growth a success in your community.
Plan to join us, and others, from across the U.S. next February for the smart growth event of the year! Visit www.newpartners.org for more details.