Want to learn about new, innovative strategies for creating great places? Several upcoming webinars provide ideas and inspiration for local leaders.
Food Access & Health Impacts: Trends and New Research
Thursday, April 4, 2013 – 2:00-3:00 PM EDT
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Limited retail access to healthy foods affects the dietary patterns and health outcomes of many Americans. Join this webinar, hosted by PolicyLink, to learn how new research and evaluation practices are helping to generate fresh solutions that stimulate change in local communities.
Smart Growth and Equitable Development
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 – 2:00-3:00 PM EDT
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EPA’s Smart Growth Program will host a webinar on how communities are using equitable development and smart growth strategies to create neighborhoods that are healthy, sustainable, and inclusive. Hear from two of EPA’s 2012 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement winners in the Equitable Development category, and you’ll get highlights from the agency’s new report, Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development.
Tools for Local Sustainability: Exploring the Technical Guidance Manual and Neighborhood Development Floating Zone
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 – 12:00 PM EDT
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Join staff from USGBC and the Land Use Law Center at Pace University Law School to learn about the recently released tools to support local government sustainability efforts. The Technical Guidance Manual and Neighborhood Development Floating Zone will be discussed in detail with presentations from two selected case studies (Boston, MA and Las Vegas, NV).
What Happened to the Brownfields Tax Incentive?
Thursday, April 11, 2013 – 2:00-3:15 PM EDT
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Join NALGEP and Smart Growth America’s National Brownfields Coalition to hear from national experts about how the Brownfields Tax Incentive works, why it is so powerful and effective, how specific projects have used the incentive, and strategies to renew it. Speakers include: Daniel Walsh, Director of New York City’s Office of Environmental Remediation; Mark McIntyre, General Counsel for New York City’s Office of Environmental Remediation; and Evans Paull, Executive Director of the National Brownfields Coalition.