Conference Overview
7th
Annual
"Focusing
Growth for Regional Prosperity"
Featuring:
Keynote
address by Don Chen, Smart Growth America
Public Presentation and Comment on Draft Long Range Transportation and Development Plan for Southwestern Pennsylvania (Project Region)
Public input to work to date by the SWPA Smart Growth Community Committees
Reaction
panel featuring state, regional and local leaders
Friday,
May 18, 2007
8:00
a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Omni
William Penn Hotel
No
fee to attend
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Conference
Highlights
This
year’s conference picks up from past Smart Growth Conferences in serving again
as a public comment session to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission's
process of updating the region's Long Range Transportation and Development Plan
for
Attendees will also hear
progress reports and provide input to the on-going work of the three Smart
Growth Community Committees that were created in response to the regional
priorities voted upon at last year's conference:
Leveling the Field for
Redevelopment: redevelopment efforts benefit from state funding and other
assistance; however there are recommended ways to make the process
easier to navigate and more effective.
Promoting Regionalism: case
studies of intergovernmental cooperation around the state will be
assessed for opportunities to replicate them throughout the region and
advance policies and assistance to speed the process.
Funding Public
Transportation: examples around the nation of citizens approving local
funding for transportation provide insight on options that might gain
favor in our region.
Toward addressing the
challenges of revitalizing the region's communities, these committees are
working on practical policy options and practices, the type of which will be
necessary to realize the regional plan's focused growth strategy for the
region's development and prosperity.
Project Region: The
Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Plan
will be the mechanism for connecting the region’s vision to an official,
coordinated implementation program of projects and actions.
Through Project Region, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
looks to raise the level of transparency in regional planning and further
improve its utility by focusing on the functional rather than the
jurisdictional/geographic aspects of desired improvements.
Come be part of this important
regional planning process which represents a milestone in the region's
heightened resolve to integrate and focus transportation and development for
quality of life and competitiveness in the global economy.
Presented
by:
PA
Department of Community and Economic Development
Regional
Coalition of Community Builders
University
of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics
Sponsored
by:
Conference Sponsorship still available. Call (412) 258-6643 or download information.
Supported
by:
Richard
King Mellon Foundation
The Heinz
Endowments
Media Partner:
The 2007 Smart Growth Conference is "climate neutral" via partnership with NativeEnergy to offset the greenhouse gases associated with holding the event. To offset your carbon footprint go to:
