May
11, 2006
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Attend
the Smart Growth Conference and be one of the first to hear…
Special
Lunch Presentation: Public Release – “A Regional Strategic Vision for Public
Transportation Serving Southwestern
6th
Annual Southwestern Pennsylvania Smart Growth Conference
Coming Together to Revitalize
Our Communities: Cross-Community and Cross-County Collaboration
Friday,
May 19
8:00 am - 3:30 pm (7:30 am registration and breakfast) (lunch included)
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh
Keynote: David
Soule, Associate Director Center for Urban & Regional Policy, Northeastern
University and former head of the Boston Metro Area Planning Council.
Cost: Early Registration: $30. Registration after
May 12: $40 (free to elected officials)
Call
(412) 258-6642 to register
Conference
brochure/agenda and registration form: http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/2006_Conference/main.htm
The 2006 Smart Growth Conference is distinguished from past conferences by allowing participants to vote on a prioritized set of strategies and collaborative actions to speed the development and redevelopment of core communities throughout the region. This interactive public participation engagement process will be facilitated by use of wireless hand-held voting devices.
In
advance of the Smart Growth Conference, this spring, five civic and government
organizations* collaborated to host a series of forums throughout the region to
collect input. The objectives of the forums and conference are to: provide input
to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s Long Range Transportation and
Development Plan - "Project Region"; demonstrate cross-community
common needs, review a set of currently emerging state and regional policy
options; identify common barriers and policy opportunities for redevelopment;
provide technical assistance; and build consensus on a focused set of strategies
and collaboration for regional implementation.
Based on reports by leaders from each of the five pre-conference regional
forums, attendees at the Smart Growth Conference will have informed input to
issues that impact the growth, development and future of the region. Conference
participants will then vote to identify a set of strategies and begin discussion
of collaborative actions to advance these solutions toward redevelopment of our
core communities to Renew Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Keynote speaker for the Smart Growth Conference is David Soule, associate
director at the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at
Following-up the 2006 Smart Growth Conference, the partnering organizations will to determine action steps to advance each of the priority strategies that will be determined at the conference. Resulting action plans will include engaging the public, conference participants, representatives from the regional forums, and additional stakeholders throughout the region.
The Sixth Annual 2006 Smart Growth Conference is supported by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, and The Pittsburgh Foundation.
*The
Smart Growth conference and regional forums are presented by:
Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic Development
Regional Coalition of Community Builders
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics
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The
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King Mellon Foundation
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