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Smart Growth Conference Planned in Washington, D.C.
The Local Government Commission (LGC) will be holding its New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 7-9.
The conference will feature the latest on cutting-edge smart growth issues, implementation tools and strategies, best practices, interactive learning experiences, new partners, new projects and new policies, as well as 15 tours of local model projects in neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. and suburban Virginia and Maryland.
LCG is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization that provides technical assistance and networking to local elected officials and other dedicated community leaders who are working to create healthy, walkable and resource-efficient communities.
The conference will feature more than 100 educational sessions — including plenary sessions, interactive breakouts, implementation workshops and specialized training — and more than 300 speakers.
“The New Partners for Smart Growth conference has become more and more solution-oriented in it focus, and by attracting an increasingly diverse audience of participants from both the public and private sectors, it offers a rare forum for having frank and productive discussions about how to work better together,” said Debra Bassert of NAHB and a conference speaker.
The conference will attract local elected officials, city and county staff, landscape architects, developers and builders, planners, transportation professionals and traffic engineers, public health professionals, architects, bankers, crime prevention professionals, real estate professionals, urban designers, parks and recreation professionals, environmentalists, advocates for older adults and youth, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, advocates for affordable housing and others. More than 1,500 participants are expected to attend.
For more information, and to register, visit www.newpartners.org.
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