1000 Friends of CT proudly announces its
1ST Annual Statewide Smart Growth Conference!
Register early by October 1st and receive a discounted conference ticket!!
Early Registration = $55 regular admission or $40 for existing Friend admission!!

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1000 Friends of Connecticut
P.O. Box 1988
Hartford, CT 06144-1988

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Wednesday November, 14 2007
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
at Southern Connecticut State University’s
Michael J. Adanti Center

What is Smart Growth? How does Smart Growth affect Connecticut? Who is 1000 Friends of CT?
1000 Friends of CT invites you to an exciting day of smart growth education and information! The conference will consist of a variety of workshops conducted by some of the country’s leading smart growth experts, an engaging keynote speaker, information booths featuring our co-sponsors and other smart growth related organizations and businesses, plus many valuable networking opportunities.

Conference Agenda     

• Registration & Continental Breakfast   Sponsored by:

• Welcome 1000 FRIENDS of Connecticut

• Overview of Connecticut’s Economy – Jeff Blodgett of Connecticut Economics Research Center

• Politics & Policy of Smart Growth – Panel Discussion

• Restoring Prosperity & Moving the Smart Growth Agenda – 1000 Friends of Connecticut

• Morning Workshops – Choose from 7

• Lunch

• Keynote: Lee Sobel - the Real Estate Development and Finance Analyst in the US EPA’s Development, Community & Environment Division, the Smart Growth program
Sponsored by:  

• Afternoon Workshops – Choose from 7
 

Smart Growth Workshops:

Including;

• Smart Growth and Public Health: Growing smart to build healthy communities. The connection between development decisions and public health.

• Brownfields: Connecticut has over 1000 Brownfields sites. Challenges and opportunities of these existing spaces and infrastructure. Steve Sasala – President & CEO of the Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce.

• The Face of CT: A Green and Growing Vision for the future of Connecticut and the campaign to leave a lasting legacy, Invest in our cities and village centers, Plan for responsible growth, and Protect our investments. David Sutherland - The Nature Conservancy

• Storrs Center: A case study on smart growth design, green building techniques, and public, private and academic partnerships. Peter Bachman - President & CEO of B.L. Companies   

• Harbor Point: A case study on Stamford’s Waterfront redevelopment, featuring: brownfield clean up, community partnering, mixing uses, mixing incomes, and building green. – Jonathan Freeman of Antares Real Estate Company.  Harbor Point workshop sponsored by Antares Real Estate.

• Smart Growth and Global Warming: Transportation trends and, green buildings, and using smart growth to combat climate change in Connecticut and nation-wide. Roger Smith – Connecticut Clean Water Action & Kate Rube – Smart Growth America.

• HomeCT: For our economy, our families our future. A statewide campaign to increase the stock of affordable, higher density housing in Connecticut. David Fink – Policy & Communications Director of the Partnership for Strong Communities.

• Reforming Economic Development Incentives to Promote Smart Growth-  Recent studies in four states find that company-specific economic development subsidies have a sprawling bias against inner cities and inner-ring suburbs. But a few states are beginning to re-write their rules to bring jobs and tax base back to areas that have infrastructure, transit service, affordable housing and mixed use. Learn how these analyses are performed and how states are starting to better integrate planning with economic development.  Greg LeRoy – Good Jobs INC.

• Density & Design: The principals of the smart code in community development and building design. Robert Orr – President of Robert Orr Associates.

• Bike Routes & Greenways: Struggles, successes, & trails yet to travel in Connecticut. Leslie Lewis – Connecticut Forest & Park Association

• Connecting the Dots Human, economic and community development. Jim Horan - Executive Director of Connecticut Association for Human Services

• Building Support for mixed use, mixed income development: John Simone – Executive Director of Connecticut Main Street Center, , David Fields, Prinicipal, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates.

• Research Methodologies:  How do we really analyze sprawl? – Jeff Blodgett of the Connecticut Economics Resource Center

Come join fellow Connecticut citizens, practioners, policy-makers, advocates and friends to learn how to work together to Grow Connecticut Smart!

CO-SPONSORS:  Connecticut Housing Coalition, Connecticut Association for Human Services, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, The Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter, The Rockfall Foundation, Green Valley Institute, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Regional Institute for the 21st Century, Connecticut Main Street Center, Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance

Bronze Sponsors:

Sponsorship Welcome! Contact info@1000friends-ct.org for information on sponsorship opportunities and conference information!