1000 Friends of Connecticut’s First Annual Smart Growth Conference
Sponsored by:
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Tentative Schedule
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8:30 |
Coffee and Registration -- Your coffee is sponsored by Fuss & O’Neill |
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8:40 |
Welcome – Sue Merrow, Co-Chair, 1000 Friends of Connecticut Board of Trustees |
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9:00 |
Our Economy – Jeffrey Blodgett, Director of Research, Connecticut Economic Resource Center |
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9:40 |
Plenary Panel – Representative Brendan Sharkey, Senator John McKinney, OPM Under-Secretary David LeVasseur, Deborah Borero, Governor’s Legislative Staff (panel members subject to change) |
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10:40 |
Moving the Smart Growth Agenda -- Heidi Green, President 1000 Friends of Connecticut |
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11:00 |
The Tragedy of the Prairie Dogs – A case study of Storrs center, sponsored by BL Companies & Leyland Alliance MUMI, sponsored by Nelson Nygaard The Smart Code -- Density and Design Smart Growth & Public Health , sponsored by the Connecticut Health Foundation Face of Connecticut HomeConnecticut Promoting Smarter Rural Communities |
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12:30 |
Lunch -- Keynote Speaker, Lee Sobel, Real Estate Development and Finance Analyst, USEPA |
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2:30 |
Smart Growth & Global Warming Harbor Point – a case study, sponsored by Antares Connecticut the Dots Bringing Back Brownfields Measuring Sprawl Reforming Economic Development Incentives to Promote Smart Growth Bike Routes and Greenways |
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4:00 |
Adjourn – please don’t forget your evaluation!! |
A special thanks to our Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance,
Connecticut Association for Human Services, Connecticut Chapter of the
Sierra Club,
Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, Connecticut Housing
Coalition, Connecticut Main Street Center,
Connecticut Trust for Historic
Preservation, Futurists of Southern Connecticut State University,
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Valley Institute, Regional Institute for the 21st Century.