NPSG13-205

Smart Growth as an Economic Development

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG13-228

Moving Beyond Cars: Critical Lessons in Rebuilding Former Auto Communities

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG13-132

New Strategies for Equitable Smart Growth: The Promise of Place-Based “Green Zones”

Speakers: Charlie Sciammas, Community Organizer, People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights; Anita Maltbia, Executive Director, Green Impact Zone, Kansas City, MO; Carolina Martinez, Policy Advocate, Environmental Health Coalition; Penny Newman, Executive Director, Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice. Moderator: Sarah Russell, Brownfields Project Manager, U.S. EPA, Region 9.

How can smart growth braid together economic development and equity with a strong foundation in land-use planning into one cohesive movement? We explore this question from the bottom-up: from the perspective of organizations that are combining sustainable land-use planning and smart-growth principles with economic development, all within the framework of equity. The panel lookS at four place-based initiatives that are transitioning areas of high poverty, pollution and poor land-use planning into thriving communities with sustainable housing, transit and economic development. The models are examples of how communities across the country are using place-based models to address persistent issues of poor land-use planning, environmental burdens and lack of economic opportunity. The panelists will discuss how diverse groups can work together to achieve neighborhood-level change on issues of economic development, equity, and sustainable planning.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG13-206

Planning for Dense Infill & Redevelopment

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG13-248

Rebuilding Community Wealth, One Good Idea at a Time

2 hour session.

Audio CDs: 2

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$30.00

$30.00

NPSG13-102

Crowd-sourced Urbanism: No One Knows as Much as Everyone

Speakers: Jase Wilson, CEO, Neighbor.ly; Zach Flanders, AICP, Urban Planner, BNIM

Technology is enabling a radical democratization in the planning and development of cities. Social media and crowd-sourcing tools are revealing a preference for smart growth principles and vibrant urban districts, and they are giving citizens the power to transform urban spaces to fit their preferences. During this session, participants learn how to use social media technologies and crowdsourcing to build movements for urban change and raise funds for implementation. Real-world examples include crowd-funding for the Kansas City Streetcar, Better Block KC (a crowd-sourced temporary transformation of Grand Boulevard), and KCMomentum, a tool for Kansas Citians to improve their city. Whether you represent the public sector, a private business or an invested citizen, this session gives you the tools to engage the crowd and build something great!

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG13-137

Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Case Studies in Environmental Justice

Speakers: David Kooris, Director, Office of Planning and Economic Development, City of Bridgeport, CT; Clare Watson, Community Development Coordinator, City of Montgomery, AL. Moderator: John Frece, Director, Office of Sustainable Communities, U.S. EPA

The Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a collaboration among HUD, EPA, and DOT, works with communities to help them grow in ways that improve access to affordable housing, increase transportation options, and protect the environment. In June 2012, the Partnership issued a three-year anniversary report featuring case studies of six communities. The panelists discuss the environmental justice stories in three of those communities and how the Partnership is helping them achieve their goals for growth.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG13-310

Bike Sharing and Active Transportation for Communities Large and Small

2 hour session.

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG13-309

A Train the Trainer Workshop on Rural Economic Development and Land Use

2 hour session.

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG13-118

Success with Schools: New Tools for Your Community

Speakers: Candi Beaudry, AICP, Director, City of Billings, MT; Sharon Thomas, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Las Cruces, NM; Leslie Meehan, AICP, Director of Healthy Communities, Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. Moderator: Renee Kuhlman, Director of Special Projects-Government Relations and Policy, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Where to locate schools is a complex and often contentious question. Three communities are working to ensure that the health and sustainability of their community are part of the decision-making process. With help from EPA, Billings, Montana is developing a new cost calculator (with transportation, health, and environmental considerations) and conducting a thorough policy audit. Las Cruces, New Mexico has set up a joint city-county school district working group and will share how they are planning concurrently for the future. In Nashville, Tennessee, a new mixed-use development with a commuter train station is being built and planners have used a health impact assessment to help the community make a fair and equitable decision about the location of a new school facility. Attendees also share their own challenges so panelists can describe how the new tools can be used or modified in different situations.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG13-141

Exploring, Documenting, and Assessing Kansas City’s Diverse "Missing Middle" Housing Types

Speakers: Lynda Callon, Director, Kansas City Westside CAN Center; Kevin Klinkenberg, Senior Planner, Olsson Associates; Jed Moulton, Urban Design Manager, City of Omaha, NE. Moderator: Daniel Parolek, Principal, Opticos Design, Inc.

(3.5 hour session) The mismatch between the current housing stock in the U.S. and the large demographic shift, combined with the growing market demand for walkable urban living, has been poignantly defined by recent research. Missing Middle housing types, such as duplexes, fourplexes, mansion apartments, and live-work units are a critical part of the solution and should be a part of the arsenal of every architect, planner and developer. Missing Middle housing are simple, well-designed housing types that achieve medium density yields and provide high-quality, marketable options between single-family homes and mid-rise flats for walkable urban living. Listen to a diverse group of panelists that represent designers, planners and community representatives about how to apply this concept to your communities.

Audio CDs: 3

Audio CD

$36.00

$36.00

NPSG13-302

Planning and Implementing Smart Growth in Native Communities

2 hour session.

MP3

$20.00

$20.00

NPSG13-210

Streetcar Projects Encouraging Smart Growth Coast to Coast

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG13-101

Intercity Passenger Rail in America: Creating Regional Centers

Speakers: Wayne Aldrich, Development Director, Town of Normal, IL; Brian Harner, Architect, Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; Wilma Quan, Urban Planning Specialist, City of Fresno, CA

As the nation considers building new high-speed rail connections and strengthening existing intercity passenger rail networks, communities large and small are thinking about leveraging rail assets in new ways. Many metropolitan areas have plans to revitalize historic stations into multimodal and economic centers, while smaller communities reassess how to leverage intercity rail stations into a regional economic development strategy. This session addresses such questions as: How can stations catalyze TOD-like development patterns and help curb sprawl? How can high-speed rail stations become regional growth centers? How can good station area planning concentrate jobs and growth? Speakers offer case studies from a metropolitan area focusing on economic development and multimodal connectivity at Washington, DC, Union Station; planning for a new High Speed Rail station in Fresno, CA, to refocus economic growth and jobs downtown; and revitalization of a small-town Main Street centered on rehabilitation of an historic train depot.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

Subtotal

$256.00