NPSG13-119

Born in a Small Town: Transportation Success Stories from Rural America

Speakers: Sarah Kline, Policy Director, Reconnecting America; Terry Supahan, President, Supuhan Consulting Group; Lisa Ballard, PE, President, Current Transportation Solutions. Moderator: Roger Millar, PE, AICP, Vice President, Smart Growth America

When you hear the words “public transportation,” what image comes to mind? For many Americans, the words conjure up pictures of crowded subway cars and diesel buses crawling through traffic – in short, scenes of urban mass transit. Small city and rural America has public transportation needs that are just as compelling as those in big cities. Aging populations, young people, disabled citizens, working families and other people who want transportation choices are working together as never before to make public transportation happen. Federal and state government resources have become available for small-town and rural transit, and communities are leveraging this investment to great success. Panelists discuss small city and rural transit success stories from around the country, with an emphasis on why and how success happened so that the lessons learned can be applied in other communities.

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NPSG13-208

Creative Place-making to Strengthen Equity: A Tale of Two Cities

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NPSG13-327

Singing, Dancing, and Painting: Philanthropy-Supported Art Projects Creating Vibrant Rural Places

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$15.00

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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!

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NPSG13-109

Cities and Regions in Transition: Accentuating Assets, and Repositioning Economies for a More Prosperous Future

Speakers: Dane Walling, Mayor, City of Flint, MI; Benjamin Kennedy, Community Development Program Officer, Kresge Foundation; India Lee Pierce, Program Director for Neighborhoods, Cleveland Foundation; Tamar Shapiro, Director of Urban and Regional Policy, German Marshall Fund

Older industrial cities, both small and large, have been particular hard-hit by the recession. Building on regional assets, public-private partnerships and new funding opportunities, several such cities are transforming their economies for a stronger future. Philanthropic institutions have played a significant role in the transformation of these cities. Cleveland’s University Circle and Detroit’s Midtown are leading examples of new economic opportunities built around anchor institutions that are replacing older industrial and manufacturing centers. Flint, MI, with strong support from the local philanthropic community, is updating its master plan and zoning code to reflect current realities and reposition itself for a better and more sustainable future. The speakers address such topics as the role of anchor institutions in reviving local economies, worker-owned cooperatives, and neighborhood-based strategies that address widespread vacancy and abandonment.

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NPSG13-245

High Impact Regional Strategies to Implement Smart Growth

2 hour session.

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NPSG13-01C

WORKSHOP: Local Policies and Tools that Support Equitable Development

Speakers: Amanda Gehrke, Vernice Miller-Travis

Learn about specific tools and approaches to use at the local level to preserve and create affordable housing, retain small businesses and cultural institutions, and improve access to high-quality employment opportunities in areas where reinvestment is occuring or expected.

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$15.00

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NPSG13-221

Adapting Cities to WaterWorld: Smart Growth Techniques for Rainwater Management

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NPSG13-224

Green Economic Development: Tools to Achieve Smart Growth in Small Communities

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NPSG13-201

California’s Next Gold Rush: Local Energy Program Increases Jobs, Economic Development and Climate Resilience

Speakers: Liz Yager, Energy and Sustainability Manager, County of Sonoma, CA; Sammy Chu, Director, Long Island Green Homes; Barbara Spoonhour, Director of Energy and Environmental Programs, Western Riverside Council of Governments. Moderator: Kate Meis, Associate Director, Local Government Commission.

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is one of the most exciting new mechanisms to advance climate and energy goals and local economic development. PACE allows property owners to finance renewable energy and efficiency projects repaid through an assessment on their property taxes with costs spread out over the expected life of the improvements. A recent study showed that if just 1% of homes were to invest in PACE projects the results would be $15 billion in gross economic output, $4 billion in combined federal, state, and local tax revenue, and 226,000 jobs. Sonoma County’s PACE program alone has funded $57,013,184 in residential and commercial projects completed primarily by local contractors helping to create or retain nearly 700 jobs. The session highlights how three communities with active residential PACE programs have overcome barriers (including Federal Housing Finance Agency opposition) and contributed to their community’s energy, climate change and economic development goals.

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NPSG13-103

Equity as the New Model for Growth: How Three Regions are Innovating

Speakers: Ramon Leon, Executive Director, Latino Economic Development Corporation; Allen Fernandez Smith, President & CEO, Urban Habitat; Pamela Hurtt, Senior Consultant, New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan

Tomorrow’s successful regions will be those that adopt equity-driven growth strategies, creating greater opportunities for residents left behind after the past few decades of unequal growth. Doing so means squarely addressing race: in many metros, the majority of residents are people of color, yet Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans and other racial/ethnic groups continue to face stark barriers to economic participation and success. A handful of regions are taking bold steps to integrate equity into their economic development pursuits. This session highlights three of them: Detroit’s New Economy Initiative, which is implanting inclusion strategies into its small business accelerators focused on high-tech companies, anchor institutions, and neighborhood-serving businesses; the Twin Cities’ “Everybody In” effort to reduce the region’s high racial disparities in employment; and the Bay Area’s sustainable communities strategy to connect the region’s low-income communities and communities of color to its high-growth industries.

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NPSG13-01D

WORKSHOP: Using Regional Equity Indicators

Speakers: John Fierro, Alfred Henson, Amanda Martin, Victor Rubin

Participants learn about a new methodology and a set of indicators for analyzing regional equity, and how to use this analysis to inform regional and sustainable community planning, economic and workforce development, and land use transportation planning efforts. A trainer from PolicyLink instructs attendees on how to conduct a regional equity analysis, and how to interpret demographic, economic, educational, health, housing and transportation indicators. Government staff and community leaders discuss how they are translating equity analyses to policy and on-the-ground work.

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NPSG13-136

Smart Growth as Economic Development: Helping Communities Find and Create Competitive Advantage(s)

Speakers: William Fulton, Director, Governors’ Institute on Community Design; Kathy Nothstine, Associate Director, National Association of Development Associations. Moderator: Nora Johnson, Policy Fellow, Office of Sustainable Communities, U.S. EPA

The last several years has seen an emphasis on how using smart growth techniques can lead to economic growth. Little attention, however, has been paid to how smart growth approaches can be used for economic reinvention, particularly in smaller communities. This session focuses on how smart growth can be used as an economic development strategy, leading to economic and community revitalization. Integrating smart growth techniques and economic development is proving to be critical for communities who are successfully competition in today economy through utilizing existing assets to reinvent themselves, creating a competitive advantage, and retaining and attracting residents. Speakers represent local, state and regional level perspectives and provide ample examples.

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Subtotal

$205.00