[Pollinator] Fwd: Don’t Miss the Smart Growth Conference of the Year!

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 From: White.Roberta at epamail.epa.gov
Sent: 12/21/2010 9:12:42 A.M. Pacific  Standard Time
Subj: Don’t Miss the Smart Growth Conference of the  Year!


 



The 10th annual New Partners for Smart Growth:  Building Safe, Healthy
and More Livable Communities Conference in  Charlotte, NC is right around
the corner — February 3-5 in fact! This is  the largest and most
comprehensive conference focused on smart growth and  sustainable
communities held in U.S. each year, and not one to  miss.

The multi-disciplinary program includes dynamic plenaries,  in-depth
implementation workshops, cutting edge breakouts featuring the  latest
research, case studies, tool and strategies, and tours of local  model
projects. The line-up of over 400 speakers is stellar,  with
international and national expertise mixed with local and regional  “know
how”. We expect 95% of the over 100 sessions to be AICP  accredited.

The program this year also has a strong underlying them of  financing and
capacity-building — important and timely topics for state and  local
governments, NGOs, and the grassroots organizations working in  the
trenches on critical smart growth issues across the  country.

Additional emphasis is being placed this year on providing as  many
networking opportunities for participants as possible. Beyond the  usual
informal networking opportunities offered — the number one reason  people
attend this event — conference planners are organizing networking  forums
that will focus timely issues such as: the unique challenges of  smart
growth in small towns and rural areas; new federal technical  assistance
for sustainable communities; advocacy building at the local and  national
level; continuing the conversation on better connecting  environmental
justice, equitable development and smart growth; smart  growth
strategies, tools and resources in southern states; and Health  Impact
Assessments for new and experienced practitioners. We expect others  to
be added before and during the conference.

SIGN UP NOW! The  conference registration deadline is January 14th!
Register at  http://www.newpartners.org/registration.html.

The deadline to receive  the reduced group rate for this event ($95) at
the Westin Charlotte Hotel  is January 10th. Call 1-866-837-4148 and
indicate that you are attending  the New Partners Conference.

Roberta Lane White, Management  Analyst
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Sustainable  Communities
Mail Code:  1807T
1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,  N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460



Visit www.newpartners.org to  register NOW for the 10th Annual New
Partners for Smart Growth Conference  in Charlotte, North Carolina on
February 3-5,  2011.

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