New Partners for Smart Growth Conference - February 3-5

Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference

Charlotte, NC - February 3-5, 2011

Charlotte - "the Queen City" - is an ideal setting for the 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. Rated the fourth best "Walking City" in the nation, and the best in North Carolina, in 2007 by Lifestyle Magazine, and was also named number 8 of the 100 "Best Places to Live and Launch" by CNNMoney.com. Charlotte continues to be a wonderful example of what can be accomplished when neighbors, community nonprofits, businesses and city departments work together to make their city a healthier place to live.

Today, more than ever, we are faced with environmental and economic challenges that will define our generation, shape our future, and test our resilience as cities, regions, states and a nation. Join leaders from across the U.S. as we tackle these challenges head-on and demonstrate smart growth solutions that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create a green economy, assure a healthy population, and expand transportation and housing options for all Americans.

New Partners for Smart Growth is a national, multi-disciplinary smart growth conference presented by the Local Government Commission. In these tough economic times when communities everywhere are struggling for fiscal survival, this timely conference will identify innovative ways to finance smart growth, explore creative techniques for reducing infrastructure and service costs, and provide concrete ideas for employing smart growth as a tool for community economic vitality.

Appealing to many different disciplines, the conference will draw a national audience of local elected officials, city and county staff, landscape architects, developers and builders, planners, transportation professionals, public health professionals, architects, bankers, realtors, urban designers, parks and recreation professionals, advocates for social and environmental equity, school superintendents, board members and facilities staff, advocates for older adults and youth, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, labor representatives, environmentalists, crime prevention professionals, and all others committed to building safer, healthier, and more livable communities everywhere.

The program will kick off on Thursday morning and continue through Saturday afternoon and includes a dynamic mix of nearly 90 sessions - plenaries, breakouts, specialized trainings, implementation workshops, and coordinated networking activities. Exciting tours of local model projects from Charlotte and surrounding cities will be featured. There will be something for everybody, from veteran experts to smart-growth novices. Learn from hundreds of speakers who cross disciplines to share insights, and valuable tools and strategies for making smart growth a success in your community.

Plan to join us, and others, from across the U.S. next February for the smart growth event of the year! Visit www.NewPartners.org to get more details.

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