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Is your Smart Growth Alliance looking for a speaker for an upcoming event?

If so, consult the following databases:

New Partners for Smart Growth Conference

This conference, organized by the Local Government Coalition, is considered to be one of the premier smart growth conferences held each year respected for its variety of participants and speakers. For information on past speakers and their presentations, visit the web site for past conferences and the Smart Growth Network summary.

Smart Growth Speaker Series

Sponsored by the Smart Growth Network, U.S. EPA, and National Building Museum, the Smart Growth Speaker Series hosts speakers on a monthly basis to describe this new development paradigm, explore specific approaches, to foster dialog, and identify opportunities for positive change in growth and development patterns. Past presentations are available in an audio archive with this link.

ULI Speaker Database

This live searchable database may help you find speakers and/or moderators. It includes speakers from: DC Meetings, Fall meetings, Spring Council Forums, policy forums, symposiums, book and Urban Land authors, etc.

Resources

General Smart Growth
Affordable/Workforce Housing
Community Support
Compact Communities
Economic Development
Environmental Infrastructure
Open Space Conservation
Placemaking
Public/Private Partnerships
Regional Cooperation & Visioning
Sustainable Design
Toolkits and Model Codes
Transit Oriented Development
Transportation & Infrastructure
Urban Revitalization


General Smart Growth

Smart Growth Implementation Toolkit (SG Leadership Institute & U.S. EPA).
Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation (ICMA & SG Network)
Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation (ICMA & SG Network)
Greetings from Smart Growth America (Smart Growth America)
Growing by Choice or Chance: State Strategies for Quality Growth in South Carolina (ULI)
National Award for Smart Growth Achievement (U.S. EPA)
Putting the Pieces Together: State Actions to Encourage Smart Growth Practices in California (ULI)
Selected Smart Growth Publications for the Smart Growth Network (U.S. EPA)
Smart Growth and Schools (U.S. EPA)
Smart Growth InfoPacket (ULI)
Smart Growth: Myth and Fact (ULI)
A Smart Growth Reader (APA)
Smart Growth Shareware CD (Smart Growth America)
This is Smart Growth (SG Network)
Sustainable Development InfoPacket (ULI)
What is Smart Growth? Fact Sheet (SG Network)

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Affordable/Workforce Housing

Affordable Housing and Smart Growth (SG Network & National Neighborhood Coalition)
Affordable Housing Reader (American Planning Association)
The Affordability Index (Brookings)
Best Practices in the Production of Affordable Housing (ULI Community Catalyst Report)
The Case for Multifamily Housing (ULI)
Challenges to Developing workforce Housing (ULI)
Encouraging Workforce Housing in the Chicago Region, Atlanta, and the District of Columbia (ULI Land Use Policy Report)
Mixed-Income Housing: Myth and Fact (ULI)
Housing & Transportation Cost Trade-Offs and Burdens (Center for Neighborhood Technology & Virginia Tech)
Urban Infill Housing: Myth and Fact (ULI)
Workforce Housing: Barriers, Solutions, and Model Practices (ULI)

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Community Support

Breaking the Development Logjam (ULI with support from U.S. EPA)
Choosing Our Community's Future (Smart Growth America)
Community Image Survey CD
Involving the Community in Neighborhood Planning (ULI Community Catalyst Report)
Smart Growth Illustrated (U.S. EPA)
Smart Growth Scorecards (U.S. EPA)

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Compact Communities

Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in your Community (LGC, U.S. EPA & NAR)
Greenfield Development without Sprawl: The Role of Planned Communities (ULI)
Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact (ULI, National Multi Housing Council, Sierra Club, and American Institute of Architects)
Higher Density Presentation, Suburban Script (ULI, National Multi Housing Council, and Sierra Club)
Higher Density Presentation, Urban Script (ULI, National Multi Housing Council, and Sierra Club)
Pedestrian and Transit-Friendly Design (Reid Ewing & ICMA)
Smart Growth at the Frontier: Strategies and Resources for Rural Communities (Northeast-Midwest Institute)
ULI/NMHC/AIA Joint Forum on Housing Density (ULI Land Use Policy Report)

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Economic Development

Corporate Location and Smart Growth (ULI)
Economical Benefits of Walkable Communities (LGC)
Economic Development and Smart Growth (IEDC)
Investing in a Better Future: A Review of the Fiscal and Competitive Advantages of Smarter Growth Development Patterns (Brookings)
Profiles of Business Leadership on Smart Growth (NALGEP)
Smart Growth is Smart Business (NALGEP & SGLI)
Sustainable Business Development (NACo)

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Environmental Infrastructure

Ahwahnee Water Principles
Growing Toward More Efficient Water Use (U.S. EPA)
Protecting Water Resources with Higher-Density Development (U.S. EPA)
Protecting Water Resources with Smart Growth (U.S. EPA)
Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices (U.S. EPA)
Water and the Future of Land Development (ULI)

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Open Space Conservation

The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space (Trust for Public Land)
Environment and Development: Myth and Fact (ULI) (Spanish version)
Market Mechanisms for Protecting Open Space (ULI and National Recreation Foundation)
The Practice of Conservation Development: Lessons in Success (ULI and The Conservation Fund)
Transfer of Development Rights InfoPacket (ULI)

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Placemaking

Greyfields into Goldfields, Executive Summary (Congress for the New Urbanism)
New Urbanism/Neotraditional Planning InfoPacket (ULI)
Parks, Places, and People: Making Parks Accessible to the Community (ULI Community Catalyst Report)
Ten Principles for Reinventing America's Suburban Business Districts (ULI)
Ten Principles for Reinventing America's Suburban Strips (ULI)
Ten Principles for Smart Growth on the Suburban Fringe (ULI)
Turning Bases into Great Places (U.S. EPA)

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Public/Private Partnerships

Tax Increment Financing InfoPacket (ULI)
Ten Principles for Successful Public/Private Partnerships (ULI)

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Regional Cooperation & Visioning

The Benefits of Growth (ULI Working Paper on Land Use Policy)
Building Florida's Future: State Strategies for Regional Cooperation (ULI)
Promoting Regional Equity (PolicyLink)
Reality Check: A Guide for District Councils (ULI)
Translating a Regional Vision into Plan (ULI Community Catalyst Report)

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Sustainable Design

Developing Green: The Case for High-Performance Buildings and Sustainable Development (ULI Conference with US Green Building Council, June 28-29, 2005)
Green Buildings and Sustainable Development: Making the Business Case (ULI)
A Report on the Green Building Movement (Building Design & Construction)
Sustainable Development and Green Building (ULI)

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Toolkits and Model Codes

Columbia Pike Form Based Code (Arlington County, VA)
Community Toolbox for Quality Growth (Envision Utah)
Developing Smart Growth Zoning Codes (LGC)
Green Development Codes/Ordinances (Smart Communities Network)
Growth and Quality of Life Toolkit (NGA)
Local Tools for Smart Growth (NACO, Joint Center for Sustainable Communities & SG Network)
Louisville Land Development Code (Louisville, KY)
Massachusetts Smart Growth Toolkit and Model Bylaws (MA Dept of Housing and Community Development)
Model Codes for Quality Growth (Envision Utah)
Model Ordinances (Envision Utah)
Overcoming Obstacles to Smart Growth Through Model Codes (LGC)
Land Use Codes/Ordinances (Smart Communities Network)
Updating the Zoning Code - Issues and Considerations (Congress for the New Urbanism)

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Transit Oriented Development

Developing Around Transit (ULI)
The New Transit Town (Reconnecting America)
A Policymaker's Guide to Transit Oriented Development (LGC)
Preserving and Promoting Diverse Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods (various)
Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit (ULI)
TOD in the USA (Reconnecting America)
Transit Oriented Development InfoPacket (ULI)
Transit Oriented Development Webcast (LISC)

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Federal Highway Administration: Influence of Transportation Infrastructure on Land Use (ULI Advisory Services Report)
Financing Urban Infrastructure (ULI)
Fixing It First (NGA)
Housing & Transportation Cost Trade-Offs and Burdens (Center for Neighborhood Technology & Virginia Tech)
Infrastructure Financing (ULI)
Linking Transporation and Land Use (ULI)
Parking Spaces/Community Places (U.S. EPA)
Smart Growth Transportation for Suburban Greenfields (ULI)
ULI Infrastructure Initiative (ULI)

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Urban Revitalization

Barriers and Solutions to Land Assemby for Infill Development (ULI Land Use Policy Forum Report)
Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions (Envision Utah)
Capitalizing on the New Markets Tax Credit (ULI)
Combating Problems of Vacant and Abandoned Properties (The United States Conference of Mayors)
Downtown Revitalization in Urban Neighborhoods and Small Cities (Northeast-Midwest Institute)
Making Deals in Urban Markets (Chicago/LISC and ULI Chicago)
Mayor's Resource Guide on Vacant and Abandoned Properties (Alan Mallach, National Housing Institute)
Smart Growth for Brownfields Redevelopment (City of Chicago)
Strategies for Successful Infill Development (Northeast-Midwest Institute)
Sustaining Urban Mixed-Income Communities: The Role of Community Facilities (ULI)
Ten Principles for Rebuilding Neighborhood Retail (ULI)
Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps for Revitalization (Chris Leinberger, Brookings)
Vacant Properties: The True Cost to Communities (National Vacant Properties Campaign)


**For more Information, see Smart Growth Network Links

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