NPSG12-205

Transforming San Bernardino from Ground Zero to a Model Healthy City

Speakers: Evelyn Trevino, Program Coordinator, Bernardino County Public Health Department, Healthy Communities; Mark Hoffman, Senior Planner, The Planning Center | DC&E; Evette Deluca, Executive Director, Latino Health Collaborative; Peggi Hazlett, Assistant to the Mayor, City of San Bernardino

San Bernardino has long suffered from poor health outcomes resulting from the unintended consequences of environmental, economic, and social determinants. Mortality rates and hospitalization rates from preventable diseases far exceed statewide averages. In this panel, you will learn about the County's Healthy Communities program, a model 16-city collaborative, and its largest member, the Healthy San Bernardino Coalition.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG12-148

The Economic and Environmental Benefit of Good Urbanism

Speakers: Lee Sobel, Real Estate Development and Finance Analyst, Office of Sustainable Communities, U.S. EPA; Joseph Minicozzi, AICP, Executive Director, Asheville Downtown Association; Principal, Urban3, LLC; Mitchell Silver, AICP, Planning Director, City of Raleigh, NC; President, American Planning Association; Clark Anderson, Director, Western Colorado Legacy Program, Sonoran Institute

Innovative financial and policy analysis has demonstrated that Smart Growth development is not only more beneficial from an environmental standpoint, but it is also more fiscally responsible form of growth at a municipal level. This session explores analytic tools, property policy exploration, as well as leadership strategies that are applicable in any size municipality; from a public, private and advocacy perspective.

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG12-127

Seeds for Change: Creative Urban Gardens

Speakers: Brian Albright, Director of Parks and Recreation, San Diego County, CA; Rebecca Draper, Director of Neighborhood Improvement Projects, Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative

Existing parks and public lands offer outstanding opportunities to enable people access to fresh food at a minimal cost while encouraging sustainable practices and promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors. This session will highlight strategies on how to develop partnerships with park and recreation agencies; provide examples of innovative community gardens parks, creative urban agriculture initiatives, and edible landscape projects; and identify practical solutions and give guidance for challenges commonly encountered.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG12-303

Advancing Equity in Minneapolis/St. Paul: Action Research, Advocacy and Place-Making

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG12-310

Community Schools - The Case for Joint Use

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG12-325

Development-Oriented Transit: Innovative Economic Tools and Models

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG12-151

EPA's Building Blocks: Lessons Learned from a Year of Tool Development & Delivery

Speakers: Kevin Nelson, AICP, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Sustainable Communities, U.S. EPA; Chris Duerksen, Managing Director, Clarion Associates; Sue Schwartz, AICP, Director of Planning and Community Development, City of Greensboro, SC; Frank Williamson, Alderman, City of St. Louis, MO

In 2011, the EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities created the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program to develop smart growth and sustainability tools that could be delivered to communities in a short term and targeted manner. Given the range of issues facing communities to implement smart growth, the toolbox created from this program aims at to achieve: walkable communities, a reduction in vehicle miles travelled, and protection of land and water resources. This session reviews the development of this program, its intended impact and focus on tool delivery and implementation.

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG12-143

Healthy Metropolitan Food Systems

Speakers: Dan Carmody, President, Detroit Eastern Market; Malik Yakini, Executive Director, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network; Ashley Atkinson, Director of Urban Agriculture and Openspace, The Greening of Detroit; Michael Sands, Senior Associate, Liberty Prairie Foundation

Growing food is an act of empowerment that can build neighborliness, provide experiential learning, improve health residents' health, and promote social justice. Local food production, processing, and distribution can help improve access to healthy and nutritious food in underserved areas while increasing job prospects for residents with a wide variety of skill sets. Panelists share their wide variety of experiences in restoring vitality to metropolitan food systems in Chicago and Detroit.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG12-244

Housing and Freeways: How Close is Too Close

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

NPSG12-121

Groundbreaking New Statewide Energy Retrofit Program: Resources, Models and Lessons Learned

Speakers: Liz Yager, Energy and Sustainability Manager, Sonoma County, CA; Joseph Oldham, Sustainability Manager, City of Fresno, CA; Howard Choy, General Manager, Los Angeles County Office of Sustainability; Kate Meis, Associate Director, Local Government Commission

California has led the nation in reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, now an innovative new program continues that tradition—and promises to revitalize local economies across the state. Energy Upgrade California® is advancing energy efficiency and resource conservation through upgrades of thousands of existing buildings throughout the state serving as a model for the rest of the nation. Energy Upgrade California® is an unprecedented alliance among local governments, non-profits, investor and publicly owned utilities leveraging more than $1.2 billion in investments.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

NPSG12-100

Advancing Equity through Planning: Challenges & Opportunities

Across the country, communities and regions are finding that inclusive, equitable planning processes empower them to address the economic, environmental, health, and other challenges they face. However, integrating social equity, affordability, economic and workforce development, and environmental justice into local and regional planning is not always straightforward. This half-day session draws on the experiences of HUD’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning and Community Challenge grantees to shed light on the barriers and opportunities related to fair and equitable planning. Structured as a working session, the half-day event highlights and builds on the ongoing efforts of 2010 and 2011 grantee teams. Participants – practitioners from the equitable development, environmental justice, smart growth, and planning fields – take part in dialogues with the grantees about how to apply lessons learned more broadly. The event concludes with reflections by federal and philanthropic leaders on how local, regional, state, tribal, federal, and foundation stakeholders can work together to advance inclusive planning and growth.

MP3

$35.00

$35.00

NPSG12-305

Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI) An Interactive Demonstration

Audio CDs: 2

Audio CD

$30.00

$30.00

Subtotal

$280.00