NPSG12-170

Plenary: Smart Growth for Economic Recovery

Speakers: Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9; Mary D. Nichols, Chairperson, California Air Resources Board; Mick Cornett, Mayor, City of Oklahoma City, OK

This plenary articulates the important role that the federal government is playing to support sustainable communities across the country — communities that will become more economically resilient in the future. It will also feature how leaders at the state and local levels have implemented smart growth approaches as part of a solution to recover from the economic crisis, move towards fiscal health, and become more economically resilient and vibrant along the way.

Audio CDs: 1

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$15.00

$15.00

NPSG12-123

Smart Growth, Environmental Justice and Equitable Development: Finding the Connections

Speakers: Charles Lee, Deputy Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA; Tomasita Duran, Executive Director, Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority, NY; Mary Nelson, Founding President, Bethel New Life; Daniel Nguyen, Workforce Development Coordinator and Environmental Justice Coordinator, Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation; Adam Ortíz, Former Mayor, Town of Edmonston, MD

This session provides an overview of the connections between smart growth and environmental justice and illustrates how four communities are integrating smart growth and environmental justice approaches to achieve equitable development. This panel presents content from a new EPA publication identifying smart growth approaches that can be used to build healthy, sustainable, and just communities.

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$10.00

$10.00

NPSG12-147

Participación de Residentes en el Proceso de Planeación

Speakers: Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Assoc. AIA, Director Asociado, Local Government Commission; Juan Antonio Ramírez, Coordinador, WalkSanDiego; Laura Silvan, Presidenta del Consejo Directivo, Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental, A.C.

La participación activa de los residentes en la planeación urbana local resulta en múltiples beneficios tanto para ellos como para el municipio en general. Primeramente, el involucrar a los residentes en la planeación local resulta en mejores planes; planes basados en el conocimiento de los residentes de lo que funciona y lo que no funciona en cada colonia. Puede ayudar a evitar los conflictos en torno al desarrollo urbano y permite a los residentes entender los impactos positivos y negativos de las distintas opciones.

Audio CDs: 1

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$15.00

$15.00

AGPA11-313

Using a Stage Play to Illustrate Principles of Psychodynamic Group Therapy

Speakers: Molly Donovan; Robert Schulte; Maryetta Andrews-Sachs; Kavita Aula; John Dluhy; Hallie Lovett; Liz Marsh; John Thomas; Soo Park; Rob Williams

Audio CDs: 2

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$25.00

$25.00

AGPA16-205

A Mindfulness Group Therapy Model

Speakers: Michael Buxton, PhD; Kara Cattani, PhD; Corinne Hannan, PhD

Audio CDs: 1

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$18.00

$18.00

NPSG13-108

Partnerships that Deliver Thriving Communities

Speakers: Ben Bakkenta, AICP, Program Manager, Puget Sound Regional Council; Rebecca Saldana, Community Benefits and Development Program Director, Puget Sound Stage; Nathaniel Smith, Founder, Partnership for Southern Equity; Shelly Griswold, Planner, City of Freeport, IL; Evelyn Curry, Neighborhood Leader, Stephenson County Health Department, IL. Moderator: Sarita Turner, Sustainable Communities Fellow, PolicyLink

Smart, sustainable planning incorporates equity principles from concept to implementation. Increasingly, governments are recognizing the value non-traditional partnerships bring to planning processes. Planning that is informed and guided by the wisdom and experiences of communities, coupled with equity-focused smart growth strategies, is winning sustainability in developments of all types. Hear how metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) and cities are working in partnership with community to bring new vision, energy and approaches to traditional planning processes. In the Puget Sound, the MPO is working in lock-step with the Puget Sound Regional Equity Network to plan equitable transit oriented development; in the Atlanta region, in collaboration with the Partnership for Southern Equity, the MPO has formalized an equity committee within its structure and developed an Equitable Target Areas Index; in Freeport, IL, the city is working hand in hand with resident leadership to redevelop a brownfield in a African-American neighborhood.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

NPSG12-329

Building Sustainable Rural Communities with Regional Transportation Systems

Audio CDs: 1

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$15.00

$15.00

NPSG13-118

Success with Schools: New Tools for Your Community

Speakers: Candi Beaudry, AICP, Director, City of Billings, MT; Sharon Thomas, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Las Cruces, NM; Leslie Meehan, AICP, Director of Healthy Communities, Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. Moderator: Renee Kuhlman, Director of Special Projects-Government Relations and Policy, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Where to locate schools is a complex and often contentious question. Three communities are working to ensure that the health and sustainability of their community are part of the decision-making process. With help from EPA, Billings, Montana is developing a new cost calculator (with transportation, health, and environmental considerations) and conducting a thorough policy audit. Las Cruces, New Mexico has set up a joint city-county school district working group and will share how they are planning concurrently for the future. In Nashville, Tennessee, a new mixed-use development with a commuter train station is being built and planners have used a health impact assessment to help the community make a fair and equitable decision about the location of a new school facility. Attendees also share their own challenges so panelists can describe how the new tools can be used or modified in different situations.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

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

NPSG12-151

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

NPSG12-309

Getting it Done: State Policy Strategies from Advocacy to Implementation

Audio CDs: 2

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$30.00

$30.00

NPSG12-232

The Walking Audit - A Tool for Organizing Strong Communities and Developing Complete Streets

Audio CDs: 1

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$15.00

$15.00

Subtotal

$208.00