In the Restored G. Fox
Building
950 & 960 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut
Preserving, Conserving and Growing Smart
At 1000 FRIENDS of Connecticut our mission is to promote and shape growth
to ensure a prosperous economy, a healthy natural environment, and distinctive,
integrated and attractive communities while promoting opportunities in
education, housing, transit and employment for ourselves and future generations.
Conference Agenda:
1:30 - 2:15 Registration
2:15 - 2:30 Welcome – Susan Merrow, Co-Chair 1000 FRIENDS of Connecticut Board of Directors
2:30 - 3:30 Plenary Session “Development Oriented Transit, Portland
Streetcars” – Rick Gustafson, Executive Director, Portland Streetcar, Inc.
3:45 - 6:15 Afternoon Workshop Sessions
6:30 - 8:00 Dinner and Keynote Speaker – David Owen, Author
Green Metropolis
RICK GUSTAFSON currently serves as the Executive Director of
Portland Streetcar, Inc., a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon that opened in
2001 and serves areas surrounding downtown. Like some of Portland's original streetcar lines,
redevelopment has been a major and successful goal of the project. Rick joined
Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc in 1987 and was made a principal in 1994.
DAVID OWEN is the author of Green Metropolis: Why Living
Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability. In
this remarkable challenge to conventional
thinking, Owen argues that the greenest community in the United States is New York City. He writes that residents of Manhattan – the most densely populated place in North America – rank first in public-transit use and last
in per capita greenhouse-gas production. David has been a staff writer for The
New Yorker since 1991. He is the author of more than a dozen books. He lives in
Washington, Connecticut, with his wife, the writer Ann
Hodgman.
Smart Growth Workshops:
Sample workshops include:
Model Smart Growth Zoning: helping towns grow smart through
new models of zoning code
Smart Growth Stars: case studies in Connecticut that exemplify the principles of
smart growth
Clean Water and Smart Growth: improving infrastructure to
ensure healthy and adequate water supply
Regional Approaches to Smart Growth: collaborating across
municipal borders to share expenses, resources and revenue
Active Transportation: biking, walking and implementing Complete
Streets is essential for smart growth
Parking and the Built Environment: less parking and more
public transit? Density, good design to achieve walkable streets
Historic Preservation and Smart Growth: adaptive reuse and
remodeling of historic buildings in redevelopment
The Culture of Growing Smart and it’s roots in the New England landscape
Other workshop topics include housing
in sustainable communities, land use and climate change, transportation
challenges in 2010, and brownfields and economic vitality.
