Friday, December 15, 2006
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium

• About the Program
• Powerpoint

Presented by Greater Ohio and the Levin College Forum, a program of the Center for Civic Education in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. Where the community gathers to discuss challenges, create opportunities, and celebrate accomplishments.

Program

• What did voters say about Smart Growth in elections across the country?
• Have newly elected Governors heard the message?
• What's the future of Smart Growth in America? Ohio?
• What does it mean for older cities like Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown?

Smart Growth America (SGA) is the leading national coalition working "to improve the ways we plan and build the towns, cities and metro areas we call home." The coalition includes many of the best-known national, state and local organizations advocating on behalf of historic preservation, the environment, farmland and open space preservation, neighborhood revitalization and more. Major projects of SGA include the Smart Growth Leadership Institute (led by Gov. Parris Glendening) and the National Vacant Properties Campaign.

Don Chen, founder and Executive Director of Smart Growth America (SGA), leads its coalition building, policy development, communications and research efforts. He is an internationally recognized author and lecturer on land use, transportation, social equity and environmental policy. He has testified before the United States Congress on smart growth issues, and is frequently interviewed by the media, including recent appearances on CNN, National Public Radio, The New York Times.

"The public is repelled by ugly urban sprawl. They don't like it, and they don't quite know what to do about it. Organizations like ... Smart Growth America ... help people understand how they can change the things they don't like."
-John Norquist, former mayor of Milwaukee, WI, and executive director of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Metropolis magazine