2012 Conference Presentations

PDF files of all the PowerPoint presentations collected from speakers at the conference are posted below in alphabetical order by session title. We also made them available on the Conference Program page below listed speakers for each session. Please Note: We may not have been able to capture all of the presentations that were given on-site at the conference, and not all speakers have given us permission to post their presentation.

A Look Back at the Last 10 Years of Public-Private Partnership to Finance and Promote Equitable TOD (Networking)
Saturday, 7 - 8:30 AM (Networking)

A New Heart for Houston
Thursday, 3:45 - 5:15 PM

  • No presentations collected.

Achieving Healthy, Equitable, Walkable Schools: Lessons from Federal, State, and Local Guidelines
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Advances in GIS for Smart Growth — Horizontal and Vertical
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Advancing Equity in Minneapolis/St. Paul: Action Research, Advocacy and Place-Making
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Advancing Equity through Transit Corridor Planning
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Advancing Opportunities for Rural Economic Development
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Advancing an Agenda for Healthy, Equitable, and Sustainable Environments in California
Thursday, 2 - 5:15 PM

Area-Wide Planning: Innovations at the State, Local, and Federal Level
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

  • No presentations collected.

Assuring Community Benefits in Military Base Closing Redevelopment Processes
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Back to Planning School: What You Need to Know for Successful and Collaborative School Siting
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Building Support for Mobility Options: Effective Outreach Tactics for Engaging Grassroots Groups and Underserved Communities
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Building Sustainable Rural Communities with Regional Transportation Systems
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Building a Powerful Regional Equity Coalition to Deliver on Sustainable Communities
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Charrettes and the Next Generation of Public Involvement and Budgets
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

Climate and Energy Planning: Community Partnerships that Work
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Community Design and Urban Innovation for a Knowledge Economy
Saturday, 3:15 - 4 PM (Closing)

Community Schools - The Case for Joint Use
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Comparing Coastal Responses to Promote Regional Resiliency
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Complete Streets Implementation Coast to Coast
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Completing Neighborhoods Through Appropriate Infill: Community Revitalization Case Studies
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Coordinating Regional Initiatives With Local Partners to Advance Equity in Metro Boston
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Development-Oriented Transit: Innovative Economic Tools and Models
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

EPA's Building Blocks: Lessons Learned from a Year of Tool Development & Delivery
Thursday, 2 - 5:15 PM

Eat, Play, Live: Creative Investments Towards Equitable Health Access
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Emerging Practices and Policies in Transit-oriented Development
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Essential Components of the 21st Century Community: Housing for the 'Missing Middle'
Thursday, 3:45 - 5:15 PM

Facing the Critics: Tools and Trainings to Successfully Counter Smart Growth Opponents
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

From Temporary to Sustainable Paradise: 'Smart Growth Catalysts' and The Battle for Planning in the San Diego/Tijuana Region
Thursday, 3:45 - 5:15 PM

Getting it Done: State Policy Strategies from Advocacy to Implementation
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Groundbreaking New Statewide Energy Retrofit Program: Resources, Models and Lessons Learned
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Growing Wealthier Training: Achieving the Prosperity Benefits of Transit and Smart Growth
Thursday, 2 - 5:15 PM

Health, Justice and Equity in Freight and Infrastructure Development
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Healthy Metropolitan Food Systems
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

Heritage-Based Rural Development
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Hosted Networking Reception
Thursday, 8 - 9 PM (Networking)

Housing and Freeways: How Close is Too Close
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Implementing Green Infrastructure: Creative Approaches to Reducing Regulatory and Financial Barriers in Rural and Urban Communities
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Incorporating Smart Growth into Disaster Recovery Planning
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Infill Development Strategies for Small Cities — Lessons from Billings, MT
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

Introducción al Desarrollo Urbano Inteligente
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Is the Sky Falling? An Update on the Transportation Debate in Congress
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Jobs, the Workforce, and the Economy: Rethinking The Role of Smart Growth and Sustainability
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Just How Smart is Our Growth? Getting Ready for a Maturing America
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Kicking the (driving) Habit: Low-Density Cities Move to Sustainable Transportation
Thursday, 3:45 - 5:15 PM

Labor Unions: Emerging Allies for Smart Growth
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Land Use in a Building Code??? Meet the International Green Construction Code
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Landscape Conservation Toolkit for Rural Communities, the Carbon Market and Streamlined Planning
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Learning to Share — How to Get Your Community Ready for Bicycle Sharing
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Leveraging Smart Growth Brand to Build a Political Base and Vice Versa
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Linking Jobs, Housing, and Transit for Economic Development: Local and National Perspectives
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Little Trips, Big Difference: Predicting Traffic for Mixed-Use Sites
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Local Land Use Planning and State Trust Land Management in the West
Thursday, 3:45 - 5:15 PM

Mixed Use: Perception and Reality
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Morning (Friday) Plenary
Friday, 8:30 - 9:30 AM (Plenary)

Morning (Saturday) Plenary
Saturday, 8:30 - 9:45 AM (Plenary)

National City: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Achieving Sustainable Environmental and Social Equity
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

National Prevention Strategy: America's Plan for Building Safe and Healthy Communities
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

  • No presentations collected.

New Tools and Practices for Measuring the Sustainability Impacts of Land Use and Transportation Policies
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Next Generation of Smart Growth: Lessons from Austin, Texas, and Dublin, Ohio
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

Not Your Father's DOT: Progressive Trends in State Transportation Policy
Thursday, 3:45 - 5:15 PM

Optional Tours of Local Model Projects
Sunday, Morning

Overcoming Barriers to Sustainably Redevelop Historic Communities: Focus on Main Street
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Participación de Residentes en el Proceso de Planeación
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

Partnerships Provide Opportunities for Successful Community and Economic Development in Small Towns and Rural Regions
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

People's Planning for Improvements without Displacement: Transportation, Housing and Environmental Justice
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

People, Place & Planning: Engaging Residents & Using Data in Revitalization and Evaluation
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Planning and Managing the Urban Forest to Build Community Sustainability and Resilience
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Planning for Solar Energy in Your Community
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, 1 - 5:30 PM

Public Health, Transportation, & Land Use: Institutionalizing Partnerships & Practices to Create Healthier Communities
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Public-Private Partnership to Finance and Promote Equitable TOD
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Putting Parking in its Place for Smart Growth
Thursday, 2 - 5:15 PM

Restoring Prosperity in America's Legacy Cities
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

  • No presentations collected.

Restoring the American City: Augusta, GA and Laney Walker/Bethlehem
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Revitalization, Gentrification, and Equitable Development: Evaluating a Decade of EPA's Programs
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Rooted In Community: Native American Collaboration on Smart Growth and Green Design
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Rural Sustainability: Federal Collaboration, Regional Innovation and the Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Rural to Urban, Village-City-County: Advanced Form-Based Coding Coast to Coast
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Seeds for Change: Creative Urban Gardens and Edible Parks
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Sharpening — and Using — Financial Tools in the Smart (Re) Development Toolbox
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Smart Growth 101
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Smart Growth Performance Measurement
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Smart Growth Takes Smart Preservation
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Smart Growth and Hazards Resilience: Helping Coastal Communities Stay Safe, Sustainable, and Above Water
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Smart Growth for Clean Water
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Smart Growth, Environmental Justice and Equitable Development: Finding the Connections
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Smart Growth, Immigrant Integration and Sustainable Development
Saturday, 1:45 - 3:15 PM

Smart Valley Places—Taking Advantage of the Great Reset
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Smart Water: Aligning Land Use and Infrastructure for Healthier Communities and Cities
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Smart and Green: Could Housing Trends Bolster Sustainable Building Patterns?
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Still Starbucks-Free: Rural Main Streets—Small towns need vitality, too!
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Strategies for Saving the Small Town Grocery Store
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI) An Interactive Demonstration
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Tax Foreclosure Reform: A New Approach for Stronger Neighborhoods
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Teaming Up for Success: Collaboration Between Nonprofit Organizations and Government Agencies
Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

The Democratization of Planning: A Demonstration of Emerging Tools for your Next Planning Process
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

The Economic and Environmental Benefit of Good Urbanism
Thursday, 2 - 5:15 PM

The Evolution of Smart Growth — the San Diego Story
Saturday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

The Evolving Story of SB 375: California's Landmark Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Law
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

The Walking Audit - A Tool for Organizing Strong Communities and Developing Complete Streets
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Transforming San Bernardino from Ground Zero to a Model Healthy City
Friday, 10 - 11:30 AM

Transforming Suburbs into Sustainable Communities: Case Studies
Friday, 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Transforming the Golden Westside: The Role of Youth in Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

Using Health As a Messaging Tool
Friday, 1:30 - 3 PM

What Americans Want
Thursday, 8:30 - 10 AM

Where's the Money: 2012 Update On Smart Growth Funding
Thursday, 2 - 3:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.