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PDF files of all the PowerPoint presentations collected from speakers before the conference are posted below in alphabetical order by session title. We also made them available on the Conference Program page below the listed speakers for each session.

Please Note: We may not have been able to capture all of the presentations before the conference, and not all speakers have given us permission to post their presentation.

A Debate: Who Will Drive Suburban Transformation – The Millennials or the Boomers?
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Advancing an Equitable Economy through Community Food Projects
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.

After the Coal Plant Closes: An Environmental-Justice Approach to Redevelopment & Economic Opportunities
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

Anchor Institutions: Harnessing their Power for the Good of Community Change
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

  • No presentations collected.

Better Bike Share: Smaller Cities, Suburbs and Equitable Availability
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Better Together: Collaborative Approaches to Catalyzing Climate-Adaptation Action
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Bike-Ped Safety Depends on Effective Partnerships Between Transit and Road Agencies
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Blight to Bright: 25 Tools Proven to Eliminate Blight in Pennsylvania
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Breaking Down the Walls: Coworking Spaces and the Future of Innovation
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Build Schools, Build Neighborhoods: Connecting Smart Growth and School Improvement
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Building Blocks Training Academy Road Show: Focus on Transportation Tools
Thursday, 2-5:30 PM

Building Youth Leadership for Stronger Communities
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.

Businesses, Artists and Environmentalists: How Maryland’s Cities Partner to Successfully Implement Smart Growth
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Community Benefits: Delivering Equity in Economic Development
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Community Resilience to Natural Hazards: Approaches to Adaptation
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Creative Placemaking and Transit: Community Engagement, Lasting Neighborhoods and Cultural Celebration
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Deal Makers and Game Changers: Being Responsive to a Market for Equitable Development
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Delivering Infrastructure: Who Said There Was No Money?
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Displacement is Preventable: Community Land Trusts Preserve Land for the Community
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Equitable Development: Thorny Issues, Common Lessons and Leading Strategies for Places Large and Small
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Equity (k)NOW! – Collaborating on Equity in the Context of Transit-oriented Communities
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Fair Development in Baltimore: Uniting Economic and Community Development
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

  • No presentations collected.

Fast and Cheap: Implementing Change from the Grassroots
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

For Livable and Lovable Cities – Add Parks!
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Foundation/Community Partnerships Bring Multiple Benefits: Clean Water and Healthier People
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Greater Baltimore Wilderness: Green Infrastructure for Regional Resilience and Equity
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Growing Innovation: Leveraging Service Programs to Build Smart-Growth Capacity
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Growing Pains: Brownfield Reuse and Creating New Food Connections
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Highways and Health: How Communities are Leveraging Transportation Investments for Healthy Communities
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.

ILEAD! Tools for Communities to Drive Equitable Development
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Incorporating Smart Growth into Disaster Recovery: Local implementation after Superstorm Sandy
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

Lean Urbanism: Restoring Common Sense to Get Things Done
Thursday, 2-5:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.

leveraging impact investing
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Leveraging New Transit for Better Communities: Transit-Oriented Development as a Catalyst and Stabilizer along the Red and Purple Lines
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Leveraging P3 for Housing Affordability, Equity and Resilience: Models to Build On
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Local Food, Local Places: How Local Food Can Spur Downtown Revitalization
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Lot-by-Lot: Baltimore Strategies for Creating a New Urban Landscape through Vacant-Lot Reuse
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Making Good and Doing Well with Regional Planning: Direction, Tactics and Implementation Lessons
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Man Bites Dog: NIMBYs Become YIMBY’s in White Flint, MD
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Measuring Access to Opportunity: 21st-Century Transportation Performance Measurement
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Meet the Grantmakers
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Near-Highway Community Design: A School and Housing Charrette
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Peas and Carrots: Why Conservation and Smart Growth Belong Together
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

Place, Race and Equity: From the Frontlines of the PLACE MATTERS Initiative
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

Raising Expectations: Using Green Infrastructure to Improve Equity in Underserved Communities
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Reaping Benefits of New Transit: Ensuring Local Entrepreneurs Benefit from Rising Tides
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

  • No presentations collected.

Redesigning Schoolyards for Community Resilience: Engaging Partners at All Levels
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Regenerating Legacy Cities: Creating Opportunity, Fostering Inclusion
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

Reinvesting in Maryland: Infill, Redevelopment and Community Revitalization Strategies
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

Relying on a Foundation: The Case for Community Foundations as Placemakers
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Rethinking Detroit: Tools, Partnerships and Strategies to Re-envision a Quintessential American City
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Rising from the Storm: Turning Devastation into Opportunity for All
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Safer Streets, Stronger Economies: Complete Streets Performance in the DMV and Beyond
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Saving the World through Zoning: Small-Town Success Stories
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Singing and Dancing on Main Street: Building a National Practice for Creative Place-Making
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

Smart Growth 101
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

Smart Growth Can Be Safe Growth: Resilience Lessons from Vermont and California
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Striving for a Resilient Future Through High Performance Landscapes
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

Tapping the Power of Youth in Urban Greening: Innovations from the Mid-Atlantic
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

The 2020 Leadership Strategy: Diversifying the Smart Growth Movement Now and in the Future!
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.

The Dollars and $ense of Smart Growth
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

The Fiscal Connection: Land Use and Municipal Budgets
Saturday, 1:45-3:15 PM

The Good, Bad and the Undiscovered: An Insider’s Look into Successful Public-Private Partnerships Across the Country
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

The New Faces of Economic Resilience: Immigrants Revitalizing Distressed Communities
Thursday, 2-3:30 PM

The Path to Implementation: Innovative Tools to Make Your Plans Happen
Thursday, 2-5:30 PM

The Teacher Is In: School Siting Tools You Can Use!
Friday, 10:15-11:45 AM

Tools for Building Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards: An Implementation Workshop
Saturday, 10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Tools for Healthy Places: Putting Science into Practice to Inform Decisions
Friday, 3:30-5:30 PM

Transforming Suburbs into Economically Vibrant Communities with Opportunity for All
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

Understanding the Challenge: A Poverty Simulation Experience
Thursday, 2-5:30 PM

  • No presentations collected.

Urban Waters Federal Partnership: Catalyzing Redevelopment Opportunities for Thrivable Communities
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

We Really Are Getting Older! Discover how Communities Are Preparing for Us
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

When Violence and Crime Hinder Smart Growth: Combating Threats to Improving Community
Thursday, 4-5:30 PM

Where’s the Money: 2015 Smart Growth and Philanthropy
Friday, 1:30-3 PM

  • No presentations collected.

Program

Policymaker Workshop

Special Features

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Equitable Development

Healthy Food Systems

Speacial Features

It’s exciting that Baltimore is the site of this year’s New Partners conference because in many ways it is the embodiment of the long evolution of equitable development and the inclusion of environmental justice in these important disciplines – a fitting setting to continue that work by focusing on real-world implementation of equity and justice in the development of our communities.

Matthew Tejada
Director - Office of Environmental Justice Environmental Protection Agency