America's advantage in the global marketplace depends on it. This session will focus on what has worked and pull ideas for embracing diversity in our future. Explore cutting edge methods of bringing capital to the project table. Venture capital, credit enhancement, securitization, are just a few of the innovative ways being tested to expand economic development financing. Join some folks who have put life into these capital-generating strategies.
Unplanned growth challenges the social fabric of communities.
Learn how communities use Smart Growth concepts to promote prosperity, quality of life, and an enhanced sense of community. Talk to others that have successfully piloted their community's growth with a comprehensive planning process. Where to start, who to include, how broadly to focus, and how to keep the momentum alive, are just a few of the topics that will be open for discussion. Building social equity into a development plan doesn't have to be painful. And the environment doesn't have to fall to the bottom of the list either.