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North Bay Symposium on Smart Growth II

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (PT)

Petaluma, United States

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Late registration (Nov 30 - Dec 5) Ended $45.00 $0.00

Event Details

North Bay Symposium on Smart Growth II From Vision to Reality: Strategies to Improve Livability in the North Bay The Symposium will provide relevant and practical information on Smart Growth and Smart Codes that lead to more sustainable communities. It will focus in detail on selected smart growth principles and highlight existing projects that are considered examples of best practices. Agenda: 8:30am Registration 9:00am Welcome and Introductions 9:15am Presentation: The Challenge of Growth in the Bay Area Ted Droettboom, Association of Bay Area Governments 9:45am Presentation: Let Me Build Livable Neighborhoods: A Developer’s Perspective John Anderson, New Urban Builders, Chico, CA 10:30am Break 10:45am Presentation: Adopting and Implementing a Form-Based Code: The Petaluma Experience 11:30am Presentation: Making Parking Work in Livable Communities Patrick Siegman, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, San Francisco, CA 12:15am Lunch 1:00pm Presentation: Transit Oriented Development: From Potential to Reality Shelley Poticha, Reconnecting America, Oakland, CA 1:45pm Presentation: The Next Frontier: Retrofitting the Suburbs Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Local Government Commission, Sacramento, CA 2:15pm Panel Discussion and Next Steps: Question and Answer Session with Speakers 3:00pm Adjourn 3:05pm Tour of New Development in Downtown Petaluma (optional)

When & Where



Petaluma Community Center
320 North McDowell Blvd
Petaluma, 94954

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (PT)


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Hosted By

Sonoma County Department of Health Services and the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy



With our partners on the Healthy by Design Committee, our goal is to educate local leaders on best practices in building healthy communities and inspire them to adopt these practices to enhance the health and well being of all people in Sonoma County, regardless of age, income level or capacity.