6th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference
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ABOUT THE EVENT
Smart growth attracts many people from a variety of
endeavors. This conference is about coordinating the
interests of this diverse group to help us all begin to speak
the same language and paddle in the same direction.
Los Angeles provides the perfect backdrop for this premier
national smart growth event. The Southern California
region offers an excellent laboratory for a close examination
of sprawl’s impacts and long-term implications as
well as innovative policies and successful projects that
address the significant growth and development challenges
this region is facing. Attendees will find a region
reinventing itself as a place filled with opportunities to
live, work and play in urban and rural landscapes.
The 2007 program will span 3 full days and feature
cutting-edge smart growth issues, t he latest research,
implementation tools and strategies, successful case
studies, interactive learning experiences, new partners,
new projects and new policies. Most importantly, this
dynamic event offers you the opportunity to network
and coordinate with your peers as well as practitioners
from many different disciplines with the same goal –
building safe, healthy and livable communities for all.

"The New Partners gathering is, by far, the best opportunity
in the country to plug into the best minds and the
freshest ideas for making healthier and more successful
communities. It has the most diverse range of attendees
and the most practical 'try this at home' advice you
can get." – Rick Cole, City Manager of Ventura , CA

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The conference will draw a multi-disciplinary audience
of local elected officials, city and county staff, landscape
architects, developers and builders, planners, transportation
professionals and traffic engineers, public health
professionals, architects, bankers, crime prevention professionals,
realtors, urban designers, parks and recreation
professionals, environmentalists, advocates for older
adults and youth, bicycle and pedestrian advocates,
advocates for social equity and affordable housing, labor
representatives, and all others committed to building
safer, healthier and more livable communities everywhere.

LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS
The conference will be held at The Westin Bonaventure
Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The special room rate
for this event is $104 single occupancy or $149 double
occupancy. To make your reservation, call 800-WESTIN-1
and indicate you will be attending
the New Partners Conference.

For more information, contact the

Local Government Commission:
■ Michele K.Warren, Program Director
(916) 448-1198 x308 • mkwarren@lgc.org
■ Vallia Dahdouh, Project Coordinator
(916) 448-1198 x327 • vdahdouh@lgc.org