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About the Event

The June 2003 conference brought the burgeoning support groups for planning and building more livable communities together. We examined the barriers to working together and determined how to overcome them. Inspirational local projects were featured, and project implementers told us how they did it.

The Program

The program included a dynamic mix of plenary sessions, keynotes, breakouts and special pre-conference sessions. It included opportunities for participants and speakers from across the state to interact and network with each other. A complete conference agenda with session descriptions and speakers is also available.

Friday, June 27th
11:30am-3:00pm / 5:00-8:00pm
On-site Conference Registration

Optional Pre-conference Sessions

Public Health Track – 12:30-5:00pm

• 12:30-2:00pm – Health and the Built Environment: A Primer for Public Health Professionals
• 2:00-3:00pm – Taking it to the Streets: A Walking Tour for Public Health
• 3:00-5:00pm – Livable Communities 101: Making the Multi-Disciplinary Connections

2:00-3:30pm
Involving Youth in the Planning Process

2:00-4:30pm
Livable Communities on a Regional Scale

2:30-4:30pm
Military Base Encroachment and Collaborative Land Use Decision Making

3:00-5:00pm
Livable Communities 101: Making the Multidisciplinary Connections

Main Conference Program

7:00-7:30pm
Welcome & Introductions

7:30-8:30pm
Challenges and Opportunities: Planning and Building a More Livable California

8:30-9:30pm
Networking Reception

Saturday, June 28th
7:00-8:30am
Conference Registration / Continental Breakfast

8:30am-4:45pm
Conference Sessions

Plenaries

• Many Want Livable Communities - But How Do We Get Them Built?
• Networking Luncheon
• Closing Keynote – California Leads the Way to Livability

Breakout Session Topics Include:

• Addressing California's Affordable Housing Challenge
• A Smart-Growth Friendly Transportation System
• What Can Health Partners Bring to the Table? A Facilitated Discussion
• Using Smart Growth to Protect Water Resources
• Schools as Centers of Community: The Progress and the Challenges
• It's Design Not Density That Counts
• Traffic Safety, Injury Prevention and Livability
• Planning for Growth in Rural Communities
• Smart Growth Saves Energy
• Community Indicators for Livable Communities
• Trends in Transit-Oriented Development
• Social Equity: Communities Built for Everybody
• Code Checkup: How Smart are Your Codes?
• Placemaking Through Policing: The Benefits of Smart Growth to Public Safety
• How to Make Places Walkable: A Case Study
• Answering the Call for Open Space and Farmland Protection
• Smart Growth and Labor: Putting Californians to Work
• Community Design: Necessary but Not Sufficient