Building Livable Communities

Moving the Smart Growth/Water Sustainability Agenda Forward
The Sixteenth Annual Conference for Local Elected Officials

Dates: March 15-18, 2007, Yosemite National Park

Intro | Agenda

This Year's Topic:

Tthe 16th Annual Building Livable Communities Conference saw well over 100 Mayors, City Councilmembers, County Supervisors and others attend this year's event. At this conference, they examined how to overcome stumbling blocks to creating vibrant, walkable communities and preserving the open space that surrounds them. Attendees talked with experts about how money from the recent passage of the California bond initiatives might help them achieve the vision of the Ahwahnee Principles in their communities.

The pre-conference session offered a rare opportunity for a two-hour meeting with the Governor's appointee in charge of the state's housing policy, Lynn Jacobs. Attendess had a chance to learn where the housing bond money will be allocated, hear what's up with the housing allocation process, and more.

Please visit our agenda page for more details about the sessions and for copies of available presentations and speaker handouts.