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Event Information

Title:

Smart Growth Speaker Series: Celebrating 10 Years

 
 
Event Date:
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
 
 

Time:

12:30 pm

 
 

Location:

National Building Museum, 401 F Street N.W, Washington D.C. (Judiciary Square Metro)

 
 

Complete Description

Time Span:

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

 
 

Event
Theme/Description:

Harriet Tregoning, director of the Washington, D.C. Office of Planning, celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Smart Growth Speaker Series with a discussion about the evolution of the smart growth movement and the current and future implementation of smart growth principles locally and nationally.

 
 

Audience:

Free; advance registration requested to ensure availability of adequate seating.

 
 

Sponsor(s):

The Smart Growth Speaker Series is sponsored by the U.S. EPA, the National Building Museum and the Smart Growth Network.

 
 

Contact Information:

To get regular announcements about the Smart Growth Speaker Series, please e-mail your name, organization, address, phone, fax, and e-mail address to the U.S. EPA's Development, Community, and Environment Division (DCED) c/o Danielle Arigoni, e-mail: arigoni.danielle@epa.gov; tel: 202.566.2859; fax: 202.566.2868.

Visit the National Building Museum website at http://www.nbm.org/home.html

 
 

Other Information:

Smart growth is development that serves economy, community, and environment. The series hosts speakers on a monthly basis to discuss this approach to development, explore specific growth-related issues, foster dialog, and identify opportunities for positive change in growth and development patterns.

 


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