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Event Information

Title:

S.G. Speaker Series: Mount Joy, Pennsylvania -- Small Town Main Street with a Smart Growth Future

 
 
Event Date:
Thursday, July 08, 2004
 
 

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:

Terry Kauffman will describe how a small town can reach economic development and community goals through smart growth strategies. He is a former Chairman of The Board of Commissioners of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where Mount Joy is located. He also serves as Chairman of 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, a coalition of 240 organizations committed to the revitalization of our cities and towns.

 
 

Speaker(s):

Terry Kauffman, Borough Manager, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

 
 

Audience:

The Smart Growth Speaker Series audience includes developers, public officials, planners, architects, students, environmentalists, citizens and others intereseted in smart growth. The Series routinely attracts many leaders involved in the land and transportation development of the greater Washington region and beyond. Typical audiences over the seven years of this series have ranged from 75 to 400, depending on the topic. The Smart Growth Speaker Series is free. No registration is required. Continuing education credits for some professions are available from the National Building Museum.

 
 

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 Deloris Wingo-Huntley, e-mail: wingo-huntley.deloris@epa.gov; tel: 202.566.2862; 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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