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Affording Our Future: Strategies for Smart Growth in a Profit-Driven World

October 18, 2013

Intro | Agenda

Thursday, September 5, 2013 / 8:00am – 1:00pm
Clovis Veterans Memorial Hall / 808 4th Street, Clovis, CA

Agenda

8:00 am	Registration and Light Refreshments
8:45 am	Welcome Laura Podolsky – Director of Healthy Communities, Local Government Commission
9:00 am	The Dollars and Sense of DevelopmentLearn more about how to measure the efficiency of development in producing the revenues cities need to deliver valued and critical services to residents. Joe Minicozzi – Principal, Urban3 Presentation (PDF)
10:00 am	Addressing Fiscal Impacts of Growth: Tools, Techniques, and StrategiesLearn more about how communities and regions in the San Joaquin Valley have used and developed tools to better evaluate the fiscal impacts of different growth scenarios and how their communities are using the results to make more informed decisions.Moderator: Dwight Kroll, AICP – Director of Planning and Development Services at City of Clovis Steve Gunnells, AICP – Chief Economist, The Planning Center \| DC & E Presentation (PDF) Debbie Whitmore – Deputy Director, Development Services Department, City of Turlock Presentation (PDF) Keith Bergthold – Assistant Director, Planning and Development Department, City of Fresno Presentation (PDF) Rob Terry, AICP – Senior* Regional Planner, Fresno Council of Governments* Presentation (PDF)
11:30 am	Buffet Lunch
12:00 pm	Community Fiscal Health and Market RealitiesHear from two local elected dignitaries on the opportunities and challenges they see for cities in moving toward smarter growth and new development types that would measurably provide greater long-term fiscal sustainability. Mayor Lynne Ashbeck, City of Clovis Mayor Ashley Swearengin, City of Fresno
12:45 pm	Closing Remarks Mark Keppler – Executive Director, The Maddy Institute
1:00 pm	Adjourn

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