Unlocking Gridlock: Growing Smarter

Saturday, June 6, 1998
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek

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Visit Us Online at www.abag.ca.gov

Dramatic economic growth in the East Bay has contributed to ever-increasing conditions of gridlock on the region’s highways. The creation of thousands of new jobs and the influx of thousands of new residents are trends that are expected to continue fueling growth into the next century at least. There seems to be no end in sight.

Join a distinguished group of speakers and panelists as they probe the issues and the potential for solutions at a half-day seminar for the general public held in June in Walnut Creek. Learn about their ideas for how we can avoid hours of commuting on clogged freeways by developing communities and transportation systems that will maintain our quality of life, protect sensitive areas and resources, and move the region in the direction of a balance economy.

Program

9:00 a.m.	Introduction
9:15 a.m.	Setting the Stage Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
9:30 a.m.	Lessons Learned from Smart Growth in Maryland Ronald N. Young, Deputy Director, Maryland Office of Planning
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Moving Toward a Balanced Economy: Jobs, Housing, and Transportation Linda Best, Executive Director, Contra Costa Economic Partnership
11:00 a.m.	Restoration, Reconfiguration, Protection, and Getting Involved Panelists: Shelley Poticha, Executive Director, Congress for the New Urbanism Stuart Cohen, Program Director, Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition Tom Mooers, East Bay Field Representative, Greenbelt Alliance Program Moderator: John King, Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle

Registration

Cost: $15
Course Code: EDP 254425

To register by phone using a credit card, please call (510) 642-4111
To register online, please go to: www.berkeley.edu/unex/enroll

For more information, please call (510) 464-7966

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