Seattle Transit Community Typology
June 11, 2012
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Reconnecting America's Abigail Thorne Lyman, Director, Center for Transit-Oriented Development, and Reconnecting America Project Director Chris Yake will be in Seattle June 11 for a work session with Growing Transit Communities and the Puget Sound Regional Council. Participants in the session will be working on the creation of a typology framework.
Tennessee Obesity Task Force
May 29, 2012
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Reconnecting America President and CEO John Robert Smith will give the morning keynote address on May 29 at the Tennessee Obesity Task Force gathering in Nashville.
PCRG’s Second Annual Community Development Summit
May 24, 2012
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Reconnecting America and Center for Transit-Oriented Development staff will be attending the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group’s Second Annual Community Development Summit in Pittsburgh on May 24. The conference attracts more than 500 individuals from across the country to explore new ideas in organizational development, community planning, land recycling, affordable housing, transit-oriented development, and neighborhood revitalization.
LA Thrives: Transit, Housing, Resources and Investment for a Vibrant Economy
May 18, 2012
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Reconnecting America's Abigail Thorne Lyman, Director, Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will be attending LA THRIVES: Transit, Housing, Resources and Investment for a Vibrant Economy in Los Angeles on May 18. Reconnecting America is a member of the LA THRIVE collaborative, which is committed to equitable TOD that prioritizes investments in the production and preservation of affordable homes, protects the social fabric of neighborhoods, and allows residents to walk, bike and take transit to shops and services.
Los Angeles Affordable Housing Preservation Summit
May 16, 2012
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Abigail Thorne Lyman, Director, Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will unveil the Los Angeles Affordable Housing Preservation in Transit-Oriented Districts study at the Los Angeles Affordable Housing Preservation Summit, May 16. This study defines transit-oriented districts with the greatest need and opportunity for preservation of affordable and vulnerable housing over the next five years.
2012 Rural Community Conference
May 15, 2012
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Reconnecting America President and CEO John Robert Smith will be attending the 2012 Rural Community Conference in Bozeman, Montanna. He will give the conference-closing speech on the topic of community revitalization. The Future of Rural conference will be held May 15-16 at the Montana State University campus. More information here.
Livability and Planning Workshops
May 15, 2012
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Reconnecting America's Policy Director Sarah Kline will be participating in the Federal Transit Administration's Livability and Planning Workshops on May 15 and 16 in Washington, DC. On Tuesday, Kline will be discussing the Center for Transit-Oriented Development's upcoming FTA-sponsored booklet, TOD 205: Families and Transit-Oriented Development. On Wednesday, she will address a workshop on Working With Federal Grantees.
Road to Resilience: Using Transportation to Revitalize Cities
May 9, 2012
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Reconnecting America President and CEO John Robert Smith will participate in the Reinventing Older Communities: Building Resilient Cities conference in Philadelphia May 9-11. The former mayor of Meridian, Miss., will appear on a panel entitled "Road to Resilience: Using Transportation to Revitalize Cities," which will explore the role transportation plays in expanding access to jobs and affordable housing, as well asattracting new development and amenities to the areas it serves. Joining him on the panel will be Lee Sheehy, Program Director of Regions and Communities, McKnight. The moderator will be John Moon, Assistant Director of Capital Formation, Living Cities. More information here.
Central Corridor Funders Collabortiave
May 9, 2012
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Reconnecting America Program Director Catherine Cox Blair will be in Twin Cities on May 5 to attend the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative's annual stakeholders event.
Live/Work/Walk: Removing Obstacles to Investment
April 20, 2012
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Reconnecting America Policy Director Sarah Kline will be attending the the invitation-only roundtable disucssion focusing on the challenges and opportunities for removing regulatory barriers to financing Live/Work/Walk and mixed-use development types. Led by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) in partnership with the Urban Land Institute, Center for Neighborhood Technology, LOCUS/Smart Growth America, National Association of Realtors, National Town Builders Association, National Association of Home Builders, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, discussions will focus on horizontal mixed-use rental properties and market demand for Live/Work/Walk development in urban and suburban areas. The goal of the roundtable is to generate concepts for new real estate financing approaches, "asset classes," underwriting standards, and secondary markets for Live/Work/Walk investments. More information on…
