Join Us in Boise for the Planning in the West Conference

By Jonathan Weber, 6-12-09

I've been on the phone much of today with the speakers and panelists for our upcoming Planning in the West conference, and it should be a fascinating event. The session on sustainable design and planning features top-notch folks from Seattle, Los Angeles, Boulder and Boise, providing a great regional perspective. (They told me we shouldn't talk about what cities are ahead and what cities are behind, but we will anyway). The transportation panel will address head-on the political obstacles to transit, with some great perspective from Utah - a state which managed to overcome conventional wisdom of conservative politics and develop a cutting edge rail and bus system. Another session will address agriculture and open space, and how to integrate that into our growth and planning approaches. And those are just a few highlights. You can see more details and register online at www.newwest.net/planning. We look forward to seeing you in Boise! [End of article]