The Year in Review

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The Year in Review
2005

• and Outlook for the Future

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Coalition Input and How It Has Defined Our Work

• Fix It First, Growing Together
• GMLA Feedback in Madison, WI
• Measure 37 Copycats, Anti-Planning Efforts,
  Eminent Domain
• How Private Sector Financing Affects Development
  Patterns How to Change Incentives and Practices
• Strengthening the Grassroots
• Fix It First and Redevelopment
• Redevelopment, Especially Private Sectors Role
• Gulf Coast Rebuilding
• Investing in Americas Future

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The Year in Review

• Merged with the Growth Management Leadership
  Alliance held meetings, quarterly coalition
  calls, working group meetings
• Implementing Communications Infrastructure Plan
  (Smart Growth around America e-newsletter,
  surveys, fundraising, e-commerce)
• Published Choosing Our Communitys Future,
  Endangered by Sprawl, Smart Growth Shareware,
  Vacant Properties True Costs to Communities
• Provided communications help to counter
  anti-planning efforts
• Advocated for smart growth measures in federal
  energy and transportation bills
• Co-sponsored three large conferences in Flint, MI
  (land bank authorities), East Lansing, MI (smart
  growth for clean water), Columbus, OH (vacant
  properties)
• Providing technical assistance to nearly 40
  cities and towns
• Starting to work closely with states through the
  Governors Institute on Community Design, which
  we launched with 3 former Governors
• Assisted with Hurricane Katrina redevelopment

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Values Equity, Environment, Economy,
EngagementVision A Fair and Prosperous Nation
with Thriving Metropolitan Regions and
CommunitiesMission To Achieve a Better Way to
Grow One that Protects Natural Areas and
Environmental Health, Revitalizes Communities,
Increases Housing Affordability and
Transportation Choices, and Offers All Americans
Fair Access to OpportunitiesGoals Build and
Lead Coalitions, Reform Public Policies, Provide
Assistance to Communities, and Influence Decision
Makers and Public Opinion through Effective
Communications, Analysis, and Research
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SGA Today

• An active coalition membership
• Top communications, research, and publications
• Policy leadership, analysis, and reforms
• Direct assistance to communities and public
  officials
• The cultivation of prominent champions for smart
  growth
• The Smart Growth Leadership Institute
• The Governors Institute on Community Design
• The National Vacant Properties Campaign
• The Smart Growth, Smart Schools Initiative
• The Complete Streets Campaign
• The Transportation Equity Network

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National Alliances and Partners

• Brookings Institution Center on Metropolitan
  Policy
• US EPA Office of Smart Growth
• Funders Network for Smart Growth Livable
  Communities
• National Association of Realtors
• National Governors Association
• Urban Land Institute
• US Conference of Mayors
• National League of Cities
• National Association of Counties
• International City/County Management Association

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www.smartgrowthamerica.org
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Our Outlook for the Future

• Developing a Common Agenda,
• Initiatives, Campaigns

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The Context and Urgency for Investing in
Americas Future

• Program Committee Theme (Brookings Report,
  Investing in a Better Future)
• New Bi-Partisan Calls for More and Smarter
  Infrastructure Investment (CA, IL, VA)
• VA Techs Projections of Tremendous Growth in
  Coming Decades
• Post-Katrina Disasters and Crises
• Utter Lack of Preparation for Future Change

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Our Goal

• To Shift Investment Patterns by Changing
• government policies and policy frameworks
• business practices and paradigms
• general public opinion
• So that we invest first in the infrastructure of
  our established communities
• To generate greater economic returns, more
  consumer choices, a fair share of benefits for
  everyone, and improvements in public health and
  the environment

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Policy Objectives

• Changing policies at the federal, state, and
  local levels to catalyze investment in existing
  communities and infrastructure
• Federal policies begin with scan from coalition
  members to develop omnibus reinvestment
  legislative package
• State investment policies are the primary target
• Local partners will drive our local government
  priorities

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Business Objectives

• Shifting business practices so that
• lenders, investors, and governments create new
  financial incentives, structures, and models to
  tilt the playing field towards reinvestment (6
  places)
• major private sector players begin to advocate
  reinvestment as a competitive strategy
• developers, realtors, consumers recognize the
  benefits of location, community design, and
  accessibility, including in weak markets

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Public Opinion Objectives

• General public supports reinvestment citizens
  become advocates
• Citizens demand that candidates prioritize
  reinvestment first, before spending on new
  projects
• Consumers pursue reinvestment opportunities
  (e.g., in weak market cities)

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Cross-Cutting Efforts

• Communications Strategy
• Coalition Building Goals
• Research Agenda
• Strengthening the Grassroots

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Desired Outcomes

• Tilt the playing field to favor reinvestment
• Achieve tangible gains in legislation, government
  and industry standards and practices
• Increase public education and awareness through
  media coverage and other vehicles
• Make reinvestment a top priority of state and
  local government associations
• Get candidates to talk about and implement
  reinvestment strategies
• Cultivate private sector champions for
  reinvestment, especially developers, financiers,
  and realtors
• Build a stronger coalition and movement, which
  will better prepare us for future challenges

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Process

• Need your input, feedback, support
• Refine objectives and strategies, time table, and
  potential alliances
• Raise funds for capacity building, planning, and
  implementation
• Initiate underlying research
• Publicly roll out campaign and/or initiatives
• Implement over the next three to five years

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Potential Projects, Campaigns, Initiatives

• Reinvestment Policy Guidebook (Redevelopment-Readi
  ness) 3
• Comprehensive Federal Legislative Agenda 2
• TOD Redevelopment 3
• School Siting Reform, Existing School
  Rehabilitation
• State and Local Candidate Education 6
• Corridor Revitalization 3
• FIF Transportation Complete Streets 2
• Water Infrastructure 4
• Research on Globally Competitive Regions 7
• Public health and fitness
• Energy
• Traffic
• Costs of Growth 1
• Affordable Housing 1
• Reforming the land use planning process 5
• Who is our audience? Who are we trying to reach?
  Do we have the expertise?

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