Thank you to everyone who joined us! Co-hosted by the city of Burlington and AARP, Mayors and other officials from New England and New York State communities came together to address regional challenges and forge innovative approaches to creating great places to live that sustain economic growth and improve the quality of life for residents – of all ages.
All presentations and Briefing Book materials, as well as information about the attendees, are below.
See full agenda here.
Presentations and Briefing Book
Resources
Building a Healthy and Sustainable Community for Berkeley Youth and Families, Mayor Tom Bates , January 26th, 2007. Read more.
Speakers
Robert Gordon, Senior Counsel to the Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
David Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, RI
Tom Bates, Mayor of Berkeley, CA
Resources
Looking to Add Teeth to Planning: New Agency Seeks a Law to Help it Govern Growth, Bob Tita , October 16th, 2006. Read more.
Speakers
David Thornburgh, President and CEO of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship
Rita Athas, Director of Regional Program for Chicago, IL
Valarie J. McCall, Chief of Government Affairs for Cleveland, OH
Speakers
Jesse Greenlee, Community Relations Officer, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
Greta Harris, Program Vice President for the Southeast Region of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Alan Mallach, Research Director, National Housing Institute and the author of “Bringing Buildings Back”
Resources
TEA-21: Reauthorization: Getting Transportation Right for Metropolitan America, Bruce Katz, Robert Puentes, and Scott Bernstein , March 1st, 2003. Read more.
Cities Rediscover Allure of Streetcars, Haya El Nasser , USA Today, January 10th, 2007. Read more.
Speakers
Scott Bernstein, Director of the Center for Neighborhood Technology
Kevin McCarty, Surface Transportation Policy Project
Maria Zimmerman, Senior Vice President for Policy, Reconnecting America
Tom Downs, the Eno Transportation Foundation
Attendees
Bob Agee, City Administrator, Annapolis, MD
Amiee Albertson, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs San Francisco, CA
Rocky Anderson, Mayor Salt Lake City, UT
Rita Athas, Director, Regional Program, Chicago, IL
Bill Baarsma, Mayor Tacoma, WA
Tom Bates, Mayor, Berkeley, CA
DJ Baxter, Senior Advisor to the Mayor Salt Lake City, UT
Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology
David Bieter, Mayor, Boise, ID
Garry Bliss, Director of Policy Providence, RI
Roy Buol, Mayor, Dubuque, IA
Christopher Cabaldon, Mayor West Sacramento, CA
Debra Caviness, Assistant to the Mayor, Bridgeport, CT
David Cicilline, Mayor Providence, RI
Dave Cieslewicz, Mayor, Madison, WI
Carolyn Coleman, Director, Federal Relations, National Leauge of Cities
Dan Coody, Mayor, Fayetteville, AR
Heidi Davison, Mayor, Athens, GA
Ron Dellums, Mayor, Oakland, CA
Commissioner Dennis Boog Highberger, Commissioner, Lawrence, KS
Cisco DeVries, Chief of Staff, Berkeley, CA
Christopher Doherty, Mayor Scranton, PA
Tom Downs, President and CEO, Eno Transoprtation Foundation
David E. Brown, Mayor, Charlottesville,VA
Ardell F., Mayor Rochester, MN
Heather Fargo, Mayor Sacramento, CA
Kevin Foy, Mayor, Chapel Hill, NC
T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor, Des Moines, IA
Kelly Girtz, Commissioner, Athens, GA
Robert Gordon, Senior Councilor, New York City
Jesse Greenlee, Community Relations Officer WHEDA
Greta Harris, Program Vice President, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
George Heartwell, Mayor, Grand Rapids, MI
Darwin Hindman, Mayor, Columbia, MO
Rosemarie Ives, Mayor Redmond, WA
Patrick J., Mayor San Bernardino, CA
Marshall Kamena, Mayor, Livermore, CA
Kathy Keolker, Mayor Renton, WA
Yoriko Kishimoto, Mayor, Palo Alto, CA
Bob Kiss, Mayor, Burlington, VT
Beth Krom, Mayor, Irvine, CA
Steve L. Leeper, U.S. Representative, Mayors for Peace
Peter Lewis, Mayor, Auburn, WA
Janet Lockhart, Mayor, Dublin, CA
Alan Mallach, Research Director, National Housing Institute
Mark Mallory, Mayor, Cincinnati, OH
Virginia Mayer, Washington, DC Representative, Boston, MA and Providence, RI
Matthew Mayrl, Research Associate, COWS
Valarie McCall, Chief of Government Affairs, Cleveland, OH
Kevin McCarty, Senior Director of Federal Policy Surface Transportation Policy Project
Claire McLeveighn, Director of External Affairs, Atlanta, GA
Jim Morris, Chief of Staff San Bernardino, CA
Ellen Moyer, Mayor, Annapolis, MD
Sue O’Brien, District Director Sacramento, CA
Ed Pawlowski, Mayor, Allentown, PA
Sigrid Peterson, Senior Associate, COWS
Janet Piraino, Chief of Staff, Madison, WI
Ken Reeves, Mayor, Cambridge, MA
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Senior Associate, COWS
Joel Rogers, Director, COWS
Len Simon, Simon and Company
David Thornburgh, President and CEO, Alliance for Regional Stewardship
Aaron Tovish, Campaign Manager, Mayors for Peace
Carla Walker, Chief of Staff, Cincinnati, OH
Joe Walsh, Director, Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, Kennedy School of Government
Jess Wendover, Director, Mayor’s Institute on City Design
H. Abram Wilson, Mayor San Ramon, CA
Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, ICLEI
Mariia Zimmerman, Senior Vice President for Policy Reconnecting America