CM Opportunity & Coalition for Smart Growth Announcement

Value of Transit Oriented Development
Fairfax County Herrity Building Room 106 (12055 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA)
March 18, 2011 10am-11:30am
Please RSVP to dpztraining@fairfaxcounty.gov by March 11, 2011
1.5 CM Credit

Twenty years of market data confirms that consumers are willing to pay a premium for transit-rich, walkable environs. Now, as public coffers are diminishing, private developers and land owners are using this evidence and market impetus to close the funding gap and finance roads, infrastructure, parks, and public transit, even fixed rail transit.

The Value of Transit-Oriented Development will review the market evidence for upside potential of transit-oriented development, using some of the leading examples of these private-public partnerships, many in the D.C. region, and how improved collaboration can support these partnerships. Emphasis will be placed on what is funded and by whom, and by what mechanisms. Parallels will be drawn to Fairfax’s current TOD planning efforts, especially in and around Tysons Corner, and implications for implementation will be discussed.

Presentation by Shyam Kannan, Principal-Director of Economic Development Practice Group at Robert Charles Lesser and Company (RCLCO) based in Washington, D.C.


COALITION FOR SMARTER GROWTH ANNOUNCEMENT-YOUNG PLANNER SHOWCASE

The Coalition for Smarter Growth is seeking the best and brightest young planners in the Washington D.C. region for its first annual Young Planner Showcase. This forum will offer young planners in the D.C. region the opportunity to present the most innovative ideas from their jurisdictions. The event will highlight the best and the brightest of our region’s young planners and foster a lively conversation among participants and the audience.

Any planner who meets the criteria listed on the Coalition for Smarter Growth website is welcome to apply. The Coalition for Smarter Growth will choose up to six presenters for the forum. Planners that live in and are doing plans in any towns or cities in the following jurisdictions are invited to apply: District of Columbia, Alexandria, and Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William, Fairfax, Prince George’s, and Montgomery Counties.

The deadline for applications is March 14, 2011. Planners must be 35 years of age or younger to apply and be employed by, or a contractor for, an agency or organization located within the jurisdictions listed above.
More information, including requirements for application submissions, is available on the Coalition for Smarter Growth website.