Shaping the City (and Suburbs): "Smart Growth"

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Shaping the City (and Suburbs): "Smart Growth"

Listen Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Economy, Environment, Society

Guest host: Matthew Felling

Environmentalists & forward-thinking developers have long touted "Smart Growth" plans that link homes with offices and public transportation systems. Now, $4 gasoline may be kick-starting Smart Growth ideas out of the planning phase and into construction. We look at where these principles are being applied and what the region might look like in coming decades.

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Guests

Roger K. Lewis

Architect; Columnist, "Shaping the City," Washington Post; and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Maryland College Park

David Robertson

Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Mike McKeever

Executive Director, Sacramento Area Council of Governments

Stewart Schwartz

Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth

Bob Youngentob

Principal, Eakin/Youngentob Associates, Inc.

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