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Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network
of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from
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| ABOUT WEBCASTS |
The
Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly
webcast held at the lunch hour. The goal is to create informal
trainings for local urban and community forestry
organizations.
The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger
audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and
approaches.
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SESSION DESCRIPTION
Trees are part
of the natural and green infrastructure.
Smart
Growth intersects with urban forestry on many levels: energy costs,
crime, livability/sustainability, and more. Urban design is no longer
isolated solely to buildings. Trees are part of the natural
infrastructure, and their beneficial effects on urban landscapes are
becoming better known. Understanding SmartGrowth trends can help you
position your projects and programs to better integrate with building
and land use trends. "Green infrastructure" is a term that is appearing
more and more frequently in land conservation and development
discussions.
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SESSION TOPICS
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
* What SmartGrowth is and how public
and private sectors differ.
* How tree advocates can best align with SmartGrowth.
* Ensuring compatibility with community standards and SmartGrowth
principles.
* Who to contact and what programs may be of assistance.
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SMARTGROWTH IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Dannielle
Glaros, Legislative Aide to Councilman Eric Olson (Upper Marlboro MD)
In
2002, Dannielle started working with the State of Maryland in a new
office, the Governor's Office of Smart Growth. Through this position,
she worked inside state government to influence policy, work on
legislative issues on behalf of the Governor, and bring together
various state agencies and nonprofits in collaborative efforts to
change the development pattern in Maryland and revitalize urban areas.
Since then, she has also worked as a consultant with various
organizations such as Smart Growth America, where she created the
National Smart Growth Council.
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SMARTGROWTH IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Peter Harnick, Trust for Public
Lands (Washington, DC)
In
collaboration with Greg McPherson, Trust for Public Lands has been
conducting studies on the economic benefits of urban parks to cities,
specifically their stormwater retention. In addition, the study looked
at property values, surveyed parks users, and extrapolated on health
affects and medical costs. It was funded by a NUCFAC grant in 2005, and
preliminary data will soon be available.
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