1000 Friends of Connecticut Annual Conference

Hartford, CT, March 2010

Through the Lens of Sustainability & Climate Change: Innovative Solutions to Familiar Problems in our Country, State, Regions & Municipalities

At the federal, state, regional and local levels, policy makers, planners and advocates are now more than ever looking at familiar challenges such as sprawling development patterns, traffic congestion, aging infrastructure, rising energy costs and unaffordable housing and climate change and are viewing them through the lens of sustainability as new opportunities to support and apply comprehensive, innovative policies, practices and techniques; but, what does it take to create a sustainable community and what does that community look like?

This session, moderated by Connecticut State Representative David McCluskey included a panel of state, regional and local leaders currently in the process of promoting sustainable communities to talk about their efforts and their visions for the future.  Panelists outlined new federal partnerships and opportunities supporting sustainable communities, showcased new efforts at the state level toward reaching climate change goals, highlighted the products of regional partnerships toward promoting sustainability and provided a glimpse of what a comprehensive approach to sustainable development could look like on the ground in Connecticut’s municipalities.

Speakers:

Moderator: Representative David McCluskey, State Representative, Deputy Speaker, Connecticut State Legislature

Lynn Stoddard, Environmental Analyst, Office of Pollution Prevention & Climate Change, CT Department of Environmental Protection

Emily Moos, AICP Senior Community Development Planner, Capitol Region Council of Governments (View Presentation)

Gary Anderson, AICP Senior Planner, Town of Manchester (View Presentation)
Lyle Wray, PhD. Executive Director, Capitol Region Council of Governments

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