Energy development, smart growth and transportation planning were the topics of choice at the 2012 Western Planner Conference in Billings, Montana. Western Planner brings together professionals from just west of SRDC’s borders to Alaska, many of whom work in small towns and rural areas. Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, now President of the Smart Growth […]
Curbside Chat: America’s Suburban Ponzi Scheme
[v=6XRjatW_N9M] I had the opportunity to participate in one of Charles Marohn and Ben Oleson’s Curbside Chat presentations last week at the Minnesota State Planning Conference in St. Cloud. It was much better attended—and presented—than my own session. He gave us a sneak preview of his new companion booklet to the series, in which he […]