Welcome to the online home of the Tenth Annual Land Use Law Center's
Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference:
Sustainable Development in Tough Economic Times
On December 2, the Pace Land Use Law Center hosted its 10th annual Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference at the New York State Judicial Institute, on the Pace Law School campus. Nationally-recognized experts gathered to discuss the extraordinary forces driving land use and development patterns in communities across the Hudson Valley, and explored ways to proceed with sustainable development despite the grim economic realities.
The day-long conference was attended by more than 200 attorneys, planners, business and municipal leaders, and other professionals, including many Pace Law School alumni. It featured multiple breakout sessions including: Reinventing Development Projects in Response to the New Realities; Update on the Latest, Greatest Land Use Cases; Green and Efficient Development and Reuse Strategies; Repurposing Commercial Property; Problem Properties: Land Banking, Regulatory Approaches, and Reuse Strategies, and Fair and Affordable Housing, among others. David Kooris, vice president of the Regional Plan Association, delivered the luncheon address, which traced the historical development of the New York Metropolitan Area and discussed how it can become more sustainable. In addition, a plenary session was led by Dr. Arthur C. Nelson, FAICP, Presidential Professor of City & Metropolitan Planning in the College of Architecture & Planning at the University of Utah, where he is also Director of the Metropolitan Research Center and Director of the Master of Real Estate Development Program. Dr. Nelson delivered a riveting address regarding the rapidly increasing and shifting demographics in the U.S. and the opportunities they present for urban revitalization and suburban redevelopment.
The Center awarded a graduate of its Land Use Leadership Alliance Training Program (its signature training program for municipal officials and land use leaders), the Groundbreaker’s Award. The Groundbreaker Award recipient has done exemplary work in the community or region using the types of land use and decision-making tools and techniques taught in the LULA program. The Land Use Law Center was happy to announce this year’s recipient as Mayor Noam Bramson. Through Mayor Bramson’s dedication to public service and his efforts to strengthen the City of New Rochelle’s economy, environment, and quality of life, he has demonstrated an understanding of effective land use mechanisms that have been groundbreaking for sustainable development throughout the City of New Rochelle.
The Theodore W. Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes, along with the Land Use Law Center also presented the Town of Clarkstown with the Founder’s Award. This award is given to individuals and municipalities that have worked collaboratively with their community and have reinvented democracy to make change happen in their communities. The spirit in which the Town of Clarkstown approached and implemented its Comprehensive Plan is the type of community planning that we would like to highlight and celebrate by giving this award to them.
General Information:
- Conference Program
- Conference Sponsors
- Conference Speakers
- Awards
- CLE Material and Presentations
- About the Land Use Law Center
CM Approved Credits:
CM I MULTI 11.25
For additional information view the APA CM calendar at http://www.planning.org/cm/search/event.htm?EventID=17754.