News Release
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December 2, 2005
BSU Speaker on Urban and Regional Growth to be Web Streamed
A Dec. 7 lecture at Boise State University by Jim Heid of UrbanGreen will be
videotaped and available on the Web at http://urban.boisestate.edu beginning
Dec. 8. The event is the first in a three-part speaker series on urban and
regional growth that brings nationally recognized speakers to campus to
address topics of pressing regional concern. It is sponsored by the Boise
State University Institute for Urban and Regional Planning and the Idaho
District Council of the Urban Land Institute.
The lecture, “Managing Our Quality of Life: Determining How and Where We
Grow,” is designed to promote discussion among area citizens; half the
presentation will consist of a question-and-answer session.
Heid’s presentation will highlight a model for applying smart growth
principles in development outside of the urban area (suburban greenfields),
and the role of planned communities in a regional strategy.
Heid will also address how growth can pay for itself while contributing to
the quality of life in a community. His remarks will be based on the
following facts:
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The U.S. is growing and will continue to grow at strong, if not unprecedented, rates for the next 20-30 years.
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This growth will generate in excess of 24 million new households, or approximately 1.2 million new homes per year, for the next 20 years.
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Even with a significant change in policies, land costs and entitlement processes, urban infill will only make up about 20-25 percent of this total new construction.
Heid is a real estate developer, adviser and author whose focus is the
creation of new communities that provide a positive contribution to their
environment, region and residents. In 2000, he founded UrbanGreen LLC to act
as a development partner and adviser to legacy landowners, institutions and
land development companies that embrace principles of sustainability. He has
more than 20 years of experience in the design and development of new
communities and urban infill.
Upcoming speakers in the series include:
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January 10: Sumner Sharpe, “Using Knowledge to Manage Our Quality of Life: Adding Planning Resources Statewide.”
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February, date to be announced: John McIlwain, “Attainable Workforce Housing.”
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The speaker series is funded by donations to the BSU Foundation. For more information on the series, call 426-3776
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Contact: Michael Blankenship, dean of the College of Social Sciences
and Public Affairs, (208) 426-3776,
mblanken@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, February 01, 2006