[ACT] Third Thursday Urban Forestry Webcast

[Jared Liu]

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	March 19, 2009	 	
		
  	

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Second Segment

Network Exchange

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ABOUT US
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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 14.9 million trees with  
help from 4.3 million volunteers.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Third Thursday Webcast 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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SmartGrowth and Urban Forestry- Part II: City Planning
March 19, 2009
1:00- 2:00pm EST

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
Webcast attendees will learn:
* What is green infrastructure, urban greening, and land banking.
* Challenges of creating attractive and healthier built environments.
* Financial sustainability and how these programs are cost effective.
* What authority and partnerships are necessary.
* Why include trees in planning..

  	
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Strategies to Manage Underused Property
Dan Kildee, Treasurer, Genesee County, MI
Facing shrinking populations and declining investments in center  
cities, Genesee County aggressively targeted empty lots and vacant  
properties with innovative strategies to reclaim underused property,  
redevelop it with public capital, and sell it- improved and at a  
profit- to property managers and homeowners. Some of the strategies  
included green infrastructure and urban greening, land banking, land  
trusts, and collaborative community planning processes.

  	

  	

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Communicating with Planners and Engineers
Dan Staley, City Planner, Castle Rock, CO
Tree people don't typically speak planning-ese and engineering-ese, so  
in the Town of Castle Rock, the planners and engineers are approaching  
the tree people and working with them on how to talk to planners and  
engineers about strategies to overcome the challenges of denser  
development.

  	



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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground

There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,  
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!  
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network  
Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member.

  	



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