Smart Growth Strategies: a Mayor’s Perspective

11:17 PM PST on February 12, 2012

From SPUR:

What will be the future of California’s sprawling suburbs? What planning challenges do we face in the current economic climate? And what planning strategies can we learn from other cities? Ventura Mayor Bill Fulton, also an author and a principal at DC&E | The Planning Center, will discuss strategies for the future planning and design of metropolitan regions. Fulton will draw upon his recent experience in Ventura and his influential career in the planning and economic development fields.

Aaron Bialick

Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.

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