Fair Housing and Sustainable Community Planning Conference

Fair Housing and Sustainable Community Planning Conference

November 19 ,2010

Hello everyone,

We hope you'll join us on November 19 for our Fair Housing and Sustainable Community Planning conference. Charlie Baker of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and I have been working hard to bring this training to you. As you know, Chittenden County recently received just over $1 million in federal funds for sustainable regional planning. This one-day seminar will provide an introduction to opportunity mapping: GIS mapping of development, transportation, and demographic information and discuss the role of fair housing and integration in planning sustainable neighborhoods. This is an all-day training and lunch is included. The registration fee is only $15. Northfield Savings Bank is sponsoring the event and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board is providing additional support. Come discuss sustainable communities, opportunity mapping as a planning tool, and national integration cases with the experts.

We hope you will join us!

Rachel

Rachel A. Batterson

Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.

www.vtlegalaid.org

Registration Form

Fair Housing and Sustainable Community Planning

Windjammer Conference Center @ Best Western

1076 Williston Road, Route 2, South Burlington, Vermont

(802) 846-0658

November 19, 2010

8:00 - 3:45

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Registration Fee $15.00

Please make the check payable to Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. and mail to:

          Sandy Burns, Administrative Assistant

          HDLP Training

          Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.

          P.O. Box 1367

          Burlington, VT 05402

Contact: Sara Zeno or Rachel Batterson at Vermont Legal Aid: 863-7151

Sponsored by Northfield Savings Bank

Additional support from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Conference Agenda

Fair Housing and Sustainable Community Planning

Windjammer Conference Center @ Best Western

1076 Williston Road, Route 2, South Burlington, Vermont

(802) 846-0658

November 19, 2010 from 8:00 - 3:45

Registration: 8:00 - 8:30

8:30-8:35

Welcome: Rachel Batterson, Vermont Legal Aid

8:35 - 9:00

Introduction to Sustainable Communities

Merryl Gibbs, Program Compliance Branch Chief (HUD Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity, New England Region)

9-10:30

Sustainable Communities, Opportunity Neighborhoods, Integration and AFFH: Legal Outline and Examples

Michael Allen, Esq., Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 12:15

Using Opportunity Mapping to Plan Sustainable Communities: An Introduction

Charlie Baker, CCRPC. Chip Sawyer of UVM's Center for Rural Studies Invited

12:15 - 1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:30

Small Group Discussions

How can we effectively plan sustainable communities? What strengths do we already have? What challenges do we face? What resources and tools are available? What additional resources or tools do we need?

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45 -3:45

Ask the Experts Panel

Merryl Gibbs, HUD FHEO Region I

Charlie Baker, CCRPC

Michael Allen, Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC

Moderator: Rachel Batterson, Vermont Legal Aid

Sponsored by Northfield Savings Bank

Additional support from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Rachel Batterson

Vermont Legal Aid