Three Metro Council members, along with State Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, have been awarded scholarships to attend a smart growth conference in Seattle in February. The Center for Planning Excellence selected Broome, D-Baton Rouge, along with Councilwomen Donna Collins-Lewis, Ronnie Edwards and C. Denise Marcelle, to receive the $1,000 scholarships. This is the third time CPEX has awarded the scholarships to go to the New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference. The awards are presented to officials who have used smart growth planning principles in their communities. Other scholarship winners include Ascension Parish Councilman Kent A. Schexnaydre and Lafayette city-parish President Joey Durel.
Local officials get smart growth scholarships
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