Smart growth’s heavy hitters are coming to the corridor next month. The Center for Planning Excellence’s 2009 Smart Growth Summit will bring together Andrés Duany, John Fregonese and other anti-sprawl experts for three days of workshops in Baton Rouge on every subject from transit to TNDs. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26 with an opening reception featuring Duany, founding principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, and ends at 5 p.m. Aug. 28. The following day is a Kids Planning Day at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in which children ages 7-10 will build their own ideal cities – including buildings, streetscapes and infrastructure – using recycled boxes, colored paper and other collected materials. Cost is $25, but free for students and teachers. Scholarships are available. To register, click here.
Smart Growth Summit is coming in August
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