A Young Man Survives His First Planning Conference

CP&DR's Aaron Engstrom's offers his irreverent take on his very first APA conference.

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October 10, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT

"Who'd have thunk a workshop about parking would be the most entertaining of the conference. "Smart Parking for Smart Communities" opened with the most creative PowerPoint I've seen when Dr. Rick Willson of Cal Poly Pomona played the role of a disheveled car who is homeless and confused by new pushy regulations with "unbundling" and "peak demand." Distraught with the system, Dr. Willson, the car, went to his therapist to hear, "It's probably you."

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"My last workshop was El Toro/The Great Park: Setting New Standards in Sustainability. I learned that Lennar is the greatest sustainable developer ever, according to Bob Santos, president of Lennar. The park, as envisioned, does sound nice, with photovoltaic solar panels on every home and tentacle-like tracts of open space extending from the park into the town center."

Thanks to Bill Fulton

Read the full story: My First Time: A Young Man Survives A Planning Conference

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 in California Planning & Development Report

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