| Forging a better future for the Sacramento
Region, enhancing mobility and avoiding sprawl are the focus of
TALL Order: Choices for Our Future, the 2004 Regional Forum and
first regional-scale workshop of the award-winning Sacramento Region
Blueprint Project. The daylong event will be held April 30 in the
Grand Ballroom of the Sacramento Convention Center.
The Forum will be a major milestone in a year of intense public
participation throughout the Sacramento region, with the unveiling
of three proposed alternative land use scenarios for regional growth.
The special guest speaker is New York Times best-selling author
Malcolm Gladwell whose book “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make
a Big Difference,” has becomean integral part of everyday parlance.
TALL Order is a presentation of the Sacramento Area Council of
Governments, the transportation-planning agency for the six-county
Sacramento Region, and civic partner Valley Vision, a nonprofit
organization committed to building civic engagement while addressing
regional issues.
Seating for TALL Order is limited
and early registration is highly recommended. Online
registration is available at www.sacog.org.
Questions should be directed to A.J. Tendick, at 916-340-6215. Credit
card payments may be made at www.sacog.org.
Payment by check may be sent to: SACOG, 1415 L St., Suite 300, Sacramento,
CA 95814. Registration scholarships are available for those meeting
certain criteria. To inquire about scholarships, contact Joan Medeiros,
Deputy Executive Director, SACOG, at 916-340-6207.
Growth in the Sacramento Region is projected to push its population
beyond 3.7 million by 2050. During the past year SACOG and Valley
Vision in collaboration with local government have held close to
40 highly successful Blueprint scenario-planning workshops where
participants mapped out the future of their neighborhoods or counties.
These efforts won Blueprint the Governor’s Award for Environmental and Economic Leadership
in 2003. The exercise moves to the regional scale at TALL Order
with crafting a regional preferred scenario to guide future growth.
The Blueprint Project was initiated by SACOG’s Board of Directors to inform their transportation-planning
efforts and ensure that transportation and land use planning are
linked. Blueprint’s data will be used in the next Metropolitan Transportation
Plan and in local planning efforts throughout the region.
TALL Order is sponsored in part by the California Department of
Transportation, KB Home, KVIE Channel 6, KXJZ Capital Public Radio,
the Sacramento Bee, SBC, the Sacramento Business Journal, Sierra
Health Foundation, Teichert, Inc., and the University of California,
Davis. For further information, contact Phyllis Miller, Communication
Manager, at 916-340-6224. |
