A Dialogue on Community Equity and Smart Growth

A DIALOGUE ON

COMMUNITY EQUITY AND SMART GROWTH

March 31, 2008

Long Branch City Hall

Long Branch, N.J.

6:00 – 9:15 p.m.

Welcome Remarks - Brian Unger, Long Branch City Council

Keynote Address: Carlos Rodriguez, NJ Director, Regional Plan Association

· First Panel: Sustainable Development & Community Equity: A Conceptual Exploration

Moderator: Jeff Tittel, N.J. Sierra Club

Frank Esposito, Ph.D., Kean University

Carlos Rodriguez, NJ Director, Regional Plan Association

William Rosenblatt, Ed.D., Surfrider Foundation

Harold Creacy, Esq., Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services

Joe Acerra, United Brotherhood of Carpenters

Christopher Reynolds, Sustainable Design & Development Group, Burt Hill Architects.

Gio Simoes, Editor, Latino USA

Panel discussion and open Q&A

· Second Panel: Affordable Housing vs. Gentrification: Debate & Dialectic

Moderator: Brian Unger, Long Branch City Council

Panel: Donna Rose Blaze, Affordable Housing Alliance

Bill Dangler, President, Greater Long Branch NAACP

Darcy Dobens M.S.W., Long Branch Concordance

William Nordahl, Housing Committee Chairman, Concerned Citizens Coalition

Connie Pascale, NJ Legal Services.

Panel discussion open Q&A

Second Keynotes:

Brian Weeks, Deputy Public Advocate
"Reforming the Use of Eminent Domain for Private Redevelopment in New Jersey”

Steven Anderson, Esq. Castle Coalition
“Economic Impacts and Eminent Domain Abuse”

· Third Panel: Eminent Domain and Economic Development: Debate & Dialectic

Moderator: Jeffrey R. Williams, Esq.

Brian Weeks, Esq.

Christina Walsh, Castle Coalition

Denise Hoagland, MTOTSA Alliance

Paul Fernicola, Esq. Bowe& Fernicola

Howard Marlin, Chairman, Long Branch Planning Board

Panel discussion and open Q&A

Closing Remarks and Press Availability