Sustainability and Historic Preservation Panel Sponsored by Trust for Architectural Easements Begins January 12, 2009 at U.S. Green Building Council

Washington, DC, January 07, 2009 --(PR.com)-- A series of three panel discussions sponsored by the Trust for Architectural Easements and Island Press will bring together experts from the financial, real estate, architecture, preservation, planning, and policy worlds to discuss how to create a future that is environmentally, financially, and socially sound. The panels will cover “how policy influences development,” “how we regulate development,” and “how we finance development.”

The Obama administration faces serious challenges (such as the current infrastructure crisis including th first ever bankruptcy of the Federal Highway Trust Fund) as well as tremendous opportunities to help shape our mobility and housing options. What does the change of administration mean to how our cities will develop? The first panel – How Policy Influences Development – will tackle this question and others.

Visionary developer and author of The Option of Urbanism Christopher B. Leinberger and Trust for Architectural Easements president Steven L. McClain will participate in each panel of the series. Heather Boyer, Island Press Senior Editor, will be the moderator for the first panel.

The Trust for Architectural Easements protects more than 800 buildings in the United States and is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit organizations dedicated to voluntary preservation through easement donations. Island Press was established in 1984 to stimulate, shape and communicate the ideas that are essential for solving environmental problems.

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