The American Dream Coalition presents its 7th Annual Preserving the American Dream Conference

“Restoring Prosperity: Getting American Cities Back On Track!”

This photo was taken by Peter Buckingham from the blog New Beginnings.

The 2009 Preserving the American Dream conference will ask how urban public policy will be impacted by the new Obama Administration and an economic recession, and we will expose the Smart Growth threat to mobility, property rights, and housing affordability.  The conference will include a tour of recent transportation and land-use projects in the Seattle area as well as dozens of speakers and workshops on transportation and land-use issues.

• Hear what the new Obama Administration has in store for cities and states
• Tour one of the most regulated, least affordable cities in America
• Learn how cities can improve livability and affordability
• Find out how regions can relieve congestion and finance new roadway construction
• Hear the latest research from the experts
• Exchange ideas with fellow activists
• Attend sessions on transportation funding, land-use reform, environmental policy, property rights, and other key issues

Tentative Agenda

• Partial List of Speakers Bruce Agnew (Discovery Institute)
• Vincent Benard (President, French-Belgian Hayek Institute)
• Max Borders (Civitas Institute)
• Cary Bozeman (Mayor of Bremerton)
• Ed Braddy (American Dream Coalition)
• John Charles (Cascade Policy Institute)
• Greg Cohen (American Highway Users Alliance)
• Wendell Cox (Demographia)
• Theo Eicher (University of Washington)
• Michael Ennis (Washington Policy Center)
• Kemper Freeman (Kemper Development, Inc.)
• Peter Gordon (University of Southern California)
• Steven Greenhut (Orange County Register)
• Steve Hammond (Coalition for Property Rights)
• Jim Horn (Eastside Transportation Association)
• Steve Marshall (Cascadia Center)
• Owen McShane (Centre for Resource Management Studies)
• Todd Myers (Washington Policy Center)
• John Palatiello (America Moving Forward)
• Randal O'Toole (Cato Institute)
• Alan Pisarski (Commuting in America)
• Janet Ray (AAA - Washington)
• Tom Rubin (American Dream Coalition)
• Daniel Mead Smith (Washington Policy Center)
• Sam Staley (Reason Foundation)
• Ron Utt (Heritage Foundation)

Registration for the conference is just $259, with a special $175 student/low income rate.

 We also invite you to join us on Friday for the educational bus and ferry tour of the Puget Sound area's transportation and land use projects.  The optional tour is $40.

For more information please contact Ed Braddy at ed@americandreamcoalition.org.