SILVER SPRING, MD – On 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in an
address to the Montgomery County Planning Board, Chris Nelson, co-director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
University, will lay out the challenges of providing affordable housing in a
mature county.
Nelson’s talk is part of the Planning Board’s ongoing growth
management speaker series. The series is intended to inform the Board and
its professional planning staff as they update the county’s key growth policy,
(also referred to as the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance), which directs
growth to areas with adequate roads, schools and other public amenities. The
growth policy will ultimately be reviewed and voted on by the County Council.
Nelson, who has conducted pioneering research in land use planning, growth management, public financing and urban development policy, will speak on “The Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Linkage.” Nelson’s broad experience covers development impact fees, farmland preservation, urban containment and regulatory barriers to housing affordability. His talk during the board’s regularly scheduled meeting is open to the public.
WHO:
Chris Nelson, co-director of the Metropolitan Institute at
Virginia Tech University’s Alexandria campus
WHAT:
Linkages between infrastructure and affordable housing
WHEN:
Thursday, April 5, 2007 – 7 p.m.
WHERE:
Montgomery County Planning Board Auditorium, 8787
Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md.