ULI Washington Breakfast Series
Staying Alive on the Edge: Exploring the Future of Suburbia

Session I: The Changing Suburban Lifestyle
Thursday, September 11, 2008
7:30 – 10:30 AM
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street, NW
To Register, go to:  http://commerce.uli.org/am/uli/wrapper/commerce_DCEVENTS.cfm 

Series Overview
Low density suburbs with separated land uses have been built in the region since the postwar building boom of the 1950s.  In these suburbs, the car dominates the landscape, free parking is abundant, and no part of the community is related to any other part except by the roads that connect them, resulting in dispersed urban geography.  A confluence of market forces and lifestyle issues – environmental awareness, gas prices, demographic shifts, and dwindling fiscal resources - are now coalescing to cause a re-examination of the heretofore admired suburban model. 

This year's breakfast meetings will examine how we can maintain our suburbs by retrofitting and redesigning them to meet the demands for change that the current situation dictates, and, in doing so, make our communities healthier and more livable. All breakfast meetings will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Session I: September 11, 2008
The Changing Suburban Lifestyle

As gas prices continue to rise, housing prices fall, taxes increase, the population ages, and energy costs increase, how will people’s needs and desires change?  While some will still want big houses and cars, and will be willing to drive for all their goods and services, there is a growing desire for shopping, dining, entertainment and even office space in suburban communities.

• How will governments and private sector developers respond to these changing demands?
  
• Can we create a more compact form of development with supporting systems of transportation to meet these desires?
  
• Will existing communities accept increased densities?

ULI’s panel of experts will discuss the potential for change in suburbia, how current market conditions will influence this change, and what will be the opportunities and obstacles to achieving such change.

Moderator:
Robert E. Buchanan
Partner
Buchanan Partners, LLC
Gaithersburg, MD

Panelists:
Don Briggs
Sr. Vice President - Development
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Rockville, MD

Hon. Nancy Floreen
Member
Montgomery County Council
Rockville, MD

Robert  E. Lang
Co-Director, Metropolitan Institute
Associate Professor in Urban Affairs and Planning
Virginia Tech
Alexandria, VA

Brenda Shipplett
President and Chief Operating Officer
Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
Chantilly, VA

Individual Session
Registration Fees apply to Session I only. Separate registration required for each session.

	Member	Non-member
Private Sector	$85	$110
Public Sector	$50	$65
YLG / Students	$50	$65