June 5, 2006

At the Crossroads of Sprawl

CHICAGO — Anthony Flint, former reporter for the Boston Globe, will discuss his book, This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America, at the American Planning Association's (APA) monthly lecture, Tuesdays at APA.

Flint sees the country at a crossroads, where Americans must choose between ultimately dysfunctional, impractical sprawl and more concentrated, town-centered or transit-oriented settlement patterns. He will discuss his recommendations for more sensible development, and examine the issues of density and NIMBYism. Flint argues in This Land that the key to improving development is to cut the red tape and reform zoning so alternative styles of development can get built.

Flint worked at the Boston Globe for 16 years covering planning and development, transportation, and architecture. He was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard in 2000 and currently is the education director at the Office of Commonwealth Development in Massachusetts, the state agency coordinating housing, transportation, environment, and energy. This Land (Johns Hopkins University Press) is Flint's first book.

The American Planning Association, the Metropolitan Planning Council, and the Campaign for Sensible Growth in Illinois are jointly sponsoring this Tuesdays at APA event. The discussion will begin at 5 p.m. at APA's offices on 122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1600 (across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago). The event is free and open to the public.

About Tuesdays at APA

Tuesdays at APA is a monthly after-work lecture and discussion series. Each month, practicing planners and researchers will discuss the latest ideas, concepts and research in the planning field. For more information, visit www.planning.org/tuesdaysatapa.

Contact

Roberta Rewers, APA Public Affairs, 312-786-6395; rrewers@planning.org