Growth issues on the horizon

The first Summit Conference on Growth Issues for Charlottesville and Albemarle County will be held Nov. 29, and is sponsored by the Horizon Institute for Policy Solutions, in partnership with U.Va.'s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and Piedmont Virginia Community College. The meeting, open to the public, will take place at PVCC's Dickinson Auditorium and begin at 4:30 p.m.

The conference will feature a special presentation of new demographic and economic forecasts through the year 2020, as well as national and state leaders giving talks on smart growth initiatives.

William Chapin, president and CEO of the American Architectural Foundation, headquartered in Washington, D.C., will be the guest speaker. Chapin is a past president of the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit education and research institute whose mission is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land.

For information, call the Horizon Institute at 295-2532 or see the Web site at www.horizoninstitute.org.