Protecting Freedom and Mobility

[i]The Sixth Annual Preserving the American Dream Conference[/i] in Houston An American Dream City May16-18, 2008 Many American cities are stripping away people’s property rights and reducing mobility in a misguided effort to increase something they call “livability.” As America’s largest city without zoning, Houston protects livability through personal freedom and local control. Houston also emphasizes mobility with an amazing highway network that has 66 percent more freeway lane miles per capita than the average U.S. urban area. If you have ever been curious about whether freedom and mobility can make a city more livable, come to the Preserving the American Dream conference to find out. Attend workshops on such varied subjects as: • Rebuilding New Orleans • Global warming • The Texas Mobility Plan • Private neighborhoods • Honing activist skills Hear from experts on land-use and transportation issues, including such authors as: • Bob Nelson, Privatizing the Neighborhood • Rémy Prud’homme, Transport, Mobility, and Growth • Steven Greenhut, Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain • Wendell Cox, War on the Dream • Randal O’Toole, The Best-Laid Plans • and dozens more! [b]Partial Agenda[/b] Friday, May 16 8:00 am–4:00 pm: Tour of Houston 5:00 pm–7:00 pm: Reception & dinner 7:00 pm–9:00 pm: Houston’s Land-Use & Transport Plans with Peter Brown, David Crossley, Kendall Miller, & Paul Magaziner Saturday, May 17 8:00 am–Noon: Restoring America’s Mobility featuring Sam Staley, Rémy Prud’homme, Michael Stevens, Leonard Gilroy, Randal O’Toole, and other transportation experts Noon–1:30 pm: Lunch & keynote speech 1:30 pm–5:30 pm: Deregulating Land Use featuring Robert Nelson, Wendell Cox, Steven Greenhut, Mai Nguyen, Timothy Sandefur, and other land-use experts 6:00–9:00 pm: Reception and banquet Sunday, May 18 8:00 am–Noon: Honing grassroots organizing skills Noon–1:30 pm: Lunch 1:30 pm–3:00 pm: Fifth annual meeting of the American Dream Coalition For more information: http://www.americandreamcoalition.org/pad08bro.pdf