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San Diego Metropolitan Daily Business Report

April 2, 2008

April 1, 2008

REAL ESTATE

The Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana District Council is seeking entries for its fourth annual Smart Growth Awards program to be held on June 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Balboa Theatre, l868

Fourth Ave.

in Downtown. The awards program recognizes distinguished planning and design achievement as well as visionaries helping to fulfill and advance the principles of smart growth. ULI defines smart growth as development that is economically sound, environmentally friendly and supportive of community livability. The keynote speaker for the event is Jerry Yudelson, an expert on green buildings and green building marketing. Yudelson is an expert in the LEED green building rating system and is the author of nine books about green building.

Entry forms, which can be found on the ULI Website (ulisd.org), must be completed and returned by May 1. Applications will be judged by a panel of local planning, design and development professionals. This year the Smart Growth Awards has an open nomination process allowing anyone to nominate a project, person or program regardless of their involvement. Categories include Smart Growth Project, Smart Growth Plan/Policy and Smart Growth Visionary. Projects or programs that do not fit into the three specified categories may be submitted under the Other category.