American Dream Coalition

The 8th Annual Preserving the American Dream Conference, September 23-25, 2010
Orlando, Florida

Standing Together

The American Dream is under attack! Personal mobility, property rights, and affordable homeownership are threatened by governments at all levels seeking to impose intrusive and expensive regulations on how we live, work and travel. The Obama administration wants to use the Environmental Protection Agency to impose national land-use planning regulations and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation is on record saying he wants to “coerce people out of their cars.”

How can we fight back?

The 8th Annual Preserving the American Dream conference in Orlando on September 23-25 is your opportunity to meet dozens of experts and compare notes with activists from all over the world who want our communities built on a foundation of freedom!

• Hear about the Obama administration’s plans for a national land-use planning system
• Find out how Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood expects to coerce Americans out of their cars
• Hear about the true costs of transportation fads like high speed rail, light rail, and transit-oriented developments
• Learn about market-friendly approaches to the environment and alternatives to Smart Growth
• Learn how to defend mobility, property rights, and homeownership at federal and local levels
• Hear the latest research from the experts & exchange ideas with fellow activists

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Selmon elevated expressway in Tampa. Photo courtesy of Figg Engineering.

8:00 am - 4:00 pm: Optional tour of significant housing, land use and transportation projects between Orlando and Tampa that are defining the famous I-4 corridor, including Baldwin Park, Celebration, and Selmon Crosstown Expressway.

Celebration, the New Urban town built by Disney.

Registration begins at 4:30 pm

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Reception & Welcoming Remarks by The Honorable Chris Dorworth, Florida State House of Representatives

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Buffet Dinner & The Great Debate – How Should Our Cities Grow? Amendment 4 & the Future of Florida

Friday, September 24, 2010

7:00 am – 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 10:15 am: First Plenary Session – Tomorrow’s Transportation: Personal Mobility & the Road to Prosperity

10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Mobility Workshops on Transit Transparency & Funding, Mobility & the Environment, and Cost-effective Transportation Strategies

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch & Keynote Address

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Second Plenary Session – Freedom & Homeownership in the Balance: Federal Plans to Regulate Away Your Choices

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm: Land-Use Workshops on Property Rights & Private Enterprise, Suburbia, Smart Growth & Sustainable Development

5:00 pm – 6:45 pm: Special Meetings Stakeholders’ Roundtable – Elected Officials Caucus – Transparency in Transit

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Reception

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Dinner & Keynote Speaker

Saturday, September 25, 2010

7:00 am – 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 10:15 am: Third Plenary Session – Framing the Debate & Defining Victory

10:30 am – 11:45 am: Fourth Plenary Session – Fighting for Freedom at the Local Level

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch and presentation by Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute

Conference ends after lunch

Click here for an up-to-date list of our distinguished speakers and here for more information about the conference.  A downloadable version of the conference brochure can be found here.

Conference registration is just $259. We also offer a student and low-income rate of $175. The optional Thursday tour of Tampa and Orlando transportation and land-use projects is $49.

The conference will take place at the Orlando Doubletree Resort on International Drive, a beautiful hotel just minutes away from SeaWorld, Universal Resort, and Walt Disney World. To make reservations at the conference rate of $99 (including free WiFi for conference goers), good for any time between September 19 and September 27, call 1-800-327-0363 and ask for the American Dream Coalition rate.