9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth:
Building Safe, Healthy, and Livable Communities
February 4-6, 2010
PARTICIPANT CONFIRMATION NOTICE
THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE IS FEBRUARY 2ND. YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE, AS WE MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS ON-SITE.
The full 3-day registration fee covers all sessions (except where noted in the program) and materials for February 4-6. The following meals are also included: evening reception on Thursday, February 4th; continental breakfast and keynote lunch on Friday, February 5th; and continental breakfast and box lunch on Saturday, February 6th. Lunch will not be provided on Thursday, February 4th, and dinners are not included in the conference program. Optional conference tours on Thursday and Sunday, and the Pre-Conference Workshop, require pre-registration and carry an additional nominal charge. Check the Program, Conference Tours and Special Features pages at for details.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM: Please visit the conference Web site at for updated information on the conference sessions, speakers and tours. All of the plenaries, workshops, breakout and training sessions will take place at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. The main conference program begins the morning of Thursday, February 4th and ends at 4:00pm on Saturday, February 6th. Please visit the conference website to get more details and the most up-to-date conference program.
OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: The daylong pre-conference workshop titled Working Together for Equitable Development: Voices and Lessons from Environmental Justice and Smart Growth, will be held from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd. Pre-registration and a fee of $25 is required. More details on this workshop can be found on the Program page of the conference web site. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please register as soon as possible!
OPTIONAL CONFERENCE TOURS:
Each of the tours to be held in conjunction with the conference requires advance registration, and an additional nominal fee applies. Space for each tour is limited. If you are interested in participating in one of the tours, we encourage you to register on-line as soon as possible! Tour details can be found on the Conference Tours page of the conference Web site. You will receive a tour ticket for each tour you are registered for with the participant materials you receive on-site.
ON-SITE REGISTRATION:Registration materials, including conference programs and name badges will be available for pick up on-site at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center during the following dates and times:
Location: East Lobby Foyer, 6th Floor
- Wednesday, February 3from 7:00 – 9:00am
- Wednesday, February 3 from 4:30 – 7:30pm
- Thursday, February 4 from 7:30am – 6:00pm
- Friday, February 5 from 7:00am – 5:00pm
- Saturday, February 6 from 7:00am – 3:00pm
CONFERENCE MATERIALS
Please note that the conference organizers are making a concerted effort to produce a greener and more sustainable conference, one that generates less paper and waste. Therefore, we are not providing participant packets during on-site registration. We will only be providing each participant with a namebadge, conference program and a participant list. Other handouts and materials will be produced in smaller quantities and will be available at the Information Tables located in the Sponsor Display Room (Ballroom 6E).
We will also not be providing conference bags. We understand from polling previous conference participants that most prefer not to take the bags we usually provide, as they already have several others from events. Additionally, conference bags are not very environmentally friendly to produce. It is for these reasons we have decided not to offer them this year. We ask that if you need a bag for the materials you collect at the conference, please bring one with you!
CARBON OFFSETS
Reduceyour impact on global warming by offsetting your travel! If you did not take advantage of this opportunity when you registered, it is not too late to do so! You will be able to purchase carbon offsets for your travel to and from the 2010 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference onsite at the conference registration desk, for a nominal fee of $11. By doing this, you will be supporting important projects that contribute to the NPSG goal of a carbon neutral event.
We would also like to suggest that participants consider bringing their own travel coffee mug and/or reusable water bottle with them to the conference. This will help us with our overall goal of reducing waste on-site!
ACCOMMODATIONS: The following hotel is offering a reduced room rate of $159 (single or double) for the conference: Sheraton Seattle Hotel. When making your reservations, please indicate that you are attending the New Partners Conference to ensure you receive the special group rates at this hotel for this event. You are no longer able to call the 1-800 reservation line or register via the website. Please call the hotel directly to make reservations.
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
1400 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206-447-5547
PARKING:
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
The public parking garage for the WSCTC has two primary entrances. You can enter from Pike Street, or from 8th Avenue. Hourly rates apply ($5 for the first hour up to $15 for 10 hours). Find more rates for parking at Additionally, there are numerous other public parking garages and parking lots available throughout downtown close to the Center. Parking fees vary. Please refer to the posted parking fees at each garage or lot.
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
The Sheraton Seattle Hotel Garage guarantees parking for overnight guests only and is exclusively valet parking (selfparking isnot available). The overnight rate is $39.00 inclusive.
FREE TRANSIT PASSES SPONSORED BY SOUND TRANSIT…for all conference participants, over the dates of the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference! The passes will be distributed at the registration table on-site and can be used on both Light Rail and ST Express Bus Service.Sounder Light Rail service between the SeaTac Airport and downtown Seattle is now open. Participants will be able to use their free transit passes to get to the airport from the Seattle Sheraton and Washington State Convention and Trade Center.
AIRPORT GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
The Airporter Shuttle provides ground transportation from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport to all hotels in the greater Seattle area. Visit their website to make online reservations or contact one of them at 360-380-8800 or 1-866-235-5247.
Cab Fare
The following is the approximate one-way fare for transport by cab to the downtown area from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport: $33.00 one-way.
METRO-BUS SERVICE – RIDE FREE ZONE
King County Metro and other regional buses serving the area currently operate a ride-free zone within the Seattle central business district – stretching from the “retail core” to Pioneer Square and the International District. Within this area, fares are not collected for any public transit service between 6 am and 7 pm.
FREE AUDIO-RECORDING COUPON: Hungry Mind Recordings will be audio-recording nearly all of the conference sessions on-site. MP3 files and CDs will be available for purchase on-site and on-line after the conference. Each participant will receive a coupon for one FREE download (MP3 file) with the purchase of any two sessions(up to 90 minutes), when they pick-up their name badge on-site.
For additional conference information and program updates, please refer to the conference website,.