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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Attend this Year’s Foremost Summit on Real Estate, Tax, and Policy

The registration deadline for the 2018 LOCUS Leadership Summit: Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods has been extended through Friday, April 13, 2018. Any registrations after this Friday will be added to the event waitlist. This year’s convening of over 150 real estate industry leaders, public policy experts, and local elected officials will...

By Smart Growth America, April 9, 2018

The registration deadline for the 2018 LOCUS Leadership Summit: Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods has been extended through Friday, April 13, 2018. Any registrations after this Friday will be added to the event waitlist.

This year’s convening of over 150 real estate industry leaders, public policy experts, and local elected officials will build a responsible, industry-wide response to America’s changing federal tax and regulatory climate that ensures the sustainable, equitable, and walkable future development of our nation’s cities and towns.

Participants will enjoy unique opportunities to think critically, ask questions, forge partnerships, and experience the effects of smart, transit-oriented development alongside like-minded industry peers. These opportunities will include:

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