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Policy makers and lawmakers from our region's municipalities will be together in one room discussing land use planning in the greater Tucson area and to improve regional planning and collaboration during "Crafting Tomorrow's Built Environment: A Community Conversation on Regional Land Use."

Tucson Regional Town Hall, the Urban Land Institute, the Sonoran Institute and other hosts and sponsors on Dec. 3 will bring together together Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup; Marana Mayor Ed Honea; Sahuarita Mayor Lynn Skelton; Oro Valley Mayor Paul Loomis; Pima County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard Elías; and Andy Gunning of the Pima Association of Governments.

The keynote speakers — Robert Grow of Envision Utah and Grady Gammage Jr., a land-use attorney and senior fellow at Arizona State University's Morrison Institute — will be sharing information about communities that have planned, collaborated on and implemented regional plans.

The "Community Conversation on Regional Land Use," is the sixth follow-up conversation on issues identified in the original Tucson Regional Town Hall held in May 2007, according to materials from Peter Likins, president emeritus of the University of Arizona and chairman of the Tucson Regional Town Hall.

Today Carolyn Campbell, executive director of the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, and Joe Snell, president and CEO of Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, share their viewpoints on the importance of coordinated land use planning for our community and the Dec. 3 conversation.