We want to invite you to a very exciting conference being held here in Houston, May 16-18 at the Omni Hotel on Woodway Drive.

This annual conference, called "Preserving the American Dream," focuses on free-market approaches to urban growth, transportation and property rights issues. It has been held in major cities throughout the United States and has attracted a loyal following.

Nancy Wilcox will speak on Saturday, May 17th at the 3:40 PM workshop.
Co-Founder of FCOH, Nancy Wilcox will speak about the City of Houston’s building code Chapter 19 and its devastating effect on Houstonians. She will address the restrictions; how the city successfully passed the ordinance; why they wanted it and how the Floodway Coalition has mounted an offensive. Come and hear how other Americans have advocated for their constitutionally protected property rights as our governmental entities worked to violate them.

This conference has nearly four dozen speakers covering topics on zoning, congestion, transit, land-use regulation, property rights, and a wide variety of other topics. You will have an opportunity to take a tour that will illustrate development in a region relatively free of land use controls.

A full agenda is at: http://americandreamcoalition.org/Agenda08.doc

The cost per day is...
Friday tour: $25
Friday evening: $50
Saturday: $60
Saturday evening: $60
Sunday: $50

Registration for all or part of the conference is available at: http://www.americandreamcoalition.org/preregister08.html

(Note: There is a late fee for registrations after May 11th)

About American Dream Coalition:

The American Dream Coalition is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help state and local groups promote free-market reforms of urban land-use and transportation policies. See: http://americandreamcoalition.org

The previous annual conferences have been held in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Portland, Washington DC, and San Jose. Each conference included a tour of land-use and transportation projects in the local area and features more than three-dozen experts on a variety of issues. Topics of particular interest in Houston are proposed new building regulations and how they may affect housing affordability, as well solutions to traffic congestion that have and have not worked in Houston, other US cities, and abroad.

Contact information:
kathleen@americandreamcoalition.org