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Nobody has spent more time studying the relationship of transportation and housing in America than Scott Bernstein, who will give a lecture in Houston on Thursday, June 26, 7 pm, at the United Way Community Resource Center, 50 Waugh Drive. Admission is free. The title of Bernstein’s talk is “Flying blind? Or fully aware? – How smarter use of scarce resources can fuel economic success”

Bernstein’s Center for Neighborhood Technology is an urban sustainability innovations laboratory that develops resources and systems to promote healthy, sustainable communities by helping local leaders understand and use their hidden assets. He was a founding board member at the Brookings Institution Urban & Metropolitan Center, a co-founder and current Chair of the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership, and currently is analyzing Chicago’s carbon footprint for Mayor Daley’s Chicago Climate Task Force.

There will be a reception at 6 pm. There is a suggested donation of $60 for the reception. Please RSVP for each event you will be attending to wendy.natt@gulfcoastinstitute.org.