YIMBYTown Conferences: Difference between revisions

 

== YIMBYtown 2016 ==

 

The first annual YIMBYtown Conference was organized by the [http://www.betterboulder.com Better Boulder] organization and held in Boulder, Colorado in June 2016. The conference drew pro-development, sustainable transportation and YIMBY activists from across North America and beyond.

 

SF Bay Area Renters' Federation (BARF) founder Sonja Trauss gave the conference's opening address. She was followed by Sara Maxana of Seattle for Everyone who gave the keynote address, speaking about the need for wealthier, single-family residents to make room for others in their neighborhoods and be more inclusive. The conference's panel topics included mandatory housing affordability, Seattle's HALA (Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda), the courts, housing, and affordability, the "sacredness" of single family housing designation, building YIMBY alliances, "Inside City Hall."and using data to prompt citizen action. Impromptu discussions at the conference touched upon the dominance of men's voices in urbanist circles and the need for greater inclusivity within the YIMBY movement.

 

== YIMBYtown 2017 ==

== YIMBYtown 2018 ==

 

 

== References ==

[https://www.mspyimby.com/yimby-conference-notes/ YIMBY Conference Notes - MSP YIMBY] by Anton Schieffer