Bottomline Rewind: Boomburbs or Bust

Apr 14, 2008 by KCPW

Today's show focused on a growth trend in the West - Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities. That's also the name of a book by Dr. Robert Lang, founding director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. He'll be in Salt Lake City Thursday to talk about the trend at 7 p.m. at the City Library. Lang started today's show be defining a boomburb, of which the Salt Lake Valley has several:

Free and open to the public, Lang's speech and a panel discussion on smart ways to manage growth will be broadcast live by KCPW Thursday at 7 p.m. To hear more from Lang, download a podcast of today's Bottomline. Catch a fresh episode of The Bottomline every Monday morning at 10:30 on NPR Utah, KCPW.

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