April 17 , 2008 : What is the state doing—and not doing—to help Virginia localities deal with growth?    Speakers: Sally Thomas , Albemarle  County Supervisor; David Blount , Legislative Liaison for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission; Waldo Jaquith , creator and keeper of the blog  Richmond Sunlight ; Al Weed , Chairman of Public Policy Virginia

March 20, 2008 : Tips for Advocates: What works -- and doesn't . Speakers: Ann Mallek , Earlysville activist and newest member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors; Joe Szakos , Executive Director, Virginia Organizing Project; Hawes Spencer , Editor/Publisher of The Hook

February 21, 2008 : Waterproofing A Growing Community: Designs for our future water supply .   Speakers: Tom Frederick , Executive Director, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority; Rich Collins , Professor Emeritus of Urban and Environmental Planning and founder Institute for Environmental Negotiation, School of Architecture, UVA; Jeff Werner , Charlottesville-Albemarle Field Officer, Piedmont Environmental Council; Kevin Lynch , retired Charlottesville City Councilor and Vice Mayor  

January 16, 2008 : Not just a pretty face: The local environment's contributions to the well-being of our community in the context of a growing population . Speaker: Claire Jantz , Ph.D., geography professor at Shippensburg University (PA) specializing in land use change modeling and the impacts of population growth, and Principal Investigator in ASAP's study of the impacts of local growth on ecosystem services

November 15, 2007 : Defining Our Community's 'Right Size': ASAP's Optimal Sustainable Population Size (OSPS) Project . Speakers: Rich Collins on the changing character of a community as a function of size; Jeff Werner on the fiscal costs of growth; Tom Olivier on the threats to ecosystem services as population grows; Dudley Rochester on air quality and population size; Mike Collins on environmental footprint analysis.

October 18, 2007 : Forum on Growth and Environmental Issues for Candidates for Albemarle County Supervisor. (Co-Sponsored with Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation (ACCT), Citizens for Albemarle , Piedmont Environmental Council, and Rivanna Conservation Society) Participants: Kevin Fletcher, Lindsay Dorrier, Denny King, David Wyant, Ann Mallek, Ken Boyd, Marcia Joseph. The meting was videotaped by Charlottesville Tomorrow and available on their website.

September 20, 2007 :  Charlottesville Tomorrow's Survey 2007: Policy implications for local growth and development. Speaker: Brian Wheeler , CEO of Charlottesville Tomorrow, with a summary of the survey's major findings and brief description of its methodology.  Discussants:  Dennis Rooker , Albemarle County Supervisor, and Jay Willer, Executive Vice President of Blue Ridge Home Builders Association.

May 17, 2007 : Is a Steady State Economy in Our Community's Future?   Speaker: Bob Fireovid , PhD, a resident of Maryland , has a background in business and government, and is active in a new group, “Citizens for a Steady State Economy.”

April 19, 2007 :  Sustainability:  Living Greener, Living Better.   Panelists: Don Wells,  C-ville Peak Oil, on the peak oil crisis, Anne Bedarf , E.A.T.(Everyone at the Table), on food security & support for local farms , Doug Lowe, President of Artisan Construction, Inc., on green building options, Dudley Rochester, M.D.,   Prof. Emeritus, UVA,  on the health implications of air pollution.

March 15, 2007 : Annual Meeting: ASAP's next five years: Strategic goals and tactical priorities.

February 15, 2007 :  The ethics of efforts to achieve a stable population size at the local level. Speakers: George Thomas , recently retired UVA Professor of Philosophy, whose classes have included courses on ethics; and Tim Beatley , Professor of Sustainable Communities at UVA's Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, who teaches a course on "Environmental Ethics" and whose publications include Ethical Land Use: Principles of Policy & Planning.   Al Weed , moderator. 

January 18, 2007 :  Transfer of Development Rights: Can our area use TDRs as a growth management tool?  Should we?  Speakers: David Slutzky , Albemarle County Supervisor and proponent of TDRs to protect the rural areas of our county; Dennis Rooker, Chair of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors; Jeff Werner , Field Officer at the Piedmont Environmental Council; authority on local growth issues and mechanisms of grown management; Rich Collins , UVA Professor Emeritus of Urban and Environmental Planning, who has followed TDR legislation at the state level. 

November 16, 2006 : Correlates of Biological Condition in Streams and Rivers of the Rivanna Basin . Speaker: John Murphy , a stream biologist and Director of the StreamWatch program, which last month released a report: “Living in Our Watershed: Population density, water quality, and stream health in the Rivanna River Basin .” Discussants: Diane Frisbee , Watershed Protection Specialist with the Piedmont Program of The Nature Conservancy, and John Hermsmeier , Director of the Environmental Education Center who helped develop the River Monitoring Program for TJPDC's Rivanna River Basin Project.

October 18, 2006 : Defining an optimal sustainable population size for our community: Worth the effort? Members of ASAP's Comprehensive Plan Amendment Committee [later called the OSPS Committee] and John Cruickshank from the Sierra Club discuss the merits of ASAP's proposal that the Charlottesville-Albemarle community – now with about 130,000 residents – should find a way to identify what future size we want to be.

September 20, 2006 : Property Rights and Wrongs: Implications for Managing Local Growth. Speakers: Jon Cannon, Albemarle County Planning Commissioner, UVA Law School Professor, and Director of the UVA Center for Environmental and Land Use Law; Blake Hurt , President of Capital Real Estate, developer of Republic Plaza, member of Albemarle County Industrial Development Authority, graphic artist; Rich Collins , Professor Emeritus of Urban and Environmental Planning and founder Institute for Environmental Negotiation, School of Architecture, UVA.

May 18, 2006 : Providing affordable housing in our community while maintaining an optimal sustainable population size: Can we do it? Speakers: Peter Loach , Deputy Director of Operations at Piedmont Housing Alliance; Ed Olsen , Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia; Francis Fife , Retired Banker and ASAP Board Member; and Vito Cetta, local architect, builder, and developer.

April 20, 2006 : How dense can we be? Choosing optimal population sizes for local Urban and Growth Areas. Speakers: Harrison Rue , Executive Director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, and Rich Collins, recently-retired Professor in the University of Virginia 's School of Architecture and Director of of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation.

March 16, 2006 : A Perfect Storm: from North, South, East, and West – Voices of Alarm over County Growth . Speakers: Ann Mallek , North (Rt. 29 Growth Area and North Pointe); Margaret Weeks , South (Biscuit Run); Rhett Ripplinger , East (Glenmore/Rivanna Village); Tom Loach , West (Crozet); Jeff Werner , Piedmont Environmental Council, Rural Areas; Moderator: Dr. Rich Collins

February 16, 2006 : Intercity Passenger Rail, Rail Options for Central Virginia and a Proposal for Direct Daily Passenger Service to Northern Virginia . Speaker: Meredith Richards , representing Charlottesville Citizens for Better Rail Alternatives; Meredith is a former Charlottesville City Councilor and Vice Mayor.

January 26, 2006 : Cancelled because of the speaker's illness.

December 29, 2005 : Examining the proposed Ruckersville Parkway . Speakers: Mitch van Yahres , retiring Delegate for the 57th District of the VA House of Delegates; Bern Ewert , President of his own consulting firm and former city/county manager for several localities including Charlottesville; and Gary Okerlund , head of his own community design consulting firm

November 17, 2005 : Optimum Population Size and Albemarle County 's Comprehensive Plan. Speaker: Rich Collins, ASAP Director, professor in the University of Virginia 's School of Architecture , and the Director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiations

October 20, 2005 : Forum on Growth and Environmental Issues for Candidates for Albemarle County Supervisor. (Co-Sponsored with Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation (ACCT), Citizens for Albemarle, and Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC)) Participants: Jack Jouett District: Dennis Rooker ; Rio District: Gary Grant, Tom Jakubowski, and David Slutzky ; Samuel Miller District: Sally Thomas .

September 22, 2005 : An Open Board Meeting: Framing ASAP's agenda and goals using the language of 'values'. Speaker: Al Weed , ASAP Vice President and Chairman of Public Policy Virginia.

September 15, 2005: A Big Developer's Latest Request as a Case Study: Lessons for Growth, Sprawl, and Re-zoning. A discussion of Wendell Wood's request to add another huge development next to the Hollymead Town Center. Speaker: Jeff Werner , Field Officer for the Piedmont Environmental Council.

May 12, 2005 : A Tale of Two Counties: Can Albemarle learn from Loudoun's mistakes? Speakers: Randall Greehan , of Walton & Adams PC in Reston, Virginia, outside legal counsel and advisor to Loudoun County on its planning and zoning strategies and in the legal defense of its downzoning; Joe Maio , founder of the Loudoun County PAC “Voters to Stop Sprawl”; and, Peggy Maio , former Piedmont Environmental Council field representative for Loudoun County; moderated by ASAP Board Member Rich Collins

April 14, 2005 : Virginia Communities' Growth Management Efforts: Does the State Government Help or Hinder? Speakers: Mitch Van Yahres , retiring delegate for the 57th District of the VA House of Delegates, and Marvin (Bud) Moss , ASAP Advisory Council Member and member of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors; moderated by Al Weed , ASAP Vice President.

March 3, 2005 : What growth-related issues can we expect in the coming year? Discussion leaders: Marcia Joseph , At Large Member (and Vice President) of the Albemarle County Planning Commission, and Landscape Architect/Planner with her firm Joseph Associates; and Mary Joy Scala , Neighborhood Planner for the City of Charlottesville, and Board member of Preservation Piedmont.

February 3, 2005 : Lessons from the Campaign Trail: Growth in Virginia . Speaker: Al Weed , ASAP Vice President and Congressional candidate for District 5 in the last election.

January 13, 2005 : Exploring the No Growth Option. Speaker: Dr. Chris Williamson , planner for the City of Oxnard, California, and author of the article in the November 2004 issue of Planning: “Exploring the No Growth Option.”

January 13, 2005 : [Joint afternoon session with the UVa Department of Planning, School of Architecture ]: Discussion of a possible book based on the article “Exploring the No Growth Option”. Speaker: Dr. Chris Williamson , planner for the City of Oxnard, California; teacher at the University of Southern California ; and recipient of a Masters in Planning degree from the UVa Department of Planning.

December 2, 2004 : Capping local population growth: we've already GOT a legal limit! (But does it define the size we want?) – A discussion of build-out. Speakers: Blake Caravati , member of Charlottesville 's City Council and a former Mayor; Jeff Werner , Field Officer for the Piedmont Environmental Council.

November 3, 2004 : Land Use Taxation: Does it Protect Rural Land from Development. Speakers: Sally Thomas , Albemarle County Supervisor; Bruce Woodzell , Albemarle County Assessor; and Tom Loach , ASAP Board member and skeptic about Land Use Taxation.

October 2, 2004 : Third Annual Conference: No. 1 Today – but tomorrow? Will this still be the “ Best Place to Live” if our population doubles? Speakers: Ed Stennett , author of In Growth We Trust: Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Rapid Population Growth; Janis Jaquith , Albemarle County author; Rich Collins , Chair of UVA's Institute of Environmental Negotiations; Jim Burton , Loudoun County Supervisor; Jack Marshall , President of ASAP.

September 2, 2004 : Suburbanizing Albemarle 's Rural Areas: A critical look at the proposed revisions to the Rural Area Section of the Comprehensive Plan. Speakers: Marcia Joseph , Albemarle County Planning Commissioner, and representatives from the League of Women Voters, Citizens for Albemarle, Piedmont Environmental Council , and other organizations reading statements they presented to the Board of Supervisors regarding the Rural Area revisions.

August 5, 2004 : Informal Follow-up Discussion of the June 3 ASAP Meeting. Led by Jack Marshall

June 3, 2004: If Not ASAP'S Vision, What? Speakers: Tim Hulbert , President & Chief Executive, Charlottesville Area Chamber of Commerce; Chuck Rotgin , CEO of Great Eastern Management Co., developer of North Pointe; Blake Hurt , President of Capital Real Estate, developer of Republic Plaza

May 6, 2004 : Albemarle County Growth Areas: Their Past, Present, and Future. Speakers: David Benish , Chief of Planning for Albemarle County; Tom Loach , Past President of the Crozet Community Association and of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association, and Rich Collins , Director of UVA's Institute of Environmental Negotiations.

April 1, 2004 : Population Connections: Global, National, and Local. Speaker: Jay Keller , National Field Director, Population Connection (nee ZPG).

March 4, 2004 : Planning a Survey of Knowledge and Attitudes about Local Growth. Preliminary discussion of ASAP's proposed baseline study, probably in collaboration with other organizations, about residents' ideas about population growth in our area. Led by Jack Marshall , President of ASAP.

Feb 5, 2004 : Local Water and the Limits of Growth: A Continuing Conversation. An informal discussion led by Nick Evans , Chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District and President of Virginia Groundwater LLC, with Carleton Ray , Professor of Environmental Sciences at UVA, and John Hermsmeier , Head of the Environmental Education Center.

Jan. 8, 2004 : Snowed out; postponed ‘til April 1, 2004

Dec. 4, 2003 : Snowed out; postponed ‘til January 8, 2004

Nov. 6, 2003 : The Overbuilding of Albemarle : Retail and Residential Developments in the Pipeline (including some you haven't heard of yet). Speakers: Cliff Fox , local developer focusing on urban green properties, and Jeff Werner , Field Officer for the Piedmont Environmental Council

Oct. 2, 2003 : Perspectives on 'Smart' Growth: Too Much, Just Right, or Not Enough. Speakers: Tony Vanderwarker, Head of the Albemarle Smart Growth Initiative; Bill Lucy , Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at UVA and co-author of "Confronting Suburban Decline"; and Jack Marshall , President of ASAP.

Sept. 22, 2003 : Forum on Growth and Environmental Issues for Albemarle County Supervisor Candidates (Co-sponsored by ASAP, Albemarle Neighborhood Association, Citizens for Albemarle , Environmental Education Center , and Piedmont Environmental Council). Participants: Ken Boyd and Peter Hallock in Rivanna District, Eric Strucko and David Wyant in White Hall District, and Lindsay Dorrier (unopposed) in Scottsville District. Moderator: Carol Hogg , President of the League of Women Voters.

Sept. 13, 2003 : Second Annual Conference: Beyond the Myths of Growth. Speakers: Ed Stennett , author of In Growth We Trust: Sprawl, Smart Growth, and Rapid Population Growth, Kenneth N. Townsend , Ph.D., co-editor (with Herman E. Daly) of Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics, and Julie Pastor , Director of Planning for Loudoun County , VA -- the second fastest growing county in the USA .

June 5, 2003 : An integrated conservation plan for Albemarle County – and why growth means we need it soon. Speaker: Dr. Tom Olivier , biological anthropologist, sheep farmer, software designer. Discussants: Tim Beatley , UVA Prof of Urban and Environmental Planning, Ed Imhoff , geologist and water specialist, and Joe Jones , V.P. of local Farm Bureau

May 1, 2003 : The Role of Local Growth on Affordable Housing: An Introductory Discussion. Speakers: Francis Fife, Past Mayor of Charlottesville (Moderator); Stu Armstrong , Executive Director, Piedmont Housing Alliance; Carol Clarke , President of Montague, Miller & Co.; President of Virginia Association of Realtors; Ron White , Chief of Housing, Albemarle County

April 3, 2003 : Growth Issues in Counties Surrounding Albemarle : Is Albemarle County Causing Problems? Speakers: Al Weed , farmer and activist from Nelson County (Moderator); David Berringer , Virginia Foundation for the Humanities staffer from Greene County; Marvin Moss , founder of the Fluvanna Historical Society, Fluvanna County; Robert Samuels, former Supervisor and Planning Commission member from Buckingham County; and Dan Holmes , Orange County Field Officer for the Piedmont Environmental Council Field Officer

March 6, 2003 : Albemarle 's Official Population Growth Strategy: Design, Management, or Accommodation? Speaker: David Benish , Chief of Planning & Community Development for Albemarle County

February 20, 2003 (open Board Meeting) : The Coalition of High Growth Localities and state policies regarding local growth management. Speaker: Sally Thomas , Albemarle County Supervisor

January 23, 2003 (open Board meeting) : Developing North Pointe. Speaker: Chuck Rotgin , CEO of Great Eastern Management Co., Developer of North Pointe

January 16, 2003 : The Fiscal Impact of Growth in Albemarle County . Speaker: Steven A. Allshouse , Fiscal Impact Planner for Albemarle County 's Department of Planning and Community Development. Discussants: Gib Akin and Jeff Werner

November 7, 2002 : Water and Local Growth. Speaker: Rich Collins , Chair of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority; Head of UVA's Institute of Environmental Negotiations

Sept. 28, 2002 : First Annual Conference: The Myth of Endless Growth: Our Region's Future at Risk. Speakers: Paul Danish (“Controlling growth: The Boulder experience”); Jim Burton (“The Loudoun County experience in managing growth”); Ron Rosenberg (“Can Virginia communities legally control our demographic fate?); Rich Collins (“The ethics of controlling local growth”); Jack Marshall ("Our region's future at risk: Local population facts and impacts”)