ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University's Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) will hold a conference, "Everything Old Is New Again: The New Approach to Community Development," May 22-23 at the Wyndham Syracuse, Route 298, East Syracuse, N.Y.

The conference is designed to help community leaders, development professionals and government officials focus on how localities can accelerate and sustain healthy development.

About 16 workshops will be offered on subjects that include bringing in high-technology businesses, using campus resources for local development, taming information overload, understanding "new urbanism," comprehending the economics of waterfront communities and dealing with emerging rural problems.

James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape , will be the keynote speaker at a dinner on May 22 during the conference. He will share his perspective on development trends in America.

For information, contact CaRDI at (607) 255-9510. Registration information, lodging and registration also can be found online at .

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