CAMBRIDGE --- On Thursday February 11, 2010 Alexander von Hoffman, a Senior Fellow from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, will present a paper titled "Wrestling with Growth in Acton, Massachusetts: The Possibilities and Limits of Progressive Planning."

The event will take place in Room 123, Gund Hall first floor, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Harvard University.

The paper focuses on the the history of land-use regulation in Acton and offers important lessons on the possibilities and the limits of our current systems for regulating land uses in greater Boston and other major metropolitan areas.

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information, click here .