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October 23, 2002 UNM HOSTS CONGRESSIONAL FORUM A U.S. Congressional Forum on national smart growth policies and current transportation legislation will be held at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Center Auditorium, 1634 University Blvd. NE, on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. Congressman Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Congressman Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., will speak about the importance of local efforts to further smart growth as well as what New Mexico could lose, or gain, in the reauthorization of the federal transportation spending bill, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century in 2003. The event is sponsored by the UNM Alliance for Transportation Research Institute, 1000 Friends of New Mexico, the Surface Transportation Policy Project and the Great American Station Foundation. Congressman Blumenauer will be interviewed at KUNM on Friday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. He is also available for other interviews on Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26. ###

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