Battle joined on Smart Growth; Fight stretches from towns to Capitol

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Wisconsin's Smart Growth law is neither...intended to avoid. Smart Growth gives those...of the local Smart Growth plan put their...over whether Smart Growth should be abolished...adopt long-range growth plans by 2010. Those...region's Smart ...

Smart growth tools for transportation

Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Smart growth has become popular in recent years as a way to improve...resources, Many communities have embarked on efforts to pursue smart growth. However, implementation of smart growth has been harder to achieve. This feature provides descriptions...

Smart growth & community banking

Community Banker;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......neighborhoods mean for community banks? Smart growth, as a concept, has been around...backing of a national organization. Smart growth has roots in both environmental and economic activism. Simply put, smart growth is an initiative that seeks to...

A case of the smarties: the director of the Pennsylvania program to...

The Public Manager;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......smart money, and smart citizens, and culminates in smart growth. Smart growth is a very broad set of public policies and programs...family-friendly communities, healthy cities, etc., all smart growth tools and policies are comprehensive in scope...

Core of Smart Growth: Creating Livable, Cohesive Communities Through...

PR Newswire;  September 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- At its core, smart growth is about bringing together public officials...Atlanta, was the keynote speaker during a smart growth forum sponsored here today by ULI's...Growth, featured several panels examining smart growth solutions that contribute to the ...

10 years later, officials assess Smart Growth's impact

Capital (Annapolis);  October 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Ten years ago Maryland passed its Smart Growth legislation meant to curb encroaching...week took a 10th-anniversary look at Smart Growth to consider why - and what's next. In...farther into rural areas. But in general, Smart Growth has not lived up to its promise. There...

Smart Growth: 10 years later

Capital (Annapolis);  October 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Ten years ago Maryland passed its Smart Growth legislation meant to curb encroaching...week took a 10-year anniversary look at Smart Growth to consider why? And what's next? In...farther into rural areas.But, in general, Smart Growth has not lived up to its promise. There...

Critics Say Maryland's Smart Growth Efforts Imperiled by Governor's...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......officers of the Governor's Office of Smart Growth this month, it signaled to many the...the citizens of the state of Maryland. Smart Growth -- a blueprint for controlled development...states to follow the model. Miller called Smart Growth Glendening's greatest legacy and said...

`Smart growth' movement catching on

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 30, 2001 ;     431 words ...`Smart growth' movement catching on By TOM STUCKEY...downtown areas of small cities, the "smart growth" movement has spawned creative solutions...sprawl. Over the past few years, many smart growth policies have been pioneered in Maryland...

Our view: Smart Growth works better in theory than in practice

Capital (Annapolis);  October 9, 2007 ;     447 words ......funny thing happened on the way to "Smart Growth" in Maryland. The decade-old policy...Glendening heads a Washington- based Smart Growth institute, and spends much of his time...road, evangelizing for the concept. Smart Growth seems to have accomplished everything...

Smart Growth BC.(a smart growth network in British Columbia)(Brief...

Alternatives Journal;  June 22, 2000 ;     366 words ...The term smart growth is gaining currency...cities. In the US, the smart growth movement received...fund a nationwide Smart Growth Network -- a forum...collaboration on smart growth issues. In Canada...towards setting up a smart growth network. ...

Authors miss the point of smart growth

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 25, 2001 ;     599 words ......Cox and Ronald D. Utt are. They're the authors of Smart Growth, Housing Costs and Homeownership, a recent anti-smart growth missive. I say confused because they not only accuse smart growth advocates of doing things they haven't done, but...

`SMART GROWTH' EXPANDS ITS THINKING ADVOCATES SEEK A POLITICAL FOOTING

The Boston Globe;  February 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......for sale at a recent conference of "smart growth" advocates here were one indication...affordable housing. The leaders of the smart growth movement say it's the power of their...retirement home. But the expansion of the smart growth coalition is fundamentally a political...

ULI Hosts Smart Growth Conference in Atlanta Dec. 4 - 6.

PR Newswire;  November 21, 2000 ;     679 words ......and highlight smart growth solutions...Partners for Smart Growth Conference, December...to successful smart growth strategies: come...that are using smart growth plans to their fullest...Key to Smart Growth John Brandt...development and smart ...

Partners for Smart Growth Conference December 4-6 in Atlanta.

PR Newswire;  November 14, 2000 ;     681 words ......and highlight smart growth solutions...Partners for Smart Growth Conference, December...to successful smart growth strategies: come...that are using smart growth plans to their fullest...Key to Smart Growth John Brandt...development and smart ...