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3 Feb 2012

What is Smart Growth?

In urban areas like Spokane, we are confronted with the need to growth "smarter" since we have limits on our ability to expand beyond our borders. This means ensuring our policies and building codes and land use facilitate infill development and a variety of commercial/housing options. I'm learning about other communities across the country at the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in San Diego, CA. Councilman Jon Snyder attended this conference last year and this year, I decided to join him. I had a great first day -- learned about best practices in neighborhood planning, heard from national experts in parking management for cities, and how communities are using performance measures to monitor their success in reaching goals. For some, density seems like a dirty word, but when offered Read More