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Deny Funds To Projects That Encourage Sprawl

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Court Gould
10 July 2003 - 7:00am

Group recommends that state funds should be denied to projects that promote sprawl.

"Sustainable Pittsburgh, seeking to spark public discussion and guide political leaders as the region plans for growth, wants state funds and other public subsidies to be withheld from projects that encourage sprawl...The Citizens' Vision report by Sustainable Pittsburgh suggests that public funds be used to redevelop brownfield mill sites, dilapidated city centers and other existing infrastructure."

Full Story: New Pittsburgh: Group seeks ban on funds for projects that abet sprawl
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 19, 2003
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