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Smart Growth Is Dead In Lodi

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: transport-policy listserv
21 July 2003 - 1:00pm

Columnist Joe Guzzardi examines the development and growth in Lodi, CA, and concludes that it's not smart.

"Lodi and other once quaint San Joaquin Valley agricultural towns are changing right before our eyes... Two things are certain, however. One is that the current rate of population growth is not sustainable. And second, 'smart growth' -- a term land developers invented and love -- is dead in the water."

Full Story: 'Smart growth' is dead in the water
Source: Lodi News-Sentinel, July 20, 2003
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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