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Water And Sprawl

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Donna Hardy Johnston
2 February 2004 - 8:00am

A community decides to grow on its own terms.

"Monstrous houses were going up on five and six-acre lots. The western end of neighboring Sylvania Township, once just as rural as Richfield, swelled with homes and cul-de-sacs.Unwilling to watch Richfield Township and Berkey be consumed by backyards and asphalt, community leaders drafted a blueprint for future development:1) Prohibit huge 300-home subdivisions;2) Make it difficult to convert farms into parking lots;3) Steer commercial development into small, well-identified pockets.

Full Story: Water tapped to help slow urban flight
Source: Toldeo Blade, January 26, 2004
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