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King Of Sprawl

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Missouri Bicycle News
11 June 2004 - 8:00am

Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution summarizes the challenges faced by a region on the rise.

Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution said that the Kansas City area has great potential to become 'the capital of the Heartland'. "Katz, director of the metropolitan policy center at the Washington think tank, is working with the regional council and the Civic Council of top business executives on a report outlining Kansas City's competitiveness and challenges compared with other metropolitan areas...In terms of growth pattern, Kansas City is one of the nation's kings of sprawl. A higher-than-average proportion of jobs are more than 10 miles from the city's center."

Full Story: KC area must rise to meet challenges, expert says
Source: The Kansas City Star, June 10, 2004
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I argue that the vocabulary of planning and the concepts necessary to participate in local government and planning issues need to be taught to students in K-12.
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