Smart Growth in Reno

19 December 2005 - 6:00am

Physical constraints force Reno planners to consider smart growth.

"Reno's city limits have reached the California border and long-range plans call for them to stretch further north in the coming decades. Acres of cow pasture have been converted to strip malls, athletic clubs, warehouses and tract homes. What was once rural is now suburban, or even urban. Growth is the reality for the present and the future. "

Source: Reno Gazette Journal, December 19, 2005
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