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Growth Politics Comes Of Age

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan

26 January 2006 - 8:00am

Strategists take note as Virginia’s new governor tackles sprawl. Could "smart growth" tip the next presidential election?

"The reason elected leaders are taking note is that Smart Growth emerged as an important swing issue in the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election, swaying conservatives and liberals alike in fast-growing exurban counties...The old foundations of the economic development strategy that produced thriving suburban communities and successful American lives are crumbling...The urgent issue facing everybody in America now is not whether these changes are temporary — they’re not — but what we’re going to do about them...Growth politics has come of age."

Full Story: Could Smart Growth Tip the Next Presidential Election?
Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, January 21, 2006
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