NC Triangle's Efforts To Slow Sprawl
1 April 2001 - 7:00am
A major mixed-use development is transforming one of the region's many office parks into a model smart growth community.
Two of the region's biggest developers are planning to transform a 1,000-acre office park into a mixed use development that would include 1,800 units of high density housing, along with hotels, shops, restaurants, and a school. "Cary's slow-growth leaders -- who call traditional office parks "engines for sprawl and traffic" and advocate building homes and shops among employers -- are thrilled." The developers plan to break ground in the fall.
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Working to slow urban sprawl
Source:
The News & Observer, March 30, 2001
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