Phoenix: Grow Or Rot
19 December 2002 - 5:00am
"Annex or rot" is the cornerstone philosophy of Phoenix's urban policy.
"The "annex or rot" philosophy, a cornerstone of Phoenix's urban policy, sees its latest extension today when the City Council likely will claim a 26-square-mile piece of desert along the Agua Fria River... "My question to Phoenix is: 'What are you doing to make your developments more compact?' " said Neal Peirce, the author of Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World."
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Phoenix's land policy: 'Grow or rot'
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The Arizona Republic, December 18, 2002
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