Group recommends that state funds should be denied to projects that promote sprawl.
"Sustainable Pittsburgh, seeking to spark public discussion and guide political leaders as the region plans for growth, wants state funds and other public subsidies to be withheld from projects that encourage sprawl...The Citizens' Vision report by Sustainable Pittsburgh suggests that public funds be used to redevelop brownfield mill sites, dilapidated city centers and other existing infrastructure."
Thanks to Court Gould
FULL STORY: New Pittsburgh: Group seeks ban on funds for projects that abet sprawl
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