Mayors Urged To Contain Sprawl

At a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, Rochester Mayor William Johnson urged nation's mayors to control sprawl.

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January 23, 2004, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Rochester Mayor William Johnson was in Washington, D.C., to attend a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting. He used his position as chairman of a task force on regionalism and smart growth to call for further studies on ways to keep developers from gobbling up farmland and open space near cities."

Thanks to David B. Bookless

Read the full story: Mayor urges control of sprawl

Thursday, January 22, 2004 in Rochester Democrat And Chronicle

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