Sierra Club's Challenge To Sprawl Campaign Supports Infill
Usually known for fighting sprawling development, the Sierra Club also uses its legal weight to support good infill as well.
"An alliance between environmentalists and housing developers might seemlike a case of strange bedfellows. But in the six years since the SierraClub launched its campaign against urban sprawl, the organization hasworked not only to fight developments it considers bad, but also to supportthose it considers good, said Tim Frank, a senior policy adviser for theSierra Club."
Thanks to Irvin Dawid
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Published on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 in
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