Fighting Sprawl With Smart Growth

In Charlotte, N.C. the only thing voters hate more then sprawl is density, something anti-spawl supporters are trying to change.

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January 29, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Intense neighborhood opposition has helped kill a handful of townhome developments and higher-density housing projects in Charlotte over the past year. It's a small number, compared with the scores of proposals the city has approved, but enough to make some anti-sprawl advocates and transit backers nervous. For Charlotte to combat suburban sprawl, they say, the city needs to embrace more concentrated development styles, particularly along transit corridors. That's a major tenet of "smart growth," a philosophy geared toward preserving undeveloped land on a city's edge, redirecting growth into older neighborhoods. It's an approach the City Council has endorsed."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

FULL STORY: Rezoning votes test support for `smart growth' policies

Friday, January 26, 2001 in The Charlotte Observer

Community / Economic Development North Carolina

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