Amid Pines, A Model For Growth

A historic Sierra Nevada mountain town balances growth and a sense of place.

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March 12, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

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


"[A] tension that has long existed in urban regions...is now infiltrating rural communities across the country: the effort to balance growth and development with a unique sense of place. As more and more people migrate from cities to pristine rural areas, communities from the Colorado Rockies to the wide expanses of Arizona and New Mexico are openly debating land use and values: open space versus development, habitat versus jobs, ranch land versus recreation.But the debate takes on a particular urgency in the Sierra Nevada, an extensive mountain range where former mining towns - many with preserved historic districts - are sprinkled among ponderosa forests and breathtaking escarpments."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Thursday, March 8, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor

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