Regional Vision Needed To Fight Sprawl

John G. Parsons says the Loudoun County smart growth initiative is "a quiet revolution" but lacks a regional vision.

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July 30, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

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

"What is missing from this quiet revolution to control sprawl and save our rural heritage is a regional vision. I would like to see all the area jurisdictions work in concert to create a 10-mile-wide 'greenbelt' of publicly and privately owned open space that would ring the nation's capital."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Ring Around the Region . . .

Sunday, July 29, 2001 in The Washington Post

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