The American Planning Association has released "Growing Smart: Legislative Guidebook and User Manual." Neal Pierce believes it may "remake America's future."
"Culminating seven years of hard research and consultation with virtually every special interest group on the map, the American Planning Association issues its "Growing Smart" legislative handbook and user manual.This isn't some single planning recipe the APA wants to force on the 50 states. To the contrary, it's far more useful: a menu, based on models culled from statute books across the nation, of virtually all the major types of laws that states have enacted to guide development or to authorize or direct their regions, counties and cities to do the job."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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