Arizona's Failing Smart Growth Strategy

Despite attempts to control growth, Arizona's efforts at smart growth are a messy patchwork, and aren't working.

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April 22, 2002, 8:00 AM PDT

"Six years after Arizonans began searching for a way to cure growth's ills while still nurturing its rewards, almost nothing about living inAmerica's boom belt has changed. The state's growth managementpolicy is an intensely local, street-level approach that gives towns andcities some valuable tools, such as the ability to slow leapfrogdevelopment and impose impact fees, but lacks an over-archingframework and can't be enforced."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Smart growth still elusive

Sunday, April 21, 2002 in The Arizona Republic

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