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Category Archive: Community Planning
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Oct
19
Dumbing Down Smart Growth
The Legislature should reject another attempt to change the state’s SmartGrowth planning law. It works fine as is. A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Of the 1,600 or so Wisconsin communities covered by the state’s SmartGrowth law, only about 100 are not on track to meet the law’s requirements. Yet at this late stage, 12 years …
Oct
07
GOP takes aim at Smart Growth requirement
Republicans are seeking to undo Wisconsin’s “Smart Growth” initiative by allowing communities to opt out of the land-use planning law and eliminating the grant program that helped fund it. Passed in 1999 and signed by Gov. Tommy Thompson, the law was designed to control urban sprawl and help local governments plan for future growth. It …
Sep
01
National League of Cities Links Economic Benefits to Sustainable Cities
Sustainable cities have walkable neighborhoods Sustainable Connections Strategies to Support Local Economies Mag Jun11 3
Jun
28
New Urbanism Meets Alternative Agriculture
George Hall, June 24th, 2011 From Good Food World This is the first of several columns and interviews resulting from a recent 4-day Congress for New Urbanism Conference, otherwise known as CNU 19, held this year in Madison, Wisconsin, home of dairy, bicycles, and wacky politics. How many other states have a quarter of their …
Jun
02
A Green South 6th Street in Milwaukee
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