Smart Growth - "Valley Style"

I'll be speaking at a conference on Friday morning about "Smart Growth". Smart Growth is a buzz word for trying to create more liveable, walkable communities that don't create a negative impact on the environment. Smart Growth proponents push higher density living near transit and jobs as a way to reduce our impact on our environment and improve the overall quality of life for all of our citizens.

In reality, particularly out here in the Valley, it is a challenge to make communities more compact and nearly impossible to build housing near jobs, since so many of our jobs are east of the Altamont. I'll be focusing on how suburban valley cities can grow smarter--and more cost effectively while acknowledging the limitations placed on us due to our location.

Below is a link to the power point presentation I'll be giving tomorrow:




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