Over the last 20 years, TRPA has worked to stop runaway development and focus more on improving the built environment that already exists at Lake Tahoe. Since nearly 90 percent of all buildings you ...

The event, to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, will highlight the efforts of government, the private sector, and the community that exemplify smart ...

When he was running for president, Barack Obama promised to "re-evaluate the transportation funding process to ensure that smart growth considerations are taken into account." Since we last looked at ...

Smart Growth principles aim to promote sustainable, efficient, and community-centered development. Yet applying those principles in practice requires balancing complex variables such as land use ...

Smart Growth has long been promoted as a balanced alternative to unchecked urban sprawl and rigid growth restrictions. Its guiding principles—compact development, mixed land uses, reduced dependence ...

Ririe City Planner Kurt Hibbert gave the city council his monthly update at their Jan. 14 meeting, with information regarding the recent transportation study and future land use map, the Idaho Smart ...

A new analysis from the United Kingdom concludes that smart growth (compact city) policies are not inherently preferable to other urban land use policy regimes, despite the proponents’ claims. “The ...

A multi-phase redevelopment of an industrial site along the Saco River in Biddeford was recognized as a model for “smart growth.” The Levee, led by Reveler Development, was one of four recipients of ...

The City of Glen Cove was awarded $150,000 from New York State’s Smart Growth Community Planning Program, designed to encourage affordable housing, walkable downtowns, small businesses, and more. The ...

A new report from American Farmland Trust projects if the current trend of farmland conversion continues, the United States will lose an area nearly the size of South Carolina in the not-too-distant ...