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Smart Growth Enhancing Our Communities
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Smart GrowthEnhancing Our Communities

Smart growth is well-planned development that protects open space, revitalizes communities, keeps housing affordable and provides more transportation choices.

What is Smart Growth?

Sprawl is irresponsible development that takes our tax dollars away from our communities and destroys farmland and open space

What is Urban Sprawl?

Roads taken in the last 100 years

Photos: (Top) Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, Inc. (Bottom) Anthony Abbate

By policy and then by design the environment was built around the automobile instead of people

The old way:

•Unsustainable

•Designed in the 40s

•How do you get across to shop?

Photo: Anthony Abbate

Sunrise Blvd and Federal Hwy

Sprawl vs. Smart Growth

Smart Growth Protects the Health of People and the Environment

Why Do People Prefer Smart

Growth?

A reduction in vehicle emissions is a reduction in our carbon footprint.

Fewer miles traveled = less CO2

Sustainability and the man-made environment.

Quality of LifeImproving the quality of our neighborhoods so they are:

- Safe- Convenient- Attractive- Affordable

Walkable Streets SFRPC

Sidewalks are a part of the transportation infrastructure.

There is federal and state funding for it

Transit Shelter

Smart Growth Achieves the Right Balance

Smart Growth enhances our communities

Project Caine

FIU Solar House

Bob Caine’s House – 10 Kw


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