Urban Environmental League
Smart Growth Strategy

Purpose Statement

Instead of consistently reacting in an emergency room atmosphere against assaults to public park land, the UEL proposes implementing a yearlong strategy to build toward changes in growth management laws that arm local governments and their constituencies with the tools necessary to approach conservation first rather than as an afterthought, while also strengthening the community's livability, environmental and recreational wellness and its economic vitality. In so doing, the greatest achievement will become a more committed and better informed public that will participate at all levels of the community planning process.

Goals and Objectives

Determine the most effective changes needed in existing state growth management laws to institute policies of "smart growth" that ensure community quality of life, clean air and water, recreation and economic health
Gain a better understanding of existing growth management laws
"Conservation First" approach
Build a coalition to propose and affect revisions to state growth management laws.
Inform and educate general public to develop a committed constituency for continued vigilance on a local level that growth management laws are implemented and exercised.
Encourage broader public participation in the three tiers of urban planning -
- Tools to Achieve Goals
- White Paper
- Target Audience: Elected officials, department staff

Forums

Target audience: General Public

Smart Growth Conference

Target Audience: State and local leaders, urban, park and transportation planners