The Anti-Anti-Growth Backlash

It may not yet count as a national trend but in an effort to increase the local tax base, some towns are easing growth restrictions.

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February 11, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"...several small towns eager to spur development and increase the local tax base are turning away from growth restrictions. It is a fundamental shift from the booming 1990's, when job growth, housing prices and incomes soared and towns began putting limits on growth to preserve the quality of life that was attracting so many new residents...Environmentalists say that lowering the obstacles to scattershot development could easily produce ugly sprawl, cookie-cutter subdivisions and environmental degradation."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: In Towns That Slowed Growth, Backlash Stirs

Sunday, February 9, 2003 in The New York Times

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