Smart Growth Scorecard Introduced

A scorecard system being discussed in Denver offers a market-based alternative to zoning for encouraging smart growth.

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March 31, 2003, 6:00 AM PST

"Fleissig's scorecard is one of the first to be written in a general way so that it can be adapted by other cities, said Steve Bodzin, spokesman for the Congress for the New Urbanism... 'It's a totally different approach than zoning, which is a list of rules that state: Thou shalt not do this, and thou shalt not do that,' Fleissig said. 'Instead, the scorecard says we want to see X, Y and Z.' Developers who do 'X, Y and Z' earn points that lead to financial rewards."

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FULL STORY: Smart-growth scorecard developed

Sunday, March 30, 2003 in The Denver Post

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