Lower Macungie township, a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently embarked on a smart growth planning project meant to encourage compact neighborhoods where people can walk and bike to stores, recreation areas, and work. Lower Macungie commissioners hired Urban Research and Development Corporation of Bethlehem to develop a Smart Growth implementation plan for the township. The township has agreed to pay up to $21,200 for the implementation plan.
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