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Smart Growth Is Smart Business -- Vermont

The Vermont Business Roundtable, a non-profit coalition of 108 CEOs from the state’s most active private industries, is leading an effort to prevent erosion of the state’s rural character.

Since its formation in 1987, this dedicated group of bankers, entrepreneurs, developers, and architects, has crafted thoughtful solutions to vexing policy issues that affect the business climate of the state. Recognizing the impact low-density, fragmented development is having on Vermont’s environment, economy, and character, the Business Roundtable has launched an effort to help address the issue.

The Business Roundtable formed a partnership with the Vermont Forum on Sprawl (VFOS), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Vermont’s working landscape, quality of life, and existing community centers. The partnership has brought together Vermont’s business and environmental communities to work toward a common goal of reducing sprawling development.

As part of this partnership, known as the New Models Collaborative, project leaders drafted a set of “smart growth” principles they hoped could foster new approaches to commercial and industrial development in the state. Based on these principles, the partnership then evaluated the feasibility of three hypothetical smart growth projects in Waterbury, South Burlington, and Bennington under existing land-use policies.

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Resource: http://www.nalgep.org/about/news.cfm?Page=1&NewsID=25784

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