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Wisconsin
Survey Would Assess Wisconsin's State-Mandated Smart Growth Law
''From a public policy standpoint, we want to figure out, is the
[state's Smart Growth] law an effective one?'' asked Anna Haines,
director of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Center for
Land Use Education.
A team of researchers from UWSP, UW-Whitewater and
Marquette University plans to collect surveys from more than 120
municipalities that have received state grant money for
comprehensive planning. Their goal is to assess how communities,
primarily in Portage County, have incorporated the state-mandated
smart growth principles.
Under the new law, every Wisconsin community is eligible
for state financial support to pay about half of the costs of
preparing a comprehensive plan as required in the new law. As of
March 2004, the Comprehensive Planning Grant Program has provided
$11.3 million in funding to over 600 towns, villages, cities,
counties, regional planning commissions, and tribes.
Wisconsin's Smart Growth law is often contentious, and the
research will attempt to address this issue as well. The team will
present the findings at a conference in Stevens Point in October. -- Stevens Point Journal 8/2/2004
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