Region
Preserving open space in a time of rising development pressure, while fostering equitable development, requires out-of-the-box thinking.
Downtown has come back to life while the city is building a transit framework for walkable, mixed-use growth along corridors.
In addition to land use that perversely incentivizes the destruction of rural lands with 5-acre lots, the financial system further incentivizes rural subdivisions gobbling up farmland at a frightening rate.