This event: The True Costs of Sprawl and Urban Growth will feature Eben Fodor, the author of "Better not Bigger - How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community"
I am attending and hope many others will also attend. This will be an ideal way to get valuable facts on what growth costs us. This important and informative session is for anyone who is concerned about the manner in which we are developing here in South Burlington. This is our home, and we owe it to ourselves and future residents to make sure we are heading in a sustainable, environmentally wise, and economically sound direction. More details are listed below.
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Free webinar – Thursday, April 5th at 7:00 pm at UVM's Davis Center, Room 419. Eben Fodor, a leading researcher and author will discuss how land development for sprawl and urban growth results in higher tax burdens and other negative effects.
Topics will include:
The Impacts of Growth
Prosperity (jobs) and growth
Cost of growth and sprawl
Housing Affordability
Politics of sprawl and urban growth
Surveys of views on sprawl and urban growth
Why planning often fails to protect/enhance quality-of-life
Better planning for better communities
This will be the only public viewing of this webinar. For more information visit http://BetterNotBiggerVT.org or contact BetterNotBiggerVT@gmail.com
Dec 28, 2024, 10 AM to 12 PM
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