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The Smart Growth Strategy/Regional Livability Footprint Project is a groundbreaking visioning effort involving local government elected officials and staff members, community representatives, regional stakeholders, and business, equity and environmental coalitions. The Project's underlying objective is to figure out how the Bay Area can maintain its economic vitality and conserve natural resources while allowing all segments of society to share in the region's economic and environmental assets. The goal is to develop a preferred land use pattern, "Vision" to minimize sprawl, provide adequate and affordable housing, improve mobility, protect environmental quality, and preserve open space. The Vision will inform how the Bay Area can grow smarter and become more sustainable over the next 20-25 years, and will help frame other Project Goals to identify and secure regulatory changes and fiscal incentives that promote smart growth, and to develop policy-based Projections.

On March 20, 2003, Projections 2003 was formally adopted by the ABAG Executive Board. Now the projections will underscore the Bay Area's commitment to growing in a "smarter" way, and increase chances that regulatory changes and incentives can be obtained at the state level.

For more information, contact (510) 464-7926 or smartgrowth@abag.ca.gov

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