Hudson Valley Smart Growth Alliance's Smart Growth Principles
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Thinking Regionally, Acting Locally
Support local, community-based planning and land-use decisions while strengthening home rule with training programs for board members and voluntary regional coordination through the Hudson River Valley Greenway Compact. |
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Protecting Our Landscape Legacy
Adopt protection measures for farmlands, important open space, parks and critical natural and wildlife areas that create connected greenspace systems across municipal boundaries and through the region. |
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Building Close-Knit, Interconnected Communities
Encourage compact, mixed-use development patterns, in and around existing centers and in locally identified priority growth areas, linked to more cost-efficient infrastructure and public services. |
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Respecting the Past, Building for the Future
Ensure that new development is compatible with existing community character, preserves and rehabilitates historic buildings and districts, and creates enduring value through high quality design. |
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Making Connections More Convenient
Provide a wider variety of transportation choices, including walkable neighborhoods that can support public transit, to reduce auto dependency, traffic congestion and pollution and allow better access to jobs and services. |
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Giving Growth Back its Good Name
Promote economic development, including agriculture and tourism, employment opportunities and a full range of housing options that are consistent with smart growth principles and use green building techniques whenever possible. |
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Streamlining Without Sacrificing Quality
Make the development process more predictable, fair and cost-effective through updated community plans, codes and design guidelines; coordinated review processes; interagency cooperation; and incentives for smart growth practices. |
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| A mixed-use development along the Strand in Kingston reflects smart growth principles. |
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