Here are the first two sentences from a form letter JPI is asking supporters of The Jefferson at Saw Mill to send to the Greenburgh Town Board:
It is now recognized that "Smart Growth" development is an effective strategy to improve a community's quality of life.
What Is Smart Growth?
Here is the definition from Smart Growth America:
Smart Growth is sensible, planned efficient growth that integrates economic development and job creation with community quality of life by preserving and enhancing the built and natural environment. Smart Growth encourages growth in developed areas with existing infrastructure to sustain it, particularly municipal centers, downtowns (“Main Streets”), urban cores, historic districts and older first-tier suburbs. Smart Growth means growing in a way that enhances our communities and our daily lives, now and in the future. This is growth that doesn’t magnify our traffic problems, that doesn’t result in higher municipal costs and that doesn’t needlessly pollute or consume open space. This is growth that enhances all the places where we spend time.
Let's repeat that: Smart Growth is
- growth in developed areas with existing infrastructure to sustain it
- growth that enhances all the places we spend time
- growth that doesn’t magnify our traffic problems, that doesn’t result in higher municipal costs
So, is The Jefferson an example of Smart Growth? Well, they are planning on cleaning up a brownfield (with tax credits paid by NYS taxpayers) and they are preserving half the site as open space (but they are exceeding the existing heights for buildings which they need a variance for).
Does Greenburgh really have limited housing stock in the area? Not really, as we have Rivertowns Square (202 units) and The Lofts (66 units) right near by the Lawrence Street site.
Ok, lets just call it not very smart growth.
Doesn't Greenburgh deserve better than mediocre?
Dear Greenburgh Town Board,
As a supporter of smart growth development, I respectfully urge your support for the Jefferson at Saw Mill River proposal. This development will help to add variety to Greenburgh’s limited housing stock, among the proposal’s other merits, to promote continued growth into the next decade for the Town and County.
It is now recognized that "Smart Growth" development is an effective strategy to improve a community's quality of life.
What Is Smart Growth?
Here is the definition from Smart Growth America:
Smart Growth is sensible, planned efficient growth that integrates economic development and job creation with community quality of life by preserving and enhancing the built and natural environment. Smart Growth encourages growth in developed areas with existing infrastructure to sustain it, particularly municipal centers, downtowns (“Main Streets”), urban cores, historic districts and older first-tier suburbs. Smart Growth means growing in a way that enhances our communities and our daily lives, now and in the future. This is growth that doesn’t magnify our traffic problems, that doesn’t result in higher municipal costs and that doesn’t needlessly pollute or consume open space. This is growth that enhances all the places where we spend time.
Let's repeat that: Smart Growth is
- growth in developed areas with existing infrastructure to sustain it
- growth that enhances all the places we spend time
- growth that doesn’t magnify our traffic problems, that doesn’t result in higher municipal costs
So, is The Jefferson an example of Smart Growth? Well, they are planning on cleaning up a brownfield (with tax credits paid by NYS taxpayers) and they are preserving half the site as open space (but they are exceeding the existing heights for buildings which they need a variance for).
Does Greenburgh really have limited housing stock in the area? Not really, as we have Rivertowns Square (202 units) and The Lofts (66 units) right near by the Lawrence Street site.
Ok, lets just call it not very smart growth.
Doesn't Greenburgh deserve better than mediocre?
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