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Smart Growth in Holland
February 01, 2005
This will be a working post - as I look for more information I’ll post it here.
Ethan, I do not know if there is a specific group in Holland promoting Smart Growth. I do know that the West Michigan Strategic Alliance is very in tune with smart growth ideals, but they are working across the region, not just in Holland. WMSA is a non profit group of local leaders who got together to tell people that sprawl is a bad thing. It’s really quite impressive.
Holland City is actually quite progressive, it’s the townships that we need to reform. The City of Holland’s planners are members of the Congress for New Urbanism (see my previous post), along with a couple local professionals.
That said, I’m willing to get some things done… anyone else with us?
(I’m going to do some more digging and see what information I can find about local efforts.)
Posted by paul at February 1, 2005 09:01 AM
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ethan said on February 3, 2005 05:57 AMFrom what I know, Laketown Township has a good record for Smart Growth, but in my opinion the Park and Holland Township Zoning Boards need a kick in the pants. Perhaps finding quality candidates and then campaigning for their election would be an interesting route for our proposed "Smart Growth in Holland" lobby group.
Brandon said on February 25, 2005 01:19 AMEthan, I'm not sure about Laketown... if I recall they have minimum lot sizes and other decidedly non-smart policies. And aren't they looking into getting their own water sytem? That's the fuel of intensified sprawl.