Workshop on Smart Growth with Harriet Tregoning

How Can Local Leaders Bring Smart Growth Home?
Monday, March 29, 2004

In recent years, cities and towns have worked to coordinate a wide range of policies - transportation, housing, parks and natural spaces, historic preservation, downtown development, schools and cultural facilities – to enhance the cohesion and efficiency of their communities. With growing concerns about the costs of sprawling development, local officials need new tools to make sure that their land-use strategies not only enhance the local community but also contribute to greater regional efficiencies. Harriet Tregoning, who directed Maryland’s innovative smart growth policies under Governor Parris Glendenning, provided a workshop on the subject. Using her recent work with the City of Lawrence, Tregoning offered a model that cities and towns of all sizes can use as they seek to balance local and regional needs.

Harriet Tregoning illustrated some guidelines that cities and towns can use for balancing local and regional needs regarding smart growth. She also moderated a discussion with panelists involved with the City of Lawrence economic development plan.

Panelists included:

• Harriet Tregoning, Loeb Fellow, Graduate School of Design
• Andre Leroux, Lawrence Community Works
• Maggie Super, Associate Director of Groundwork Lawrence
• Carlos Matos, City Councilor