[Vision2020] Re: Subdivisions, was Tribune uncovers

[Nils Peterson]

Try googling idaho smart growth scorecard,  you will find a way of assessing
a neighborhood, real or proposed, in terms of the attributes that ISG
defines as smart growth. Do it as homework. Try the scorecard on some
neighborhoods where you like the feel, and some where you don't. That should
give you an operational "feel"

Try it on the Rodeo Drive area featured in the DNews this weekend...I know
the devils in the details, but somehow Geoff Crimmins or his editors don't
have much of a clue about either  smart growth or mixed use to have capture
that shot of a minimall with housing behind as mixed use.

Idaho Smart Growth - Smart Growth Scorecards
Idaho Smart Growth has developed two scorecards - one to review residential
developements and ... Smart Growth Scorecard - Neighborhood Development
(PDF) ...
www.idahosmartgrowth.org/projects/scorecards/index.htm - 9k -



On 5/28/06 5:39 PM,  "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>> wrote:

> So I keep hearing what "smart growth" is, what is your input? Everytime I
> post on this issue and ask for specific answers or examples of how to better
> Moscow, I get a blank stare. Maybe everyone is waiting to look for others
> examples to find their own.
> 
> I also hope that "my" group will strive for a smart but yet not too
> restricted growth. If not I can always leave, but the way I look at it, is
> it was too long a waiting for a group that counters the MCA. With these two
> groups I feel that Moscow has a better chance of survival and countinueing
> or great atmosphere of Moscow.