New Report: community development and smart growth

Posted by on October 17, 2003

[from LISC e-newsletter]

>> Theory or Reality: Another Way of Looking at Sprawl

Community development organizations’ ability to spot opportunities to meet localized needs is key for designing smart growth efforts. The case of Chicago neighborhood, West Garfield Park, is a perfect example. The city proposed to shut down the Chicago Transit Authority’s Green Line and no longer serve West Garfield Park’s underused “El” station. Following efforts to preserve the station, Bethel New Life, Inc., and a private joint-venture partner, are now developing a 23,000-square-foot Transit Center with 50 new three-bedroom houses in the neighborhood. The site’s locational appeal comes from the Transit Authority’s newly renovated station in West Garfield Park, part of a $300 million modernization of the Green Line. For more information about Garfield Park and other smart growth case-studies, download “Community Development and Smart Growth”, a new Translation Paper by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and LISC from the LISC Online Resource Library.

http://www.liscnet.org/resources/2003/09/development_5436.shtml