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Rhode Island group urges economic development that capitalizes on revitalization opportunities

March 27, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

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community, historicpreservation, markettransformation, rehabilitation, revitalization, rhodeisland, smartgrowth, sprawl

Grow Smart Rhode Island, headed by my friend Scott Wolf, has urged its state to place more focus on attracting small- to medium-sized companies interested in transit-friendly centers and properties available for revitalization.  The state should spend less time recruiting...continued

Strong endorsement of smart growth by The Providence Journal

September 30, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
growsmart, pawtucket, rhodeisland, riverfrontlofts, smartgrowth

  Yesterday's edition of The Providence Journal eloquently champions the cause of sustainable development.  It also contains kind words for that state's excellent smart-growth advocacy organization, Grow Smart Rhode Island: "The economic challenges facing Rhode Island, already serious, have grown...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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