What actions is the State taking in order to promote Smart Growth and encourage the creation of Quality Communities?
A. Twenty-five State agencies serving on the Quality Communities Interagency Working Group have embraced a set of Quality Communities Principles: 1. Encourage Sustainable Economic Development; 2. Help Create, Implement and Sustain the Vision of a Quality Community; 3. Revitalize Our Downtowns and Community Centers; 4. Conserve Open Space and Other Critical Environmental Resources; 5. Promote Agriculture and Farmland Protection; 6. Strengthen Intergovernmental and Community Partnerships; 7. Enhance Transportation Choices and Encourage More liveable Neighborhoods and 8. Enhance and Encourage the Use of Technology. These Principles now serve as guidelines for agencies to follow in the development and implementation of State policies and programs and in the allocation and administration of State resources.
