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SMART GROWTH ALABAMA

SMART GROWTH ALABAMA. A two hour overview for the: Alabama League of Municipalities November 21, 2002. Jacksonville State University . Director, Environmental Policy and Information Center Director, JSU Field Schools Chairman, Chief Ladiga Trail Board Chairman, ACEI, AGIC and AMTC

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SMART GROWTH ALABAMA

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  1. SMART GROWTH ALABAMA A two hour overview for the: Alabama League of Municipalities November 21, 2002

  2. Jacksonville State University • Director, Environmental Policy and Information Center • Director, JSU Field Schools • Chairman, Chief Ladiga Trail Board • Chairman, ACEI, AGIC and AMTC • Board Member: FW, TNC, JPA

  3. The Speakers • Pete Conroy - Overview and Ecotourism • Katherine Ennis - APA and a National View • Andrew Gerachis – Alabama Main Steet • Phillip Wiedmeyer - Brownfields • Steve McKinney – Mapping Your Future • Paul Kennedy – Agricultural Sustainability

  4. WHAT’S IT CALLED? • SMART GROWTH • SUSTAINED GROWTH • SUSTAINABLE DEVELPOMENT • LONG RANGE PLANING • GROWTH MANAGEMENT • COMMUNITY SUCCESS

  5. WHAT’S IT ABOUT ? • “Excessive government and limitless regulation.” • “An intellectual disease that is sweeping the country.”

  6. WHAT’S IT REALLY ABOUT? • A reinvestment in our cities. • A concerted effort to avoid an abandonment of developed infrastructure. • A renewed effort to protect the special places, like the farmland and forests that we all hold dear.

  7. THE BASIC PREMISE? GROWTH IS BOTH DESIREABLE AND INEVITABLE

  8. ANOTHER BASIC PREMISE? • SOME PLACES ARE GROWING TOO MUCH . • OTHER PLACES AREN’T GROWING ENOUGH!

  9. WHAT’S IT REALLY ABOUT? • Increasing Transportation Choices • Increasing Housing Choices • Improving Health and Quality of Life • Limiting Sprawl • Revitalizing Communities • Using Common Sense

  10. ECOTOURISM Alabama’s #2 top industry? TOURISM

  11. Annual Economic benefit of: Anniston Museum of Natural History? Weiss Lake $6-7 MILLION $201 MILLION ECOTOURISM

  12. Annual economic benefit of: Bird Watchers? Wildlife Watchers? Outdoor Recreation? $6-7 BILLION $20 BILLION $75 BILLION ECOTOURISM

  13. ALABAMA IS THE PLACE! • TOP IN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY • TOP IN GEOPYSICAL DIVERSITY

  14. NORTHEAST ALABAMA PROGRESS • Little River Canyon National Preserve • Weiss Lake • Dugger Mountain Wilderness • Talladega National Forest • Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge • Cheaha Wilderness • Scenic Byway, Pinhoti and CLT

  15. Some History… • 2000 - Governor’s Conference on Smart Growth and Ecotourism • 2002 – Governor’s Conference on Smart Growth and Brownfields Redevelopment • 2003 – Governor’s Conference on Smart Growth and ???

  16. Contact Information: • www.jsu.edu/depart/epic/ • JSU # 256-782-8010

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