We thank them for their important help. We hope you'll patronize them. Rather, we want to seek development patterns that are economically sound, environmentally responsible, and socially just. This approach emphasizes partnerships among local governments, developers, farmers, social justice advocates and environmentalists. We, naturally, oppose sprawl.
Sprawl is growth that happens outside of existing infrastructure.
Sprawl requires infrastructure systems to be built after the fact when such construction is much more costly. Sprawl consumes important open space, green space, wildlife habitats, agricultural land and cherished scenic views. Sprawl is growth into areas where public transportation can not reach. Sprawl rarely includes truly affordable housing units. Sprawl is often of a low density nature and must be subsidized by taxpayers because new, expensive infrastructure such as roads, sewer systems and water services need to be provided.