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Fall 2000 Sprawl Report Smart Choices or Sprawling Growth: States at a Glance Alabama Five Points South Vacant Lots Become a Destination Cahaba River One Sprawling Site Paves the Way for Others Alaska Tony Knowles Coastal Trail A Whale of a View Fred Meyer and Wal-Mart Bear and Moose Can't Compete with Stores Arizona West Fifth Street Trees, Wide Sidewalks Encourage Pedestrians Anthem Del Webb Develops the Desert Arkansas Block 2 Lofts Bringing Downtown Back to Life Deltic Timber Developer Pushes Little Rock's Limits Northern California Ohlone-Chynoweth Parking Lot Becomes Affordable Housing Bickford Ranch The Golf Course is Close; Everything Else, Far Southern California Village Green Light Rail and Smart Design Draw Raves Newhall Ranch Development Threatens 12,000 Acres Colorado Stapleton Airport Airport Yields Affordable Housing Rock Creek/Interlocken A 10-Mile Commute That Takes an Hour Connecticut Middletown Main Street Market is a Hit Buckland Hills Mall Mall Expansion Gobbles Up Farms and Forest Delaware McCaulley Court Affordable Housing That's Smart Americana Bayside Lax Regulations Lead to Massive Sprawl Washington DC Naval Yard Redevelopment Restores City Core New Convention Center Convention Center Cramps Neighborhood Florida Mizner Park Smart Growths Revive Dying Mall Nocatee Developer Builds a Suburb in the Swamp Georgia East Lake Open Space and Privacy Close to Town Super Wal-Mart New Wal-Mart Adds to Sprawl Woes Hawaii Makawao Planning Preserves Cowboy Character Spreckelsville Mauka Sprawl Drains Water, Crowds Schools Idaho Treasure Valley Partnership Plans For Smart Future Hidden Springs Good Intentions in the Middle of Nowhere Illinois Willow Springs Public Space Revitalizes Suburb New Lenox New Development on the Fringe of the Fringe Indiana Broad Ripple Town Welcomes Those on Foot Sycamore Springs Hoped-For Park Slips Away Iowa Community Grocery Fresh Produce and Smart Growth Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Highway Plan Targets Urban Green Space Kansas Downtown 2000 Community Effort Revamps Downtown Oz Theme Park Theme Park Sprawl is No Fantasy Kentucky East Russell Smart Growth Restores Urban Decay Hamburg Place Town Loses 100-Year-Old Farm to Sprawl Louisiana Plan Baton Rouge Riverfront Park Enhances Capital Willow Ridge Crime Pays for Wetland Developers Maine Bayside Residents Help Create Smart Community West Bath New Roads, New Business Park, New Sprawl Maryland Silver Spring Redevelopment Adds Jobs, Keeps History Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Sprawl Threatens Rare Wetland Massachusetts Davis Square Public Space and Public Transit Mt. Holyoke Mountain Top Houses Spur Sprawl Michigan Lansing Success Breeds Competition Downtown Meridian Township Petty Policies Lead to Sprawl Minnesota Hopkins Suburb's Downtown Keeps it Smart Spring Hill Golf Course Golf Courses and Wildlife Don't Mix Mississippi Harrison County A New Model for Coastal Development Destination Broadwater Sprawl in the Mississippi Missouri Murphy Park Affordable Smart Growth Chesterfield Commons Mall in Floodplain Tempts Fate Montana Helena Town Reclaims Unused Space Shiloh Interchange Developer's Pet Project Leads to Sprawl Nebraska The Lofts, Omaha New Lofts in Historic Buildings I-80 Expansion, Lincoln Highway Boondoggle Crowds Out Transit Nevada Campaige Place Smart, Stylish, Affordable Housing Anthem Development Project Del Webb Strikes Again New Hampshire Downtown 2000 River Walk Connects Downtown Manchester Airport Road Project Threatens Eagle Habitat New Jersey Hoboken South Smart Project Restores Waterfront Ramapo Reserve Trophy Houses Move Mountain New Mexico Albuquerque Abandoned Land Turned Into Housing Black Ranch Sprawl Jumps Over Natural Limits New York Renaissance 2010 Smart Growth Renaissance Stewart Airport Conversion Eats Up Open Space North Carolina Vermillion Project Walkable, Beautiful and Smart Outer Loop, Raleigh Second Beltway Threatens Wetlands North Dakota Williamsburg Smart Housing for Seniors Southport, Bismarck Homes on Wetlands Aren't Smart Ohio EcoVillage Urban Oasis Will Brighten Downtown Deerfield Mall, Cincinnati Mall Creates More Sprawl Oklahoma Tulsa Defending Historic Neighborhoods South 71st Street Mega-Malls Harm Downtown, Open Space Oregon Buckman Heights Location, Location, Location Genstar Developers Push Growth Limit Pennsylvania TJ Maxx Warehouse Brings Jobs, Smart Growth Oaklands Corporate Center Oaks Bulldozed for Offices Rhode Island Middletown Walkable Town Center Centre of New England Business Park Business "Park" Brings Traffic South Carolina Clear Springs Smart Design, Lots of Open Space Myrtle Beach Developers Dig and Drain Wetlands South Dakota Sioux Falls Project Connects Jobs With Open Space Frawley Ranch City Ignores Voters to Annex Land Tennessee Eastgate Smart Growth Revives an Ailing Mall The Village Housing Eats Up Open Space, Fuels Sprawl Texas Midtown Square Project Mixes Shops, Housing Wal-Mart, Dallas Wal-Mart Bullies Residents Utah Salt Lake City Light Rail Success Surprises Salt Lake Rosecrest Development Highway Rumors Spur Sprawl Vermont Winooski Urban Village Mixes Growth, Open Space "The Circ" Planned Highway Robs Transit, Open Space Virginia Simplicity Green Buildings, Smart Design The Villages at Round Hill Huge Housing Project Scares Nearby Towns Washington Thornton Creek Housing Project Will Restore Creek Blakely Ridge Project Development Trashes Growth Limit West Virginia Wal-Mart Smart Growth or Sprawl? Wal-Mart Big-Box Pushes for New Road Wisconsin Downtown Development Plan Bringing People Back Hawk's Landing Isolated Houses Add Traffic, Kill Open Space Wyoming Union Pacific Depot Locals Pitch in to Restore Town Jackson Hole Intense Growth Threatens Wildlife, Residents States at a Glance | Introduction | Resources | Acknowledgments Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club