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The Responsible
Growth Initiative promotes a bottom-up, local control approach to fighting
sprawl by giving voters control over the new growth occurring in their
communities.
A Summary
of the Responsible Growth Initiative
- Voters Will Approve Growth. Growth plans, drawn up by city planners
and county commissions, will direct growth only into areas where
it can be managed responsibly, and only after citizens have approved
those plans.
- Voters Will Have Full Knowledge of Growth Impacts Before Voting.
Before submitting new Growth Area Maps to the voters, cities and
counties must describe to voters the projected impacts of new development,
including costs, its effect on schools, open space, traffic, air
quality, affordable housing, and water supplies.
- Regional Cooperation, Instead of Competition, Will be the Rule.
Counties and cities must consult with each other when drawing their
growth area maps, and may not conflict with or overlap their neighbors'
growth areas.
And
Three Reasons Why Colorado Should Pass It This Fall
- Uncontrolled growth is the number one issue facing Colorado, and
the state legislature and governor have not faced up to it by passing
meaningful legislation. So the citizens will have to exercise their
rights and pass the Responsible Growth Initiative.
- Colorado cities, especially on the Front Range, are in danger
of becoming one huge, L.A.-like super-metropolis, with choking traffic,
dangerous smog levels, and open space gone forever. This is not
the vision Coloradans have for the state they will leave to their
children.
- Developers and their politician friends have had control over
how Colorado has grown for too long, and the process is out of control.
It is time to trust the people's vote.
For more information, contact the Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter at (303) 861-8819, Initiative co-author Bill Myer
at tel. (303) 935-6810, fax (303) 935-6922, email billmyer@denver.infi.net,
or visit the web site of Coloradans for Responsible Growth.
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