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Twin Cities Region, Minnesota
Calthorpe Associates was the lead consultant for the Smart Growth Twin Cities process, initiated by the regional government for the seven-county Twin Cities Region to coordinate future land-use and transportation planning efforts to preserve and enhance the region’s quality of life. The planning process incorporated community input as well as local cities’ comprehensive plans and regional transportation policies. As a result, three alternative development options were created, each illustrating a different growth pattern and resulting impact on regional housing diversity, transportation choice, public infrastructure costs, air quality, preservation of local agriculture and the environment. In addition to regional scenarios the SGTC process included designing six local ‘opportunity sites’ to test the concepts and to educate the community about their assets and development options.
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