Hudson Valley Smart Growth Alliance: Accomplishments

  • 2000 Alliance is formed to build consensus on growth - Produces Seven Smart Growth Principles
  • 2001 Conference - Making Smart Growth Work in Your Community: Tools and Techniques for Implementation
  • 2002 Conference - Smart Growth Successes: Warwick and Marbletown
  • 2003 Information Sessions – 1) Affordable Housing 2) Local Urban Issues
  • 2003 Conference - Centers of Attention: Strengthening our Hamlets, Villages and Cities
  • 2004 Information Sessions
    • Water quality and decentralized wastewater systems
    • Costs of Sprawl
    • Transfer of Development Rights
  • 2005 Information Sessions
    • Wind Power
    • Transit Oriented Development
  • 2006 Collaborated with Orange County Planning Department - Building Green: Strategies for Sustainable Communities
  • 2006 Information Sessions
    • Smart Growth / Smart Jobs
    • Priority Growth Areas, Hamlets
  • 2007 Collaborated with Orange County Citizens Foundation - Building Green: Overcoming the Obstacles
  • 2008 Conference - Planning for Biodiversity: Strategies for Developers and Municipalities
  • 2009 Conference - Magnetizing Downtowns and Historic Villages
  • 2009 Information Sessions
    • Sustainable Energy Infrastructure
    • SEQRA & Green Building
  • 2010 Conference - Keeping PACE with Energy Options