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Planned Growth
The 750-Page Report
The City of Albuquerque and the County of Bernalillo recently issued the Planned Growth Strategy. This 750-page report is the product of 4 years work by a team of planning, engineering, legal, and finance consultants together with key City and County staff. City of Albuquerque Planned Growth Strategy Site
Council Tackles Growth Plan
A revised, but still controversial, initiative that would set the path for future development in Albuquerque — the planned growth strategy — goes before the City Council tonight. (Monday, September 23, 2002)
Most Councilors Can Live With Revised Growth Plan
Heading into today's City Council meeting to consider the proposed planned growth strategy, this much is known: The ayes likely have it. Two don't like it. And the one vote needed to veto-proof the plan still sits on the fence. (Monday, September 23, 2002)
Council To Take Up Planned-Growth Plan
The debate over the proposed planned-growth strategy could reach a crescendo next month. The City Council on Thursday set a special meeting for Sept. 23 to take up the issue. (Friday, August 16, 2002)
Planned Growth Ordinance Becomes Three Bills
Albuquerque city councilors voted Monday to scrap the original planned-growth ordinance and replace it with three new compromise bills. (Tuesday, August 6, 2002)
Growth Bill May Be Split in Three
City councilors should break the proposed planned-growth ordinance into three new "compromise" bills, a task force of developers, neighborhood leaders and councilors agreed Tuesday. (Wednesday, July 31, 2002)
Growth Strategy Aims for Choice
Nancy Rose looked out her window in 1972 and fell in love with the view. She had just moved to Albuquerque when she stumbled across La Luz townhomes on the West Side while looking for a place to live. (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)
Could Ordinance Backfire, Support City Sprawl?
Would Albuquerque's proposed planned-growth ordinance merely end up promoting the sprawl development it seeks to discourage? (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)
Impact Fees Crux of Proposed Growth Plan Debate
At the CopperWynd subdivision on the Southwest Mesa, $79,990 can get you a 945-square-foot home with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a one-car garage. (Monday, July 29, 2002)
Debate Over Impact Fees Has Been Around Awhile
Albuquerque has been through this before. The city considered adopting impact fees in the 1990s, but the proposal was fought by developers and eventually scuttled by then-Mayor Martin Chávez. (Monday, July 29, 2002)
Councilors Weigh in on Map for ABQ's Landscape
It's either a grand experiment in social engineering, or a stick-and-carrot approach to changing where and how homes and businesses are built. (Sunday, July 28, 2002)
Old City, New City Contend for Dollars
Supporters and critics of the planned-growth ordinance vigorously disagree over how the proposal would divvy up general-obligation bonds that pay for roads, parks and other public works projects. (Sunday, July 28, 2002)
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