Growing to Greatness

"Growing to Greatness" - a manual to assist NAIOP Chapters in dealing with the challenges of growth management - is now available to Chapters and members. The manual is the culmination of a year of research on the part of the Growth Management Task Force, chaired by Brian Blaesser, Robinson & Cole LLP.

Last year, NAIOP surveyed Chapters in regions experiencing growth pressure to identify their key issues and the techniques being used by government to try to manage growth. NAIOP then engaged Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, to analyze the results into a set of white papers and reports on growth management techniques, which became the basis for the "Growing to Greatness" manual.

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Introduction Goals of Growth Management Two Fundamental Principles "Smart Growth"	The Importance of Growth and Choice in Our American Economy and Society Some Growth is Absolutely Necessary and Socially Desirable Economic Benefits of Growth What Are the Alleged Disadvantages of Growth? Freedom to Move Freedom to Choose
Growth Management Techniques Concurrency or Adequate Public Facilities (APF) Local Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Regional Urban Growth Boundary Higher Exactions, Development Fees and Proffers Using Water Shortages to Curtail New Development Using Clean-Air Rules to Stop Highway and Other Construction Light-Rail Systems As a Response to Traffic Congestion Regional Tax-Base or Revenue Sharing Split-Rate Taxation of Property	Distinguishing Between Local and Regional Growth Management The Impacts of Local Growth Management Policies The Impacts of Regional Growth Management Policies The Portland "Model" The Regional Nature of Growth Related Problems
Appendices Why Population and Other Growth Is Socially Desirable The Nature and Purposes of Growth Management Coping with Traffic Congestion Alternative Ways to Finance New Growth Infrastructure The Concept of Regionalism and Its Implementation