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Grow Smart Bay Area

Jason Steinberg

By 2035, nearly 2 million more people will live in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's possible to accommodate that projected growth in the region's existing cities and towns. We can make our region thrive by seizing this opportunity to make the Bay Area a cleaner, greener, better place to live that benefits everyone. We can grow sustainably, and we must. This is the Grow Smart Bay Area challenge. Grow Smart Bay Area in the news:

"Grow Smart Bay Area, released Wednesday, persuasively asserts that all of the growth in housing and jobs expected by 2035 around the bay can be absorbed within existing cities, without annexing an acre of open land" — San Jose Mercury News Find more media coverage here, including a discussion with Executive Director Jeremy Madsen on Forum on KQED.

Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity

Greenbelt Alliance, together with the Bay Area Open Space Council and the Association of Bay Area Govenments, has released a new report about our vital lands. Get your copy today!

"The case for a regional approach to land use has rarely been spelled out so eloquently as in a new report, 'Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity.'" — San Francisco Chronicle

 

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Pier 45 and the Musee Mecanique
San Francisco Chronicle, June 11

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Greenbelt Alliance in the News

Editorial: Smart growth is essential to Marin's future, Marin Independent Journal, June 23

Report: Bay Area has ample room to grow, Contra Costa Times, June 11

Encouraging smart growth, San Francisco Chronicle, June 11

Editorial: Region can add homes, jobs without more sprawl, San Jose Mercury News, June 11