Smart Growth and Economic Success: Strategies for Local Governments
- Published on Thursday June 26th, 2014
Many local governments are finding that smart growth development can help communities maximize property tax revenue without raising tax rates, increase sales tax revenues, lower infrastructure capital and maintenance costs, and lower the cost per capita of police, fire, and emergency services. Smart Growth and Economic Success: Strategies for Local Governments is the latest paper from EPA’s Smart Growth Program. The paper reviews the connection between smart growth approaches and the fiscal strength of local governments to help them make decisions about where and how to grow. This paper is the fourth in the Smart Growth and Economic Success series. The first three reports are entitled: Benefits for Real Estate Developers, Investors, Businesses, and Local Governments; The Business Case; and Investing in Infill Development.
Find all four reports at www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/economic_success.htm.
