Memphis Recognizes Sprawl

Memphis Commercial Appeal publishes a series of stories about the Mayor's attempt to address the issue of sprawl by bringing in national experts to educate and motivate the community.

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March 14, 2003, 6:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Suburban sprawl coupled with inner-city withdrawal is creating all sorts of problems for all of us... Our population isn't growing so much as spreading out. In the past two decades the population of the Memphis metro area grew about 20 percent but the amount of urbanized land grew by about 70 percent... And it drives wedges among various parts of the sprawling community that are forced to compete for dwindling public and private resources."

Thanks to Sheila Edmundson

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Wednesday, March 12, 2003 in GoMemphis

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