Smart Growth

Smart Growth is a meaningful approach to development that creates well-planned communities that integrate all the essential components of life. Where past development has created low-density, automobile-dependent, environmentally damaging communities, Smart Growth incorporates a mixture of land uses into one contained community, attracts a diverse range of families and protects local character and environmental systems.

Smart Growth creates a sense of community by providing a variety of housing options that encourage and welcome people from all walks of life. And it builds on this rich diversity by offering central locations for the entire community to congregate, all within a place that’s as sensitive to the land and natural resources as it is to those who live there.

In keeping with these principles, Jerome Village will feature a convenient town center at the very heart of the community. Tree-lined streets will connect stores, civic buildings, schools, parks, and traditional urban-style housing for a community that’s pleasantly and refreshingly walk-able.

For more information about Smart Growth, go to www.uli.org or www.smartgrowth.org.