New York has been awarded a U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency funded grant from the Smart Growth Leadership Institute to promote
sustainable land use reform that relates to water quality efforts, according to
Governor David A. Paterson's office. It's intended to help states align land
use and drinking water protection, according to former Maryland Governor Paris
Glendening, President of the Institute.
Peter Fleischer, Executive Director of
Empire State Future, said the group, New York's statewide Smart Growth advocacy coalition, "is
pleased to see the continuing effort and creativity stemming from the Smart
Growth Cabinet to address critical aspects of Smart Growth -- namely the link
between residential sprawl, land use, and the quality of the water upon which
we depend."
Governor Glendening said "We are eager to
work with New
York's Smart
Growth Cabinet, which we see as a national model for the kind of innovative,
problem-solving government we need to tackle complex environmental and economic
issues."
