1000 Friends of Connecticut
Preserving,
Conserving and Growing Smart
1000 Friends of Connecticut
is dedicated to growing a healthy economy with choice in transportation,
housing and education; and respect for farmlands, open space, natural
and historic resources.
 Sprawling
development doesn’t have to continue, instead 1000 Friends
is creating a Connecticut where
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Growth patterns maximize pre-existing public investments in
roads, rails, water, sanitation, and information infrastructure;
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Ridge lines, white cedar swamps,
kettle pools, estuaries and the Sound are preserved;
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Farmers propagate cows, chickens,
produce, nursery crops and an agricultural future;
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Historic town centers are protected;
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Mixed-income and multi-racial
neighborhoods thrive;
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Kids in cities, suburbs and small
towns alike are equally and well-educated;
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Moms and Dad have jobs that are
within an easy foot, bike, bus, rail or
automobile commute, and
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People live in communities that
are beautiful and unique and reinforce the
sense that this is Connecticut!
Read the Hartford
Courant Editorial, August 9, 2005
Mission
 1000
Friends of Connecticut is a statewide organization whose mission
is to promote and shape growth to ensure a prosperous economy, a
healthy natural environment, and distinctive, integrated and attractive
communities while promoting opportunities in education, housing,
transportation, and employment for ourselves and future generations.
To accomplish this mission, 1000 Friends of Connecticut will
work to:
- Strengthen and direct new development towards communities
where infrastructure is already in place in order to reduce
sprawl and related environmental damage, revitalize community
centers, and more effectively use taxpayers money by maximizing
the value of their investments already made;
- Encourage compact, diverse, and livable communities by offering
a wide range of housing choices and encouraging a mixture of
land uses, preserving and restoring historic and cultural assets,
designing to human scale, and providing comfortable walking,
biking, and transit opportunities;
- Support high quality public transportation and transit-oriented
development as preferred alternatives to the single-passenger
automobile in order to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution,
positively affect business location decisions, and provide greater
access to job opportunities.
- Promote quality educational and housing opportunities for
all our state’s residents.
1000 Friends of Connecticut will pursue its goals by:
- Educating and mobilizing the public, and convening and mediating
among diverse stakeholders to build statewide support for Smart
Growth principles;
- Researching fiscal, regulatory, land-use, transportation
and other smart growth initiatives;
- Promoting the adoption of policies, initiatives, and practices
by government, business, and other institutions that encourage
economic growth while preserving the state’s quality of life;
- Building and sustaining a constituency for smart growth
and social equity by providing tools and models to measure progress
and to advocate for change.
(Adopted 7/18/05)
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The annual meeting was held on July 17,
2008
in Stamford
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Quiz given at the
Charter for The New
Urbanism
.Two sticking points
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the question on taking
public transit that
doesn't consider walking
(if you walk you can
answer yes),
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the question about subsidized
housing (if you can
say mixed-income and/or
affordable, you can
answer yes):
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News from State Capitala>
July 2008 President Report
June 2008 Newsletter
May 2008 President Report
Legislative Update
Smart Growth and a New Kind of Politics
Publicly
financed elections are in place for the
2008 legislative races.
House candidates
need to raise 150 small donations from their
districts to qualify for public financing.
Senate candidates need to raise 300 small
donations from their districts to qualify.
Are the candidates who want your $5 to $100
gift committed to being smart growth champions?
Before you make your donation, ask them
to sign the pledge.
Hold a house
party and encourage your neighbors and friends
to contribute only to smart growth candidates.
Let’s make 2008 the year of the smart growth
champion!
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Responsible Growth Tools
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Connecticut
Smart Growth Yellow Pages
-- Your source
for the products an services of businesses
dedicated to Growing Connecticut Smart
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