The Boston Society of Architects - Civic Initiative for Smart Growth

The BSA has made creating livable communities a centerpiece of its public service and public policy agenda. It has been working since 2000 to implement smarter growth in Massachusetts in response to the widespread feeling that sprawling development is damaging our state's special sense of place, its environment, and its economic competitiveness.

From 2000 to 2002, the BSA organized and led "How We Live: A Civic Initiative for a Livable New England". This program of public events and charrettes hosted over 1,000 participants and promoted public dialogue and consensus building on new ways to approach regional development, focusing on eastern Massachusetts. Throughout the "How We Live" program, participants emphasized the importance of moving from identifying problems and solutions to advocating for the implementation of smart growth policies, legislation and public investment on the state level.

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