Smart Growth in Wisconsin
What is Smart Growth?
A wide range of development and conservation strategies to help grow our communities and sustain their health.

What does Smart Growth look like in Wisconsin?
Check out the resources below to see how Wisconsin is growing its communities:
- Wisconsin DOA website on Comprehensive Planning
- Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Element Guides
- Wisconsin Model
Ordinances: Traditional Neighborhood Development and Conservation Subdivision
- APA Growing Smart Project
- APA Policy Guide on Smart Growth
- US EPA, Encouraging Smart Growth
- 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin
Historical Society, Historic Preservation
and Smart Growth
- UW – Stevens Point, Center for Land Use Education
- Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission – Building Sustainable Communities Fact Sheets
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Solving Sprawl
- Planning Commissioners Journal: Planners Web, City & Regional Planning Resources
- Sustainable Communities Network, Smart Growth Online
- National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
- Environmental News Network