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.
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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