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News

See below for a selection of local and regional news stories that examine the effects of sprawl and/or updates on SEDA and local development in the Fresno region.

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Fresno’s sprawl ambitions collide with market realities, report finds

Source: Fresnoland

Date: 5/9/2024

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Fresno may grow to its southeast, but at what cost and who pays? This needs more study | Opinion

Source: The Fresno Bee

Date: 3/30/2024

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Big plans for a new Clovis-sized community in Fresno stumble under weight of multi-billion-dollar price tag

Source: Fresnoland

Date: 1/24/2024

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New Report: True Cost of Sprawl Includes Harm to People, Wildlife, Climate

Source: The Center for Biological Diversity

Date: 3/4/2024

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Fresno Activists Say Population Forecasts Don't Justify Growth. What Are the Consequences of Being Wrong?

Source: GV Wire

Date: 3/14/2024

“The disturbing trend of policymakers approving more exurban projects that exacerbate the climate emergency can be reversed with a few bold policy changes. Failing to address the true costs of sprawl will mean more land-use mistakes that lock us into a future of more smog, congestion and wildfire risk.”

 

― Elizabeth Reid-Wainscoat, The Center for Biological Diversity

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