Smithfield planning board launches comprehensive-plan update with Strong Towns workshop
The Smithfield Planning Board opened its comprehensive-plan update with a workshop presentation by Edward of Strong Towns on fiscal resilience of traditional downtowns versus suburban expansion. The evening included Q&A and table exercises; no votes on plan content were taken.
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Smithfield — The Smithfield Planning Board opened a public workshop to begin its comprehensive-plan update, hosting Edward, chief technical advisor at Strong Towns, who presented research advocating incremental, downtown-focused development as more fiscally resilient than expansive suburban growth.
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