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Paterson: Smart growth planning key to state economy
Quick ReadGov. Paterson was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Smart Growth Summit - put on by Vision Long Island at the Melville Marriott.
Photo credit: Maria Lopez/newsday/Maria Lopez | Gov. David Paterson speaking at the Vision Long Island Meeting at the Melville Marriott. Melville, New York. (Maria Lopez/Newsday)
Gov. David Paterson on LI and in NY
Lt. Gov. David Paterson
A failure to use smart-growth principles in the past is part of the reason the state is in economic free fall now, Gov. David A. Paterson said Friday at a development seminar.
"Smart growth is the idea of addressing the progress of the future rather than the comfort of the present," he told hundreds of representatives of the building, design and planning industries as well as various Islandwide...
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