Smart Growth America
Smart Growth America is a coalition of national, state and local organizations working to improve the ways we plan and build the towns, cities and metro areas we call home. The coalition includes many of the best-known national organizations advocating on behalf of historic preservation, the environment, farmland and open space preservation, neighborhood revitalization and more. Our state- and regional-level members are community-based organizations working to save treasured landscapes while making our towns and cities ever more livable and lovable. LINK>

City of Cleveland’s final Waterfront District Plan
On September 20, 2005, Mayor Jane L. Campbell unveiled the City of Cleveland’s final Waterfront District Plan and spoke about the progress that we have already seen along our lakefront as a result of this comprehensive planning process.

“We will no longer be separated from our waterfront by highways,” said Mayor Campbell. “Instead residents and visitors will experience the lake through increased access and development.”

Mayor Campbell identified numerous projects that have already been completed as a result of the Lakefront Plan totaling an investment of over $100 million generated through public and private partnerships. She also identified an additional $395 million in lakefront related projects that are currently underway.
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Waterfront Precedents
The following is a selection of the waterfront precedents shown at the First Workshop on October 2 to demonstrate a variety of approaches and outcomes in the redevelopment of urban waterfronts.
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City of Bellville, Ontario Master Plan
The Master Plan will set out a vision for the site, transforming the Belleville Waterfront into a vibrant year round destination that is attractive to people of all ages - residents and tourists alike - and providing an opportunity to support a larger revitalization initiative including the Downtown.
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Operation Fresh Start: Community Planning
Whether relocating an entire town or rebuilding a section for disaster mitigation, sustainable redevelopment requires careful planning and design. Collective decisions must be made on factors that directly determine sustainability such as land use or "city shape," buildings, transportation, energy supply and efficiency, waste management, and water supply and efficiency.
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