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Conservation Design is an innovative approach to development that provides an equitable way for communities to balance their development objectives with achievable conservation goals. That is why many rapidly growing communities across Minnesota are looking to Conservation Design as a way to accommodate unprecedented growth while still conserving limited, yet cherished, natural resources. More >>

Turning the development process on its head

Randall Arendt

Randall Arendt offers a fresh take on planning and zoning

By Jill Mazullo, director of communications

There is no constitutional right to sprawl. More >>

Randall Arendt shows airing on TPT

The communities of the Community Growth Options (CGO) project spent Thursday, June 18 with Randall Arendt, renowned author, landscape architect and the country’s most sought-after speaker on the topic More >>

$16M slated for better biking and walking in the Twin Cities

There’s good news for walkers and bicyclists in the Twin Cities, not only are temperatures warming and snow banks receding but there will also be $16 million spent this year to improve biking and walk More >>

Council clarifies concerns over Cedar Bluff

Community: 
Afton

After a somewhat frustrating meeting last month, the Afton City Council and developer Len Pratt ca More >>