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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And you think tear downs and McMansions are something smart growth advocates support?[/quote]

The ANC Commissioners who support smart growth also seem to support expansion of SFHs whenever a developer or homeowner wants to make a SFH larger. When you double the footprint of a SFH and double it’s price it is even less affordable or within reach to interested buyers. [/quote]

No, the support the addition of ADU's which broaden the rental opportunity, in places like Cleveland Park, that are transit rich. I don't see Smart Growth advocates supporting SFH expansion to larger SFH writ large.[/quote]

Some Smart Growthers are libertarian, property rights-types.  In their view, while big development is better, any development is good, and government, historic districts and community groups should just get out of the way.[/quote]

LOL, no. If you look at the strictures around Smart Growth, it is actually integrated with very tight principals - look at the transects associated with the Congress for New Urbanism as an example. And yes, Smart Growth and Historic Preservation can go hand in hand. The pattern of development on Connecticut Avenue is a strong example - though not the surface parking lot at the Park-N-Shop.[/quote]

Cleveland Park Smart Growth, the virtual "organization" chaired by the author of the Ward 3 redistricting plan, recently held a program on development in Ward 3.  The moderator at one point invited the panelists to agree with the proposition that historic preservation precludes change and perpetuates exclusion.  One of the panelists, who heads the Montgomery County planning department, flatly disagreed and said "historic preservation is not the enemy" of affordable housing or economic development.  Based on her experience in various cities, she pointed out how historic preservation can be a tool for thoughtful community development.  The panel moderator was visibly uncomfortable and looked as if he had been stricken, like a Russia TV anchor after someone has blurted the truth out loud. [/quote]

I wish more cp smart growthers thought like she does instead of making it so divisive.  
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