Exemplary Projects
Smart Growth Initiatives Underway
The following projects provide examples of how Smart Growth initiatives can bring communities together to support environmental sustainability, local character, economic activity and community planning.
Town of Brighton
Smart Growth Plan
This local planning process gathered input from the community and resulted in a smart growth action plan, environmental assessment and business development brochure.
Brighton Smart Growth Plan - whole document (PDF, 8.97 MB)
Part 1 - Intro and main body (PDF, 1.63 MB)
Part 2 - Appendices (PDF, 3.05 MB)
Part 3 - Appendices, cont. (PDF, 2.24 MB)
Brighton Connections Brochure (PDF, 2.73 MB)
Town of Indian Lake
Indian Lake Theater
The downtown movie house is gone from most small towns across the country. Because of community spirit and volunteer initiative, the Indian Lake Theater is up and running with its executive director planning and organizing community events, arts programming and theater operations. (see offsite link in the right-hand column)
Essex County
Destination Master Plan
The Essex County Tourism Destination Master Plan has begun the work of engineering future tourism to meet the desires of local communities and the tourism industry. (see offsite link in the right-hand column)
The Adirondack Hamlets
The Adirondack Hamlets is a parkwide project, supported by Essex County and the Adirondack Community Housing Trust (ACHT), to create opportunites for economic development and physical improvement of the Adirondack region through smart expansion. This can be acheived through the use of mapping, analysis, and interaction with the public community. (see offsite link in the right-hand column)
Town of Horicon
Community Development Strategic Plan
The town's Community Development Strategic Plan develops a vision for the community, identifies specific community development and revitalization goals, and sets forth clear steps that can be taken to implement and achieve these goals. (see offsite link in the right-hand column)
Town of Arietta
Comprehensive Plan
The Town of Arietta is in the process of reviewing and updating their Comprehensive Plan in order to reflect current conditions and to identify and prepare for future growth and
development. (see offsite link in the right-hand column)
Town of AuSable
Comprehensive Plan
The Town of AuSable Comprehensive Plan, was completed in May 2009 to help the community evaluate current conditions, identify future conditions desired by the community and establish a range of tools that the community can use to build on its strengths and improve upon its weaknesses.
Town of AuSable Comprehensive Plan (PDF, 1.58 MB)
Lewis County
County-wide Comprehensive Plan
On October 6, 2009, the Lewis County Board of Legislators adopted the County-wide Comprehensive Plan to foster a regional and collaborative approach to addressing challenges. The Plan provides land use analysis, goals, objectives, action items, and a framework of County Character Areas to guide future growth. (see offsite link in the right-hand column)
