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" We try to design our parks and public spaces with the
'20 minute concept,' that is, that everyone can get to
community services, parks, recreation centers, and other
amenities within a 20-minute walk. "
-Zari Santner, Director of Portland, Oregon,
Department of Parks & Recreation

" From a smart growth and sustainable community perspective, parks are a critical component for
several reasons, " Frece says. " First, they provide an
essential oasis in a busy, dense, urban environment.
Second, they provide true environmental benefits
that are beyond natural beauty. Projects that EPA has
assisted in Kentucky, Maine, and Rhode Island have
been about improving water quality, managing stormwater, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, addressing the urban heat island effect, and gaining other
environmental benefits, many from parks and public
lands. Third, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities of EPA, HUD wants to inspire communities to do
a better job in planning to achieve sustainability goals.
It is logical that parks be an integral part of the next
steps to achieve those goals. "

At the Heart
One city at the forefront of implementing smart growth
strategies is Portland, Oregon. Its award-winning park
system is no small part of Portland's success. Parks
and Recreation Director Zari Santner is a fervent believer in utilizing parks as core components of smart
growth.
" One of the most important parts of smart growth is

establishing the green infrastructure of a community
which includes parks and public lands, " Santner says.
Portland has implemented numerous planning
strategies to make urban growth smarter by including
benefits and tax incentives for certain types of development, such as allowing denser development around
transit connections.
" Originally we got pushback from these communities, " Santner says. " They did not want to lose their
sense of openness. As we created new community
master plans, we planned street-scaping, tree planting, stream restoration projects, new urban forests,
and even the " day-lighting " of formerly covered-over
or piped streams.
" This gives people the sense of space and a very
real connection to nature, " she continues. " We try to
design our parks and public spaces with the '20 minute concept,' that is, that everyone can get to community services, parks, recreation centers, and other
amenities within a 20-minute walk. We try to provide
in our parks experiences people would want to have
in their backyard or front yard-having a barbeque;
reading a book in a quiet place; a safe place for their
kids to play. That is the type of experience we try to
provide in our parks "

Transformation
in Atlanta

The Beltline project takes smart
growth principles to new levels.
egularly ranked in the past 20 years as
one of the most traffic-congested cities in the
nation, officials in Atlanta, Georgia, have been working diligently over the past few years to apply 10
smart growth principals in their planning.
In 2005, the city's mayor and council began
working on not just another project, but one that
is now a shining example of how smart growth can
transform a city. They began working on the new
BeltLine project, a 22-mile loop that will provide the
city with 1,200 new acres of greenspace. Currently the largest urban redevelopment project in the
United States, it will transform an abandoned railway corridor that circles the urban center of Atlanta
into a network of parks, transit lines, trails, and new

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