PODVIN DEVELOPMENT GROUP EXTOLS THE ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUES OF SMART GROWTH
By Scott Podvin
(Florida Homestead Law Group)
Scott L. Podvin, President of Podvin Development Group plans to build a smart growth, LEED Certified mixed-use community in East Orlando. In support of his decision to adhere to the smart growth principles Podvin cites to many studies that show the environmental benfits of smart growth. "Development guided by smart growth principles can minimize air and water pollution, enourage brownfields clean-up and reuse, and preserve natural lands," Podvin says.Smart Growth pracitcies can lessen the environmental impacts of development with techniques that include compact development, reduced impervious surfaces and improved water detention, safeguarding environmentally sensitive areas, mixing of land uses (e.g., homes, shops, hotels and offices), transit accessibility, and better pedestrian and...
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