SMART GROWTH
FOR TENNESSEE TOWNS AND COUNTIES:

A PROCESS GUIDE

by

Mary R. English
Jean H. Peretz
Melissa Manderschied
Waste Management Research and Education Institute
Energy, Environment and Resources Center
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

 

February 1999

 

Questions or comments concerning this guide should be directed to Dr. Mary R. English, Research Leader, or Ms. Jean H. Peretz, Research Scientist, at the Energy, Environment and Resources Center, 311 Conference Center Building, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-4134. Phone 865-974-4251; fax 865-974-1838; or e-mail menglish@utk.edu or speretz@utk.edu.

 

The authors acknowledge with appreciation the support of the University of Tennessee's Waste Management Research and Education Institute for the project which has resulted in this guide; the sensible advice of Jack Barkenbus, Robert Bohm, Ronald Foresta, and David Patterson, who served as an advisory committee to the early phases of the project; the willingness of people in White House and Loudon County, especially Larry Allen and Pat Phillips, respectively, to contribute information for our case studies; the thoughtful input of participants in a September 1998 workshop, which included a review of a draft of this guide; and the help of many other people, too numerous to be mentioned here, who have given time to the researchers in their work on this project. The authors also wish to thank Debbie Bower, Gini Reed, and Tina Cordy, who, in their capacity as support staff within the UT Energy, Environment and Resources Center, provided invaluable help in preparing the final version of this guide. The opinions expressed here are the authors' own, as are any errors of fact or interpretation.
 
Planning for the future, with a
community or a family, is not loss of
freedom. It is growth toward maturity.
In fact, it is the ultimate freedom: to
shape our own future, discover a viable livelihood, appreciate our assets.

 

Wilma Dykeman


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