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<br />e Introduction <br /> <br /> <br />j)GI\'\It./ <br />M6'1~ t4t~ <br />~~ <br />.t.lV/el6 ~ <br />c."toIrry <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~V,,~~ <br />m.,~6N <br /> <br />The diagram above shows how the various studies that constitute the Subregional <br />Growth Study are interrelated and sequenced. The land use and transportation analysis <br />summarized with this report fits in the lower middle cloud. <br /> <br />The North Metro 1-35W Coalition is engaged in a three-year subregional <br />growth study. The study uses a 20-year planning horizon to ask the fol- <br />lowing questions: <br />. How do Coalition communities anticipate growing and changing in <br />the next 20 years? <br />. How can "smart growth" strategies be used to accommodate that <br />growth and achieve the Metropolitan Council's Regional Blueprint 2020 <br />goals? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The first year of the growth-or buildout-study generated three subre- <br />gional scenarios for distributing the same amount of job and household I <br />population growth over the next 20 years. The conceptual scenarios evolved <br />from Coalition input, which was gathered during workshops and from <br />city comprehensive plans and information about existing conditions. One <br />scenario followed conventional suburban growth patterns, the other two <br />scenarios used livable community principles. Analysis of the three scenarios <br />indicated that application of livable community principles allowed the Coa- <br />lition to accommodate expected growth while achieving the following goals <br />of the Metropolitan Council: <br />. increasing density closer to the region's core; <br />. encouraging redevelopment in older suburban areas; <br />. increasing the number of mixed-use areas; <br />. reducing consumption of agricultural land; <br />. improving natural resource systems; and <br />. creating more capacity for growth. <br /> <br />1 <br />