The Buffalo region’s economic development council has made sprawl-halting smart growth policy and practice and sustainable development high priorities. Aaron Bartley, Executive Director of People United for Sustainable Housing (a 2011 winner of a prestigious international award), says that big-ticket economic development projects need to be replaced with new policy that will enable sustainable development. The Buffalo region’s economic development council is one of several convened by Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy.

Read more about the Buffalo regional economic development council in the Buffalo News