The Central Florida Group will work within National Sierra Club's Stop Sprawl Campaign. Poorly planned development and roadways threaten our environment, health and quality of life in numerous ways. Sprawl spreads development out over large amounts of land, puts long distances between homes, stores and job centers; and makes people more and more dependent on driving in their daily lives. Smart growth solutions that combine transportation, land-use and environmental planning can address the problems cause by sprawl.

As outlined in our 2007 Goals, the Sierra Club continues to advocate for strong rural land protection in Central Florida. We will continue a dialogue with local leaders to maintain the urban service boundaries so local agencies can provide compact urban development that prevents sprawl with infill development and revitalization of older neighborhoods. We will work for greater public involvement in regional and statewide efforts to combine transportation and land-use planning that provides for cleaner air and water, more transportation choices and places to live, and better protected conservation lands, farms and open spaces.

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