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Arizona Smart Growth ScorecardIn response to Executive Order 2007-05, the Growth Cabinet is developing a Smart Growth Scorecard to provide communities, counties, and regions - whether small or large, rural or urban - with a simple, clear, usable means of evaluating how well prepared they are for the pressures of growth and to help spur action on local and regional approaches to growth and development issues. State agencies will use the Scorecard to help them assess whether or not communities have the right tools in place for smart growth. Cities, towns and counties engaged in smart growth planning and implementation will receive priority for discretionary funding over applicants that are not committed to sensible growth and development.
The Scorecard was drafted and is continually being refined by a working group of the Governor’s Growth Cabinet and public and private stakeholders. The Scorecard is designed to strengthen the ability of local officials to plan for future growth and development and to adopt comprehensive strategies that address growth related pressures for specific communities and counties. As Arizona continues to attract unprecedented population growth, all levels of government must play a role in wisely planning and managing both the challenges and opportunities that new growth and development present for many years into the future. The Scorecard is a valuable tool for community self-assessment that will assist all of Arizona in meeting this important responsibility.
Communities and counties that are not able to advance smart growth planning because they are challenged by limited resources, causing them to score lower on the smart growth scorecard, will still be eligible for state discretionary funding. Assistance will be available to build the capacity of communities and counties transitioning toward smarter growth and development. The multidisciplinary Smart Growth Interagency Committee has liaisons from each of the fifteen Growth Cabinet agencies. This Committee will use a circuit-rider approach to provide planning expertise, tools, training and assistance to help local, county, and Tribal communities achieve higher scores on future Scorecard assessments.
NEW! The Arizona Department of Real Estate, as part of their Community and Outreach Program, is holding twelve seminars statewide for realtors and the public to learn about new real estate laws and policies. Commissioner Sam Wercinski will also be discussing the Arizona Smart Growth Scorecard. Please visit the Arizona Department of Real Estate website for additional information.
Seminar dates:
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Show Low |
Tuesday, August 19 |
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Phoenix |
Tuesday, August 26 |
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Sedona |
Thursday, September 4 |
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Parker |
Monday, September 8 |
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Kingman |
Tuesday, September 9 |
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Yuma |
Tuesday, September 16 |
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Safford |
Tuesday, October 7 |
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Globe |
Thursday, October 9 |
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Coolidge |
Tuesday, October 14 |
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Sierra Vista |
Tuesday, October 21 |
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Nogales |
Wednesday, October 22 |
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Oro Valley |
Thursday, October 23 |
Arizona Smart Growth Scorecard Drafts
December 4, 2007
June 12, 2008
NEW! August 21, 2008
Smart growth criteria and indicators are applied differently to each of the three categories of community and county populations based on the Growing Smarter statutes (A.R.S . §9-461.05 and §11-821) using state population estimates for the last five years to reflect current growth trends. Click here to see flow charts illustrating these population breakdowns as required by the Growing Smarter legislation for general plan elements for municipalities and comprehensive plan elements for counties.
The larger the jurisdiction, the more criteria will apply. This separate application of criteria acknowledges that planning techniques and funding to support smart growth may differ by the growth pressures facing different communities and that the level of technical and financial resources available to small, mid-size or large towns, cities, counties and Tribal governments may be significantly different in a state as diverse as Arizona. The Scorecard will indicate where each criterion applies to the different sized communities. All Tribal governments and Tribal political subdivisions fit within the small category. Below is the break-down of community size.
Population Categories:
Cities and Towns
Counties
Tribal Governments
If you have any questions, please contact:
Deb Sydenham, AICP
Assistant Deputy Director, Community Development
(602) 771-1127
Kristen Keener-Busby, AICP
Director, Office of Smart Growth
(602) 771-1132
Erika Green
Senior Planner
(602) 771-1129
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