County Gets Growth Report: People Want to Balance Nature, Economy
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Dec. 15--Natural resources, especially water, and space are the most cherished values Kootenai County residents want reflected in a growth plan, consultants told the county commission Thursday night.
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By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 11--Along White Rock Road in eastern Sacramento County, pastures abruptly give way to tiled rooftops at the El Dorado County line.   On the Sacramento County side, the scene has changed little in the past century.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  May 24--Sarasota County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program purchased a .22-acre creekside property.
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By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 8--ST. MARTIN -- By sharing 22 county-owned acres behind the community center, the Army National Guard, a fire department and a utility district can each build facilities that will benefit the entire community.
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 19--One of the fastest-growing populations in Sedgwick County has nothing to do with people.   The county best known for having the state's largest city is also known for hosting the state's largest number of species of birds.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 27--CLOVER -- York County is not yet done with one landfill dispute, but it soon might be taking up another.
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By Frederick Melo, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 22--Fans of the great outdoors appear to really enjoy themselves in Dakota County. If only they'd swing by a little more often.
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By Brian Glass  There are currently three major developments that Chesterfield County is counting on for future economic development growth.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb. 1--HIGHLAND -- The city's 35 or so employees can expect to have a  lot of work to do over the next two years.
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By Dania Akkad, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 9--Neighbors of one of the last pieces of undeveloped land in the city of Monterey are concerned that the stretch of dense pine forest along Highway 1 may be replaced with a high-density development.
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By Nancy Perkins Deseret Morning News  ST. GEORGE -- Four possible growth scenarios are on the table for review during the next three weeks as Vision Dixie begins its final series of public meetings in Washington County.
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By Steve Jones, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 5--SHALLOTTE, N.C. -- Brunswick County roads should be a hubbub of activity over the next six years if all goes as scheduled in the N.C. Department of Transportation's 2007 update of the Transportation Improvement Plan.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 4--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.
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By Larissa Van Beurden-Doust, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 11--Some Nipomo residents who like the town's rural atmosphere are worried that open space left near some housing projects may actually lead to more development.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 14--A proposed long-term strategy for managing and developing water resources in El Dorado County may not be perfect, but a spokesman for a water advocacy group says it's time the plan, six years in the making, was adopted.
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By Travis Talent, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 1--DAVIDSON COUNTY -- Mother Nature has not been kind to the state so far in 2007.