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A Complete Streets Vision 2012 Newcomb Smart Growth Hamlet Plan From a smart growth perspective, the Newcomb Smart Growth Hamlet Plan reflects the principles outlined specifically, Newcomb seeks to enhance its existing areas of development by improving walkability, offering 2 Smart Growth America & National Complete Streets Coalition, Complete Streets Promote Good Health, retrieved 2012 (www.smartgrowthamerica.org) 5 | Page
reduced, which in turn would reduce our overall transportation costs and the amount of time we spend in
meet recommended activity levels. 2 Many studies show people are likely walk to a destination that is
within 0.25 miles and are willing to walk to certain destination that are within 3‐4 miles. 3 As such, by
providing complete streets infrastructure the number of annual vehicle miles could be significantly
our vehicles. in the Adirondack Park Agency’s Hamlets 3 plan, which provides a “planning and design model for smart growth that builds on existing community centers and bridges state and local planning processes.” 4 More increased travel choices, and fostering a greater sense of place by enriching the visual quality of the built environment throughout the NYS Route 28N corridor. Ultimately the goal of these efforts is to attract new residents,
