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- "A good sign code is pro-business, since an attractive business district will attract
more customers than an ugly one. Moreover, when signs are controlled, merchants do
a better job of selling and at less cost."
- Edward T. McMahon, Director of the
American Greenways Program
- "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
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- "Growth may be inevitable but ugliness is not." From the preamble to Scenic
America's Seven Principles for Scenic Conservation
- "We can either be victims of change or we can plan for it, shape it, and emerge
stronger from it. The choice is ours." - Balancing Nature and Commerce in
Gateway Communities
- "It would promise us a more serene and confident future if, at the start of our
sixth century of residence in America, we began to listen to the land, and hear what it
says, and know what it can and cannot do." American Places / Eliot Porter;
Wallace Stegner & Page Stegner
- "It wasn't blind, dumb luck that helped us land Sony . . . What we have here is
quality of life. And as long as we don't screw that up, we'll always be able to
attract people and businesses." Mayor Bill Morrisette of Springfield, Oregon from
Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities by Jim Howe/ Ed McMahon/
Luther Propst
- "We've tried to recognize that real estate which is hard to develop shouldn't be
developed." Jim Coykendall, architect in Pittman Center Tennessee from
Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities by Jim Howe, Ed McMahon,
and Luther Propst
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