«return to previous Sprawl Business Leaders Becoming Active in Efforts to Curb Urban Sprawl report from Scenic America Containing Sprawl Developers Get All They Want From Legislature Figures that Negatively Impact Local Economies Open Space & Farmland Preservation Pay Off   Figures that Negatively Impact Local Economies "In St. Albans, Vermont a state panel estimated that it would cost the community $2.67 for every dollar of benefit generated by Wal-Mart." Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities by Jim Howe, Ed McMahon, and Luther Propst Loudoun County, Virginia is famous for its horse farms and country estates.  It's also at the edge of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, one of the nation's fastest-growing regions, where subdivisions are rapidly replacing prime pasture and farmland.  Researchers have found that while the county receives annual tax revenues of between $2.7 million and $2.9 million for every 1,000 dwellings, the cost to service them averages between $3.5 million and $5.0 million a year. Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities by Jim Howe, Ed McMahon, and Luther Propst

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