Some World-Class Astroturf: Defending 28,000-Home RE Project "Defending Small Town America"
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A new nonprofit group says it will push for economic development and property rights in the Southwest, supporting projects such as the 28,000-home Villages of Vigneto in Benson. In a news release, in interviews and on its website, the Southwestern Communities Coalition signaled its intention to battle what it calls “fake environmentalists,” who it says are using lawsuits to impede private landowners and drive them off their land.
While the news release doesn’t mention any groups by name, the group’s members’ comments and website clearly target the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity, one of six environmental groups that have sued to try to block the Vigneto project. The Southwestern Communities Coalition announced its creation at a Benson meeting and news conference last week, saying it’s formed to protect “the future of small-town America.”
About 140 supporters attended the meeting, the group said. In its news release, it said it would promote “thriving communities, sustainable growth, a strong economy, sound stewardship of natural resources and protection of property rights, especially from radical groups bent on stopping all economic development.”
The group said it’s backed by 16 Arizona and New Mexico counties, including Cochise County but not Pima County, and that it has hundreds of individual members. They include “ranchers, farmers, residents, wine makers, environmental organizations and others who are backing sustainable economic development,” the group’s news release said.
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https://tucson.com/business/new-group-will-battle-environmentalists-over-vigneto-and-other-projects/article_1b8cb54b-41e5-5291-8da7-8420203a5049.html
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a fucking Italian village theme. 
There's hardly any room for cars on the streets.
Sansepolcro
An entirely walkable high population density Italian Style village built to extremely high energy and water conservation standards might have an exceptionally small per capita environmental footprint.
Furthermore, it could be built in some place with water. Like Ohio.
Of course that's not the kind of development they are talking about. Without a doubt it will be the kind of place where you can park and drive your SUV from your garage to the big box stores three miles down the road without any inconvenience.