Smart Growth: A Vision for Property Tax Relief

Please join Auden Grogins and Black Rock Homeowners Association for a co-sponsored forum on "Smart Growth: A Vision for Property Tax Relief".

When: Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 7:00pm

Where: Burroughs Community Center, 2470 Fairfield Ave.

Hear What Our Leaders Are Doing to Permanently Reduce Our Reliance on Property Taxes:

• Brendan Sharkey, Co-Chair Property Tax & Smart Growth Tax Force
• Heidi Green, President of 1000 Friends of Connecticut
• Auden Grogins, State Representative Bridgeport

Hear What They Have to Say About:

1. TAXES-Duplicating services and tax systems over 169 town's means we're wasting precious resources and overtaxing residents.
2. SOLUTIONS - Give incentives to better coordinate land use decisions, economic development, transportation, housing, services.
3. EDUCATION -Guide developers and citizens on how a development reflects smart growth standards and principles via a Scorecard

For more information please click to read Auden Grogins media release and BRHA's Flier describing this timely and informative event.

Be sure to invite your friends and neighbors to

this educational forum!

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