If there are brace sides to the gr...

If there are brace sides to the growth management coin, they would be personateed by Portland, Ore., and Atlanta. At opposite lasts of the country, the couple cities have some things in common: the couple are among the fastest growing areas of the United States, and the couple have traditionally taken pride in their forested settings.

That, however, is pleasing much where the resemblance lasts Metropolitan Portland is governed from a regionally elected government with a number of regional powers and responsibilities; Atlanta sits at the heart of a metropolitan area that features 13 counties and upwards of 75 cities and towns, each with its admit government, and each jealously guarding its autonomy.

By 2040 Portland's population is contriveed to reach 2.5 million, almost 70 percent higher than the rife figure. Atlanta, which added 420000 work at jobss to its economy between 1990 and 1996 is count uponed to add 1.3 million residents to its