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Media releases

Date	Name	Description	Author
2021	SmartGrowth Appoints New Strategic Advisor	Media Release - 17 August 2021	SmartGrowth
2021	SmartGrowth Housing Action Plan - Press Release	Media Release - 26 July 2021	SmartGrowth
2021	SmartGrowth - Housing Action Plan	Report	SmartGrowth
2021	Government Ministers join forces with SmartGrowth Leadership & Appointment of Peter Winder as Independent Chair	Media Release - 22 April 2021	SmartGrowth
2018	Future Development Strategy & Tauranga Urban Strategy Themes	Key Themes	SmartGrowth
2018	Future Development Strategy Closing	Submission period coming to a close 5 November	SmartGrowth
2018	Future Development Strategy Media Release	Media Release 5 October 2018	SmartGrowth
2018	SHW2 Statement	Statement	SmartGrowth
2018	Together on transport	Media release - Working together on transport issues in the western Bay	SmartGrowth
2018	Social sector report For the Greater Good released	SociaLink, with SmartGrowth support, has researched the social sector landscape in the western BOP and produced a ground-breaking report	SmartGrowth
2017	SociaLink Media release	Mapping the social sector - A one-stop, integrated database for social sector organisations that maps the work they do in the western Bay of Plenty	SmartGrowth
2018	Millennials SmartTalk	Smart Talk Future Thinking Event 20 March	SmartGrowth
2018	Streamlined planning process – Tauriko West – BoPRC media release	Media release outlining streamlined planning process and the steps to be taken to amend the urban limits and allow for urban development of land at Tauriko West.	Bay of Plenty Regional Council
2017	Housing Needs Assessment Report	Media release summarising the key points of the Housing Needs Assessment Report	SmartGrowth
2017	Rental squeeze	Impact on housing	SmartGrowth
2017	Housing Affordability Pilot project media release	Media release introducing the pilot project on affordable housing	SmartGrowth
2016	Media Release	New package of urban growth areas to keep steady supply of housing	SmartGrowth
2016	Richard Conlin	Visting urban development specialist visits Tauranga	SmartGrowth

2017	Cohousing final	Cohousing - An enduring idea but is it a new opportunity for older people	Dr Bev James & Nina Seville-Smith

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