Civic Awareness

Perpetual easements and sustainability mandates reshape the very meaning of ownership. Landowners may receive temporary grants or tax benefits, but they lose long-term autonomy and flexibility. Generational land transfers become complicated, property values are constrained, and local economies are distorted.

The battle over land use in the American West is no longer theoretical—it is being executed through conservation easements, federal grant programs like the USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), and executive orders like Biden’s E.O. 14008, America the Beautiful.

In the 21st century, the American Dream is being reformulated—not by market forces or grassroots innovation, but by government planners, global institutions, and ideologically driven urbanists. Once rooted in opportunity, prosperity, and individual liberty, the traditional American Dream is increasingly being replaced by what could be called the American Smart Dream—an agenda centered around wealth redistribution, climate equity, and decreased property rights.

Smart Growth is not just a planning strategy — it is the proffered American expression of a global vision. As we have been discussing, the vision is rooted in the United Nations' framework for Sustainable Development

What is Smart Growth? Smart Growth is a 21st-century urban and regional planning framework that claims to balance environmental sustainability, economic opportunity, and social equity. Rooted in the United Nations’ Agenda 21 and its successor initiatives—including Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—Smart Growth operates from the premise that modern civilization faces dire global threats: climate change, social inequality, resource depletion, and urban s

PRESCOTT – Across America—and right here in Yavapai County—communities are being asked to adopt planning strategies called Sustainable Development or Vision Zero. They’re often presented as common-sense solutions for housing, traffic, and the environment. Prescott’s 2025 General Plan Update and Yavapai County’s Vision 2030 planning framework are filled with carefully chosen buzzwords and policy goals rooted in an ideology that contradict American values.