Providing services to residential development, particularly low-density development, costs towns more than they receive back in revenue.

A recent study done by the HOK Planning Group for their work on the preparation of the Erie-Niagara Framework for Regional Growth showed that, over the next twenty-five years, our region could save about $800 million in capital costs -- not to mention potential ongoing operating cost savings -- by choosing a development pattern of more dense reinvestment rather than continuing with the current unplanned pattern.