At the first smart growth conference in 1999 one of the major conclusions on which there was general agreement was that a working group should be established that would monitor and guide the next steps for achieving smart growth in New York State. This was an informal working group, but it has served well for the last year in developing a set of principles based on the recommendations from the speakers at the 1999 conference. The working group has also drafted legislative proposals and language and some of this language has now been incorporated in the Executive Order signed by Governor Pataki in January, 2000, which established the Quality Communities Task Force. The participating member organizations of the Smart Growth Working Group are listed below. 

Smart Growth Working Group Participating Members
American Farmland Trust
Association of Towns of the State of New York
Environmental Advocates
Farm Bureau
Glynwood Center
Government Law Center of Albany Law School
Group for the South Fork
Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, University of Buffalo
Land Trust Alliance New York Program
Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law
Long Island Builders Institute
National Audubon Society of New York State (chair)
New York League of Conservation Voters
New York Parks and Conservation Association
New York Planning Federation
New York State Builders Association
New York State Conference of Mayors
Niagara Mohawk Foundation
Office of the Mayor of Rochester
Preservation League of New York State
Regional Plan Association
Scenic Hudson
Sustainable Long Island
The Nature Conservancy
Upstate NY Chapter, American Planning Association
Westchester Land Trust