The plan proposes keeping research and development on missile defense level at about $8 billion.

Support is growing to keep development from surviving portions of seashore.

"The issue becomes, what's the best way to keep development going so you have more revenues coming on line?"

They agree to tax themselves to keep development out.

Lambertville's civic leaders have tried to keep development in check, with mixed results.

For the most part, they want to keep it that way, which means keeping commercial development out.

The town's planning and zoning department has worked hard to keep commercial development at bay.

Phoenix has set a goal of trying to keep development within about a 500-square-mile area.

Paradoxically, economic growth has shifted to the suburbs, where officials and residents often fight to keep development at bay.

For one thing, he said, high construction costs have kept new development in check.