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Register Now for the 2004
National Award for Smart Growth Achievement Winners' Ceremony
to be held at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC
on November 17th, from 12:30 - 1:30PM. More.... |
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Protecting
Water Resources with Smart Growth
EPA has released a new report that will help communities protect
water resources and achieve smart growth. The report documents
75 innovative approaches - including redeveloping abandoned
properties, encouraging rooftop gardens, creating shared parking,
and promoting tree planting - that state and local governments
and water quality professionals can use to achieve their smart
growth and water quality goals. More....
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Smart
Growth is Smart Business. The National Association of Local
Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP) and the Smart
Growth Leadership Institute (SGLI) have released Smart Growth
is Smart Business: Boosting the Bottom Line and Community Prosperity.
Written under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. EPA, the
report profiles 17 business-led efforts that support smart growth.
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EPA
Aging Initiative Funding Opportunity : Protecting the Health
of Older Adults by Improving the Environment: Training, Innovation,
Outreach and Educational Projects. More.... |
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Characteristics and
Performance of Regional Transportation Systems
This report is temporarily unavailable. More....
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New EPA Study: Travel and Environmental
Implications of School Siting
This study examines the relationship between school location,
the built environment around schools, how kids get to school,
and air emission impacts of those travel choices. More.... |
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Spotlight On... |
Getting
to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation
Following on the heels of the wildly popular first volume of
Getting to Smart Growth, the International City/County Management
Association (ICMA) and the Smart Growth Network released Getting
to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation. Both
primers are part of the ongoing series by ICMA and the Smart
Growth Network, and describe concrete techniques of putting
the ten smart growth principles into practice. To get your free
copy, send your name, organization, address, and email to: smartgrowth@epa.gov
or call 202-566-2878. More.... |
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