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Highlights
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New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Feb. 7-9, 2013, Kansas City, MO
National Conversation on the Future of Our Communities: Submit your blog post, video, or multimedia presentation.
HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities
The Partnership for Sustainable Communities works to coordinate federal investments to help communities meet their housing, transportation, and environmental goals.
EPA helps communities grow in ways that expand economic opportunity, protect public health and the environment, and create and enhance the places that people love. Through research, tools, partnerships, case studies, grants, and technical assistance, EPA is helping America's communities turn their visions of the future into reality.
Announcements
Report: Achieving Hazard-Resilient Coastal & Waterfront Smart Growth: Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth and Hazard Mitigation Roundtable Report, coauthored by EPA and NOAA, presents ideas on how coastal and waterfront communities can create environmentally and economically sustainable neighborhoods while minimizing risks of coastal and waterfront flooding.
Technical Assistance: EPA announced a new round of assistance from Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities. Read the press release. Read the Request for Letters of Interest (PDF) (13pp 456K, About PDF). Learn about the second webinar, Oct. 4, 3:00-4:00 Eastern.
Design Assistance: EPA announced that the capitals of Kentucky, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, and Indiana will be awarded design assistance from the Greening America's Capitals program. See the news release.
Report and Tool: A Project Selection Tool for the State of Rhode Island: Leveraging State Transportation, Housing, and Infrastructure Investments. EPA worked with Rhode Island's KeepSpace program to help prioritize state, nonprofit, and federal resources. This assistance resulted in a project selection tool that may be of use to other communities facing similar challenges.
The blogging begins! Join the National Conversation on the Future of Our Communities: http://www.smartgrowth.org/engine/convo.php
About Smart Growth
Learn about smart growth issues and environmental benefits. Find information about specific topics, resources, and examples of smart growth development, including the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement.
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