Smart Growth America

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Greer, SC explores transit options along Route 29 with help from Smart Growth America

homepage-excerpt: Community leaders in Greer, South Carolina, are trying to figure out if and how the town might create better transportation options for its residents.

Smart Growth Stories: City Councilmember Tommy Wells on creating great neighborhoods in Washington DC

homepage-excerpt: Washington, DC's neighborhoods have seen a huge resurgence in recent years, and nowhere in the city is this more visible than DC's Ward 6.

Smart growth stories: New York City Councilmember Brad Lander on building better neighborhoods with community participation

homepage-excerpt: Where does change come from? Who comes up with the ideas and proposals needed to reinvigorate neighborhoods?

From Vacancy to Vibrancy

From Vacancy to Vibrancy: A guide to redeveloping underground storage tank sites through area-wide planning

homepage-excerpt: A new guide outlines strategies for redeveloping gas stations, auto body shops, and industrial facilities.

Smart growth news – May 18, 2012

homepage-excerpt: Erie and Chautauqua counties to get state land bank
Buffalo News (NY) - May 17, 2012
The Empire State Development Corp. on Thursday approved a joint application from Erie County and the cities of Buffalo, Lackawanna and Tonawanda, as well as one from Chautauqua County, giving the area the ability to start two of the state's first land banks.

Greer, SC explores transit options along Route 29 with help from Smart Growth America

homepage-excerpt: Community leaders in Greer, South Carolina, are trying to figure out if and how the town might create better transportation options for its residents.

National Complete Streets Coalition to become official program of Smart Growth America

homepage-excerpt: In an effort to ensure the continued growth and widespread support for Complete Streets policies, the National Complete Streets Coalition’s steering committee recently approved a proposal to incorporate the coalition as an official program of Smart Growth America.