Our Coalition

Smart Growth America is proud to lead the only national coalition of state and local organizations working for smart growth across the country. Coalition member organizations can log-in to the members-only section of the website here. If your organization is interested in joining the coalition, click here to learn more.

National Organizations

Alliance to Save Energy American Farmland Trust American Planning Association American Rivers Center for Community Change Center for Community Progress Center for Neighborhood Technology Center for Transportation Excellence Congress for the New Urbanism Defenders of Wildlife Environmental and Energy Study Institute Environmental Defense Fund Environmental Law & Policy Center Friends of the Earth Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Good Jobs First Institute for Sustainable Communities International City/County Management Association

Local Initiatives Support Corporation National Center for Bicycling and Walking National Complete Streets Coalition National Low Income Housing Coalition National Trust for Historic Preservation National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources Defense Council NCB Capital Impacts Northeast-Midwest Institute PolicyLink Project for Public Spaces Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Reconnecting America Sierra Club Surface Transportation Policy Project Trust for Public Land United States Public Interest Research Group Urban Land Institute

Regional, State and Local Organizations

Some coalition members are working in multiple states across a region. Those groups are notated with an * and listed with each state.

Alabama Conservation Alabama Foundation Arizona Sonoran Institute Rainbow Housing Assistance Corporation California Greenbelt Alliance Local Government Commission TransForm Connecticut 1000 Friends of Connecticut Regional Plan Association* District of Columbia Chesapeake Bay Foundation* Coalition for Smarter Growth* Southern Environmental Law Center Florida Smart Growth Partnership 1000 Friends of Florida Georgia Livable Communities Coalition Idaho Idaho Smart Growth Illinois Metropolitan Planning Council Iowa 1000 Friends of Iowa Louisiana The Center for Planning Excellence Maine GrowSmart Maine Maryland 1000 Friends of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Foundation* Coalition for Smarter Growth* Massachusetts Conservation Law Foundation Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance Metropolitan Area Planning Council Michigan Michigan Environmental Council Michigan Suburbs Alliance

Minnesota Envision Minnesota (formerly 1000 Friends of Minnesota) Montana Montana Smart Growth Coalition New Jersey New Jersey Future Regional Plan Association* New York Empire State Future Regional Plan Association* North Carolina Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation/Piedmont Triad Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Project WakeUP Wake County Western North Carolina Alliance Ohio Greater Ohio Promo World, LLC Oregon 1000 Friends of Oregon Pennsylvania 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Foundation* Rhode Island Grow Smart Rhode Island Tennessee Cumberland Region Tomorrow Texas Houston Tomorrow Virginia Chesapeake Bay Foundation* Coalition for Smarter Growth* Piedmont Environmental Council Washington Forterra Futurewise Transportation Choices Coalition Wisconsin 1000 Friends of Wisconsin Madison Area Bus Advocates