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The Equity Summit: Building Forward returns to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, on March 26 and 27, 2025. Featuring Jerusalem Demsas from The Atlantic as our Keynote.

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Smart Growth America empowers communities through technical assistance, advocacy and thought leadership to create livable places, healthy people, and shared prosperity. We work with elected officials at all levels, real estate developers, chambers of commerce, transportation and urban planning professionals, and residents to improve everyday life for people across the country through better development. Read more about our work >>

Now hiring: Program Manager, Land Use & Development

Now hiring: Program Manager, Land Use & Development

With the launch of the Center for Zoning Solutions, Smart Growth America is seeking a Program Manager with 3-5 years of experience and interest in zoning to primarily manage technical assistance projects for a new technical assistance and convening program of work focused on land use and health equity. The program manager will report to … Continued

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Helping communities at every stage

Helping communities at every stage

Transportation for America and Smart Growth America’s technical assistance services help communities at all different stages of their efforts to improve transportation in their communities. In a suite of projects funded by AARP this year in communities across the country, we helped partners work on policy, planning, advocacy education and relationship building.

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