Request for Qualifications: Writing Support Services

Through this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Smart Growth America (SGA) is soliciting Qualifications for on-call professional consulting services, including but not limited to, conducting subject matter research, report/resource document writing, and grant writing. SGA is looking for Qualifications from firms or individuals who can provide quality consulting services to SGA from 2023-2026, with the potential … Continued

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Request for Proposals: SGA Website Redesign

Smart Growth America (SGA) Is seeking an experienced web developer to lead a redesign of smartgrowthamerica.org, including a visual rebrand and restructuring of the overall information architecture. We are looking to create a dynamic, highly visual, educational site that clearly communicates our North Star, programmatic priorities, programs, and importantly, our impact. As a national leader … Continued

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Request for Proposals: SGA Employee Handbook Update

Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking a human resources consultant (individual consultant or dedicated individual within a small firm) to perform an update of SGA’s employee handbook and provide associated services related to the rollout of the new handbook. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. About Smart … Continued

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Request for Proposals: Complete Streets videos

Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking an experienced videographer to create two videos (one 1-5 minute video, and one 30-60 second short) focusing on the history of Complete Streets work in Wenatchee, WA since passing their Complete Streets policy in 2016. SGA and the National Complete Streets Coalition provide support, advocacy, and technical assistance for … Continued

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Call to Action: How our interactive programming is helping to advance racial equity

Smart Growth America’s Equity Summit returned for its third year with programming that encouraged attendees to think through how they can advance racial equity in their own practices. The keynotes and panels were centered on the themes of Equitable Community Development, Reconnecting Communities, and Equitable Decarbonization. The virtual event drew participants from all over the … Continued

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Staff takeaways from the 2023 Equity Summit

Last month, Smart Growth America hosted our third annual Equity Summit. The three days of virtual programming held space for thought leaders and practitioners in the planning space to gather and ensure that racial equity is a key priority in any smart growth approach. Each of the three days was concentrated on a specific smart … Continued

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2023 Complete Streets Dinner: Celebrating progress toward safer communities

  On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, Smart Growth America hosted the 11th annual Complete Streets Dinner to celebrate the work of the National Complete Streets Coalition, a program of Smart Growth America that works to create safer, more complete streets and communities. Speakers included SGA President and CEO Calvin Gladney, representatives from sponsor organizations, and … Continued

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Equity Forum: Advancing equitable transit-oriented development

Smart Growth America teamed up with the Amazon Housing Equity Fund and several DC-region partners to host a forum on Equitable Transit-oriented Development (ETOD) on Wednesday, December 7. Decision-makers in the public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors gathered to share replicable policies and funding strategies to advance ETOD in our region and across the country. … Continued

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