Author: Smart Growth America

FY18 spending bill protects community development and affordable housing programs, reauthorizes EPA Brownfield program

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Today, the House of Representatives passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018—a $1.3 trillion proposal to fund the federal government through September 30, 2018. The omnibus package demonstrates strong bipartisan support for rebuilding our nation’s neighborhoods and repairing its crumbling infrastructure and is expected to move swiftly through the Senate and be signed into law by President Trump in the coming days.

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2018 LOCUS Leadership Summit prices going up Friday, March 23rd

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The 2018 LOCUS Leadership Summit: Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods is just around the corner. LOCUS is excited to welcome the nation’s top real estate industry leaders, policy experts, and elected officials to Washington, DC from April 22-24 and we hope to see you among them. Registration prices will go up this Friday, March 23. So don’t miss your chance to participate in this year’s dynamic event!

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Best Complete Streets Initiatives: Baltimore City Councilman Ryan Dorsey

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Councilman Ryan Dorsey, in collaboration with the advocacy organization Bikemore, drafted a groundbreaking Complete Streets ordinance for the City of Baltimore. The Complete Streets ordinance, if adopted, will introduce stringent, binding requirements to proactively reduce disparities in community engagement, project delivery, and performance measurements. The proposed ordinance is the result of a yearlong stakeholder engagement process that has built a broad coalition of supporters to oversee the adoption and implementation of this ambitious ordinance.

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Why I’m a part of the Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods campaign: Pres Kabacoff

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Pres Kabacoff, co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of HRI Properties, shares more about his experience as a member of LOCUS’ Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods campaign. Pres discusses the campaign’s work influencing recent federal legislation, upcoming opportunities for action, and more.

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Best Complete Streets Initiatives: Rochester, NY

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Through the Inner Loop East Transformation Project, the City of Rochester, NY is reimagining its street network by putting people and place before cars. The project supports the city’s vision for a more vibrant, connected downtown by converting an outdated urban expressway into a walkable, bikeable Complete Streets boulevard that reconnects the neighborhoods once divided by the expressway. This project is an important step in achieving the goals set forth in the city’s Complete Streets ordinance and Master Plan.

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Don’t miss the 2018 LOCUS Leadership Summit: Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods

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Join the nation’s leading real estate developers, investors, and local elected officials to learn about important housing and tax policy changes, the future of infrastructure and real estate finance, the impact of technology on mobility, and the role of equity in neighborhood redevelopment at this year’s LOCUS Leadership Summit.

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Infrastructure and budget proposals fail to fix crumbling infrastructure or expand economic opportunity

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This morning, President Trump released his “Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America” and “An American Budget” for the next fiscal year (FY19). In response, Geoff Anderson, President and CEO of Smart Growth America, issued the following statement:

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