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LEED-ND deserves our enthusiastic support

By Smart Growth America · August 20, 2009

Kaid Benfield is a Smart Growth America board member and the director of NRDC’s Smart Growth program. This post originally appeared on his NRDC Switchboard Blog. Our thanks to him for letting us run it in full here. -Ed.

I make no pretense of objectivity on this one. I’ve been working on LEED for Neighborhood Development for seven long years. It’s now finished and awaiting final approval by the three founding partners – NRDC (in consultation with the Smart Growth America coalition), the US Green Building Council, and the Congress for the New Urbanism.

What constitutes country life?

By Smart Growth America · June 25, 2008

updated 6/27: The NYT changed the previous headline from “country living” to the “far suburbs.” Good piece today in the New York Times, surveying the scope of changing preferences for buying in the suburbs as energy prices continue rising: Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the … Continued

Uncategorized Gas prices Housing Sprawl suburbs

Complete streets and gas prices

By Smart Growth America · June 17, 2008

Guest post by Barbara McCann, coordinator of the National Complete Streets Coalition As Americans watch the seemingly inexorable climb in gas prices, many are looking at their streets in a new way. They are looking for streets that can give them more than a way out of their neighborhood – they need a way out … Continued

Complete Streets Uncategorized Driving Gas prices

We're looking for a Web and Tech Manager

By Smart Growth America · May 19, 2008

Smart Growth America is looking for an IT professional to manage its current web assets and the rollout of new CRM and CMS systems. Do you have experience designing and building and managing websites, managing small local networks? Would you be willing to do tech support grunt work for our small office while also managing … Continued

Uncategorized Announcements Jobs

NYC's farsighted congestion pricing plan dead

By Smart Growth America · April 8, 2008

As you may have read this morning in numerous other outlets, New York City’s plan to implement congestion pricing in Manhattan was defeated last night without reaching a vote on the floor. [NYT] The plan would have charged most cars $8 and trucks $21 to enter traffic-choked Midtown and Lower Manhattan during busy hours on … Continued

Uncategorized Commuting Congestion Pricing Tolls Traffic Transit Transportation

Urban freeways continued: Seattle

By Smart Growth America · February 14, 2008

The Alaskan Way Viaduct is a three story barrier, separating Seattle from its historic waterfront. Continuing the thread started yesterday on urban freeways and the CNU Teardown Survey, we have a guest blogger today. Cary Moon is the co-founder and director of the People’s Waterfront Coalition, which is a grassroots group that formed a few … Continued

Local Leaders Council Uncategorized Guest Bloggers Infrastructure Transportation Urban Affairs Urban Freeways

The Smart Growth toolkit is released

By Smart Growth America · January 17, 2008

This is a news release from the Smart Growth Leadership Institute about the final release of their new toolkit: Smart Growth Leadership Institute releases toolkit to help communities implement smart growth. The Smart Growth Leadership Institute (SGLI) has released a suite of tools to help communities identify and overcome barriers to smarter growth and more … Continued

Uncategorized Announcements SGA Programs

National Commission Report Shows Federal Transportation Program is Broke — and Broken

By Smart Growth America · January 15, 2008

Joint statement by the Smart Growth America, Reconnecting America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership to the report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 Contact: David Goldberg, 202-412-7930 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Surface Transportation Study Commission has provided an invaluable service in marshalling … Continued

Uncategorized Announcements Transit Transportation

Jobs and Internships at SGA

By Smart Growth America · December 14, 2007

Smart Growth America is looking to fill several internships and one full-time paid fellowship. (See the links at left) The National Complete Streets Coalition is seeking a Complete Streets Fellow. This is a tremendous opportunity for a recent graduate to take on significant responsibility while learning about transportation reform issues and working directly with a … Continued

Uncategorized Announcements SGA Programs

Introducing the Smart Growth Implementation Toolkit

By Smart Growth America · December 3, 2007

We’d like to alert you to this important annoucement from the Smart Growth Leadership Institute: Join us for a Knowledgplex Experts (Online) Chat as we introduce the Smart Growth Implementation Toolkit on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 2 p.m. ET The Smart Growth Leadership Institute, through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is … Continued

Uncategorized Announcements EPA SGA Programs

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