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Call for ideas: Healing our Highways through creativity, community, and culture (applications open)

By Eric Cova · January 31, 2024

Smart Growth America, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kresge Foundation, is requesting applications for our new grant program, Healing Our Highways. This initiative aims to generate creative ideas and activities that build knowledge, connections, and power within disadvantaged communities most harmed by transportation systems and climate change. The program … Continued

How strong is your Complete Streets policy? Use our Policy Evaluation tool to find out

By Anushka Thakkar · January 25, 2024

The National Complete Streets Coalition evaluates and scores Complete Streets policies across the country using our Policy Framework. Now, advocates and policymakers can do the same, using our free and open-source tool to evaluate existing or drafted local, MPO, or state-level Complete Streets policies. Complete Streets policies are a community’s formal commitment to fund, plan … Continued

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Growing and supporting transportation artists-in-residence

By London Weier · January 25, 2024

Smart Growth America’s new report—Transportation Artists in Residence: A Landscape of an Emerging Field—takes a closer look at two pilot artist residencies at state departments of transportation convened by our Arts and Culture team. Initially launched in 2018, Smart Growth America created the concept of artists-in-residence in state transportation agencies. The report evaluates the impacts, … Continued

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Policy Evaluation Tool FAQs

By Anushka Thakkar · January 25, 2024

The National Complete Streets Coalition evaluates and scores Complete Streets policies across the country using our Policy Framework. Now, advocates and policymakers can do the same, using our free and open-source tool to evaluate existing or drafted local, MPO, or state-level Complete Streets policies. Not all Complete Streets policies are created equally, that’s why we … Continued

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Request for proposals: Cultural organizing technical assistance consulting services

By Eric Cova · January 22, 2024

Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking proposals for consultant services to support the programming of its Arts & Culture team. Services include providing technical assistance in community and cultural organizing, power and movement building, and leadership and strategy development and implementation, by and within communities of color around issues … Continued

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Designation 2050: The case for updating Vermont’s Designation Program

By Eric Cova · January 17, 2024

Vermont’s Designation Programs guide development and state investment priorities for revitalization. In response to the Program’s evolving needs, Smart Growth America and Community Workshop collaborated on Designation 2050, a strategic report that evaluates the current Designation Programs, sharing insights and recommendations for reform. The report’s key findings aim to position a reformed Designation Program to … Continued

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What it means to follow a Complete Streets approach in rural America

By Abigail Araya · January 17, 2024

There’s a demand for opportunities to walk, bike, and roll in rural America, but so far our infrastructure has failed to keep pace. While decision-makers attempt to add safety features to transportation projects, they would do well to remember that pedestrian safety and vehicle speed are opposing goals.

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SGA comments on EPA’s Meaningful Involvement Policy

By Rachel Ellis · January 17, 2024

On Tuesday, January 16, Smart Growth America, the National Brownfields Coalition’s Environmental Justice Committee, and our allied technical assistance partner organization, Green Resources & Opportunities Workforce (GROW), submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft Meaningful Involvement Policy. The revised policy will guide EPA’s public involvement approach across all of its programs and regions.

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Request for proposals: Complete Streets Metrics Report layout and design

By Eric Cova · January 10, 2024

Smart Growth America is seeking an experienced professional in layout and design to transform a draft report into a visually appealing and accessible final resource. Please submit proposals to Heidi Simon, Director of Thriving Communities ([email protected]) by Tuesday, January 23. Overview Smart Growth America has drafted a report exploring the practice of measuring successful implementation … Continued

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Equity Summit 2024: Charles T. Brown

By Rachel Ellis · January 9, 2024

Charles T. Brown Equitable Cities LLC Founder & CEO Learn more about Charles Charles T. Brown, MPA, CPD, LCI, is more than a transportation expert—he is a catalyst for transformative change at the crossroads of mobility, equity, health, and the environment. As the dynamic force behind Equitable Cities LLC, a minority and veteran-owned consulting firm, … Continued

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