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Smart Growth America tapped to help determine the future of the Buffalo Skyway

By Steve Davis · April 15, 2019

Like a number of other 1950’s-era, aging elevated highways that are (or have already) reached the end of their designed lifespans, the elevated Buffalo Skyway bridge in New York could be the latest to be replaced with a more people-centric design that better connects the city to its waterfront. Smart Growth America’s CEO Calvin Gladney has been selected to join a panel of other notable experts to judge a state-chartered design competition about its future.

Getting intentional about equitable TOD in Chicago

By Sean Doyle · April 8, 2019

This month on Building Better Communities with Transit we talk with Kendra Freeman, the director of community engagement for the regional Metropolitan Planning Council, about TOD in Chicago. A recent update to the city’s TOD policy puts a new focus on equitable development in a city that has seen stark differences in outcomes based on zip code.

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Get schooled with the Massachusetts Opportunity Zones Academy

By Austin Parks · April 1, 2019

LOCUS and Smart Growth America are launching the 2019 Massachusetts Opportunity Zones Academy, a five-month technical assistance program, with the goal of building the capacity of three to five Massachusetts communities to leverage their designation as Opportunity Zones.

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An Alabama city grapples with its development decisions

By Brian Lutenegger · March 29, 2019

Atmore—a rural city in southern Alabama—is poised to make some key land use decisions that will have a great impact on both its long-term economic prosperity and its fiscal health. To grapple with these choices, the city partnered with Smart Growth America to gain a better understand their impact.

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Matchmakers for smart growth

By Austin Parks · March 27, 2019

The types of development projects that contribute to vibrant walkable, equitable, and sustainable communities can be complicated and often challenging to finance. So we’re doing something new to connect potential investors and developers with smart growth projects in search of a partner: the LOCUS Smart Growth Showcase.

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Got good zoning? Prove it.

By Smart Growth America · March 25, 2019

The Form-Based Codes Institute highlights a great form-based code (or codes) each year with the Richard H. Driehaus Form-Based Code Award to show what’s possible with good zoning. If you know of a form-based code that is promoting great development and accessible streets, nominate it for the 11^th annual Driehaus Award.

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Washington State Department of Transportation announces the selection of two artists to serve in the country’s first statewide artist-in-residence program

By Smart Growth America · March 22, 2019

With the announcement that Kelly Gregory and Mary Welcome have been selected to serve as artists-in-residence with WSDOT for a year, Washington becomes the first state to embed an artist in a statewide agency.

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Zoning for equity: raising all boats

By Smart Growth America · March 21, 2019

Conventional land use regulations have contributed to a great divide in our country, producing sprawling places that are marked by a stark separation of both uses and people. But form-based zoning is emerging as a creative tool for cities to remedy the inequities often produced by the conventional system.

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Minnesota Department of Transportation to host a Community Vitality Fellow to advance transportation goals

By Smart Growth America · March 21, 2019

Minnesota Department of Transportation joins Smart Growth America’s artist-in-residence program, by hosting a Community Vitality Fellow to creatively meet the agency’s goals of promoting economic vitality, improving safety, supporting multimodal transportation systems, and creating healthier communities.

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Webinar Recap: “Where to Begin: How two communities are addressing pedestrian safety”

By Natasha Riveron · March 20, 2019

This March, we hosted “Where to begin: How two communities are addressing pedestrian safety,” the latest installment in our monthly webinar series Implementation & Equity 201: The Path Forward to Complete Streets. A recording of the webinar is now available.

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