In honor of the program’s three year anniversary, Smart Growth America hosted a reception celebrating the Partnership for Sustainable Communities – a collaborative effort between the Department of Transportation, the Deparment of Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency – on June 30, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Joining the celebration was John Frece, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Sustainable Communities; John D. Porcari, Deputy Secretary of Transportation for the Department of Transportation; and Shelley Poticha, Director of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities.
The Partnership for Sustainable Communities works to coordinate federal housing, transportation, water, and other infrastructure investments to make neighborhoods more prosperous, allow people to live closer to jobs, save households time and money, and reduce pollution. The partnership agencies incorporate six principles of livability into federal funding programs, policies, and future legislative proposals.
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