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The programs outlined in the 2019 LOCUS Federal Financing Toolkit could be the key to making your community’s next project a reality. From urban to suburban and rural development projects, the toolkit will help you determine the most appropriate federal financing programs, advance your next smart growth project, and create new business opportunities across the … Continued

Strengthening broadband capabilities in rural communities As information- and technology-based industries become a larger part of the national economy, rural communities with limited broadband connections are struggling to keep pace. To help rural places get up to speed, Smart Growth America worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Appalachian Regional … Continued

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Thank you for renewing your LOCUS membership As a LOCUS member, you actively engage with policies which will support smart growth and the development of equitable, sustainable housing and land use strategies.  By providing members of Congress and state policy makers with expert advice on current consumer demand and the many benefits of smart growth, … Continued

Since 2012, LOCUS Developers: Responsible Developers and Investors has presented our National Leadership Awards to developers or investors who demonstrate exemplary commitment to furthering LOCUS’s mission of public leadership and advocacy in support of smart growth development. Here are the past award recipients:        2019 National Leadership Awards Project of the Year: Taylor Street Apartments … Continued

Eligibility Nominees must: Be or be the owner or principal of a private for-profit company; Have a history of development near major urban centers of employment, public transit and/or transportation hubs; Conduct their business in a way that exemplifies the LOCUS mission. Criteria Recipients are determined by a five-member selection committee of industry peers that uses … Continued

Smart growth development has the potential to extensively benefit the economy of a town or city. Of the many smart growth strategies that benefit local economies, LOCUS has identified two that are especially effective as economic catalysts: transit-oriented and mixed-use development. Transit-Oriented Development Transit-oriented development (TOD) means investing around existing transit infrastructure. This smart growth … Continued

Federal programs play an enormous role in supporting the real estate sector and directing new development. With nearly $1 trillion in direct tax subsidies and $4 trillion in loan guarantees over the last 5 years, the U.S. government has a significant impact on the real estate market, including where new development is built and what … Continued

Real estate, and the infrastructure that supports it, represents 35% of the United States’ asset base – by far the country’s largest asset class. As a result, depressions in real estate have generally caused recessions in the general economy; two of the last three recessions, including the current one, have convincingly shown this. To get … Continued