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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.

Complete Streets Included in Bills to Create Livable Communities for an Aging America

By Stephanie Potts · August 11, 2009

Several bills recently introduced in Congress recognize the clear benefits that complete streets provide for improving the safety and livability of a community for everyone living there–regardless of age or ability.

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Destination: Your Hometown–Meet with your Member of Congress in August

By Stephanie Potts · August 7, 2009

Here in Washington, August is known for sweltering heat, but the real action is heating up back in your hometown. With Members of Congress back to their districts for August recess, now is a great time to talk to your representative about all the benefits of complete streets.

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Stranded at the Station: The Impact of the Financial Crisis in Public Transportation

By Claire W. · August 1, 2009

This joint report by T4America and the Transportation Equity Network is the first systematic analysis of the conundrum faced by communities and their transit systems: Historic ridership and levels of demand for service, coupled with the worst funding crisis in decades.

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SGA Monthly Coalition Call, July 30, 2009

By Elisa Ortiz · July 30, 2009

3:30PM EST

Attendance
Jeri Mintzer (jmintzer.2009@smartgrowthamerica.org), Lindsey Gael (lgael@smartgrowthamerica.org), Elisa Ortiz (eortiz@smartgrowthamerica.org)
Kate Rube (kraube@smartgrowthameric.org), Will Schroeer (wschroeer@smartgrowthamerica.org) – Smart Growth America, DC
Kristin Purdy (Kristin.purdy@t4america.org) – Transportation for America
Kathleen Spencer (kspencer@c-pex.org) – Center for Planning Excellence, LA
Rachel Winer (Rachel@idahosmartgrowth.org) – Idaho Smart Growth
Jim Gray (jgray@ncbcapitalimpact.org) – NCB Capital Impact
Jane Kirchner (jkirchner@farmland.org) – America Farmland Trust, DC
Gloria Katz (gfkatz@prodigy.net) – Smart Growth Partnership, Southeast Florida
Lee Epstein (lepstein@savethebay.cbf.org) – Chesapeake Bay Foundation
April Putney (april@futurewise.org) and Sara Nikolic (sara@futurewise.org) – Futurewise, WA
John Maximuk (jmaximuk@livablecommunitiescoalition.org) – Livable Communities Coalition, GA
Scott Wolf (swolf@growsmartri.com) – Grow Smart Rhode Island
Carey Knecht (cknecht@greenbelt.org) – Greenbelt Alliance, CA
Gene Krebs (gkrebs@greaterohio.org) – Greater Ohio

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Wednesday News – Rockville, MD Adopts a Policy

By Stefanie Seskin · July 29, 2009

This week’s news include a new policy in Rockville, MD, some complete streets inspired musings in Indiana, data supporting the safety in numbers theory, and more.

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Public Health Community Lines Up Behind Complete Streets

By Barbara McCann · July 29, 2009

A new flurry of study results, meetings, and reports from the public health community – including a specific recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – are pointing the way toward complete streets policies as an important tool in the fight against the obesity crisis.

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Small blue-collar Maryland hamlet innovates with stimulus help

By Admin · July 27, 2009

The town of Edmonston in Prince George’s County, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C., is a small hamlet of under 2000 residents, most of them blue-collar workers. Like many other cities in America, times are tough in Edmonston, which has high rates of unemployment and foreclosure. What makes life particularly hard for Edmonston is that it is bisected by the Anacostia River. Due to poor environmental practices, the Anacostia periodically floods the town, wreaking devastation on a place already struggling to get by.

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Wednesday News – Policy in Hennepin County

By Stefanie Seskin · July 22, 2009

News on complete streets comes in daily now, so we’re going to start a new feature in our blog to keep everyone – including us! – up to speed.

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Real estate service finds walkable, transit-accessible homes

By Steve Davis · July 20, 2009

During the housing crash it became clear that not all parts of the country were being affected equally — and not even all areas within a metro area were performing the same. In the DC region, foreclosures were rising and home prices were falling rapidly in several exurban counties, while prices were holding mostly steady … Continued

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