Smart Growth America

White Flint Partnership looks to smart growth strategies to become a vibrant destination

homepage-excerpt: Property owners in Montgomery County, Maryland, want to make their neighborhood great, and they're using smart growth strategies to do it.

homepage-excerpt: Washington, DC's Metropolitan Area Transit Authority brings large, tangible benefits to the DC-area economy. A new report from AECOM and Smart Growth America details just how big these benefits are.

homepage-excerpt: Smart Growth America is pleased to announce the 15 communities that have been selected to receive this year's free smart growth technical assistance.

homepage-excerpt: Decades of underinvestment in regular repair have left many states' roads in poor condition, and the cost of repairing these roads is rising faster than many states can address them.

homepage-excerpt: New Jersey Attempting to Get a Handle on Development
Wall Street Journal - January 27, 2012
After more than two decades of sprawling suburban growth and state agency feuds that led to chaotic regional-planning efforts, the Christie administration is pushing a new vision for future development in New Jersey.

homepage-excerpt: The population of Central Iowa is growing fast, and it needs new strategies for development if it wants to turn that growth into prosperity.
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homepage-excerpt: A Better Way to Fix the Housing Market?
New York Times - January 25, 2012
In his State of the Union address, President Obama announced the creation of a joint federal-state unit to investigate mortgage abuses and outlined a proposal to reduce the monthly payments of homeowners whose mortgage debts exceed the value of their homes. There are, of course, many ideas like this and others for mortgage relief, but which are the most promising to restore the housing market and revive the economy?