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Smart growth is an approach to community design that connects housing, transportation, and land use to create healthy, prosperous, and resilient neighborhoods.

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Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.

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Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.

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Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.

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Celebrating progress: A closer look at our Community Connectors program

Over the past year, our Community Connectors program has helped 15 teams from small and mid-sized cities advance locally driven projects to reconnect their communities that have been divided or harmed by transportation infrastructure.

By Rachel Ellis, January 7, 2025

Our new video features some of the passionate planners, advocates, and city leaders leading these efforts.

Hear from members of our cohort who are building campaigns to remove the infrastructure that has damaged their communities and repair the harm it has caused by forming coalitions, identifying strategies, and crystallizing goals to build a successful campaign with the tools needed to win.

The Community Connectors program is led by Smart Growth America in collaboration with Equitable Cities, the New Urban Mobility Alliance, and America Walks with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.