Webinar: Eliminating zoning barriers to healthy communities

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Webinar: Eliminating zoning barriers to healthy communities

By Rachel Ellis, December 16, 2025

Smart Growth America's Center for Zoning Solutions is on a mission to help communities across the nation implement equitable land use policies that can support people to live, work, and thrive, no matter where they call home. From improving access to housing and healthy food to preventing harmful land uses, zoning plays a powerful role in shaping physical and mental health. Are you a community-based organization leader who has been looking for ways to reform physical and mental health in your community? Are you interested in how zoning/land use regulations impact these aspects of health? This webinar provides information about our upcoming, free technical assistance program and to help shape its design!

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