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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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Webinar on Positive Messaging – SGA Coalition Call 7/28/11

This webinar included tips on how to frame your projects and ideas, how to form a strong coalition with partners, how to deal with opposition at public meetings and ultimately how to pivot back to your positive message at every opportunity.

By Administrator, August 1, 2011

Listen in: Click here to view the archived webinar

Downloadable at the links below are some resource to help prepare for your next community meeting, tips on organizing and outreach and ideas for how to plan for conflict. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE FOR INTERNAL PURPOSES ONLY and are NOT intended to be distributed.