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Brownfields Resources The Northeast-Midwest Institute website features a Brownfields section that includes many resources, ranging from reports and congressional briefings to focus items such as programs targeted for disadvantaged communities and revitalizing older cities.
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Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices The Center for Neighborhood Technology has received a grant from the U.S. EPA to identify and demonstrate cost-effective, community-based Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices (BMPs) that effectively reduce the volume of runoff to local sewers.
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This Is Smart Growth This Is Smart Growth is a full-color booklet describes how, when done well, development can help create more economic opportunities, build great places where people want to live and visit, preserve the qualities people love about their communities, and protect environmental resources.
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Getting to Smart Growth II Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More
Policies for Implementation
provides states and communities with policy options that can be mixed and matched to fit local circumstances, visions, and values. Free. Available online or in print.
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New! Getting to Smart Growth II is now available in Spanish. Click here to download.
 
Getting to Smart Growth Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation is back in print! This primer from the Smart Growth Network and International City/County Management Association (ICMA) serves as a roadmap for states and communities that have recognized the need for smart growth, but are unclear on how to achieve it.
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Spanish version now available.
 
Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool
Our Town: Education Curriculum for Brownfields
Mapping the Intersection of Physical Activity & the Built Environment
New Jersey Smart Growth Success Stories
 


Smart Growth Speaker Series [TBA].


7/24/2008: Food, Fuel and the Future of Farming

7/24/2008: Context Sensitive Solutions -- From the Margins to the Mainstream

7/25/2008: Toward a Sustainable Future

 
Funding Resources for Farmers Markets

Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program

Energy for Sustainability Funding

School Garden Grants

Environmental Financial Tools

Conservation Tax Incentive 2008

Sustainable Vision Grants

Brownfields of Dreams

National Association of Realtors® Smart Growth Grants

Solar America Initiative

Commuter Choice Tax Incentive

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Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools National Model of Sustained Excellence Award

2008 Annual Green Innovation Awards

World Architecture Community Awards

Sustainable Leadership Awards

National Planning Excellence, Leadership and Achievement Awards Nominations -- 2009

N.J. Environmental Excellence Awards

Schools as Centers of Community: 2008 Richard Riley Award Nominations

The Sophie Prize for Sustainable Development

Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Recognition Awards

Campus Sustainability Leadership Awards -- Call for Nominations 2008

Aging Initiative Awards

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