This Is Smart Growth

A new report by the Smart Growth Network

Want to see what smart growth actually looks like? This Is Smart Growth showcases 40 places around the United States, from cities and suburbs to small towns and rural communities, where a combination of good development and growth policies have improved residents' quality of life.

As one of the founding members of the Smart Growth Network, the American Planning Association is pleased to announce the release of this new publication. Along with EPA and NOAA, more than 30 national organizations representing planning, business, housing, environmental, and local government interests teamed up to produce this report. It illustrates how communities can turn their visions, values, and aspirations for building better communities into reality. This Is Smart Growth describes how development can be done both well and wisely to help create more economic opportunities for residents, build great places where people want to live and visit, preserve the qualities people love about their communities, and protect vital environmental resources.

Hard copies are also available from the EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at 800-490-9198 or via e-mail at ncepimal@one.net. Ask for publication number 231-K-06-002.

To download a free copy of This Is Smart Growth, visit www.smartgrowth.org.

The Smart Growth Network includes the following members:

American Farmland Trust • American Planning Association • Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations • Center for Neighborhood Technology • Congress for the New Urbanism• Enterprise • Environmental Law Institute • Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities • Institute of Transportation Engineers • Local Government Commission • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • NACo Center for Sustainable Communities • National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals • National Association of Realtors • National Multi-Housing Council • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • National Trust for Historic Preservation • Natural Resources Defense Council • Northeast-Midwest Institute • Rails to Trails Conservancy • Scenic America • Smart Growth America • State of Maryland • Surface Transportation Policy Project • Sustainable Communities Network • The Conservation Fund • Trust for Public Land • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Urban Land Institute • Virginia Tech Metropolitan Institute and Urban Affairs & Planning Program