Integrated Planning
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>25 February, 2016 Feb 25
The Scenic Route: Getting Started with Creative Placemaking in Transportation
Transportation agencies are always looking for meaningful ways to engage with and gain the support of the communities they serve. Doing so builds the type of public tru (...)
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>24 February, 2016 Feb 24
Two applications for community assistance available: on mobility, and balancing nature and commerce
Conservation Fund The Conservation Fund is hosting its Balancing Nature and Commerce in Rural Communities and Landscapes workshop on May 3 – 5 in Shepherdstown, WV. D (...)
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>02 October, 2015 Oct 02
Applications Now Accepted for Smart Growth America’s 2016 Free Technical Assistance Workshops
Each year Smart Growth America offers a limited number of free workshops to help local leaders and residents make their communities more livable, sustainable, and vibrant (...)
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>30 September, 2015 Sep 30
Smart Growth Self-Assessment for Rural Communities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Sustainable Communities has recently released the Smart Growth Self-Assessment for Rural Communities, a comp (...)
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>27 July, 2015 Jul 27
Built Environment Assessment Tool
The Centers for Disease Control’s Division of Community Health has released the Built Environment Assessment Tool Manual. This manual explains the importance of u (...)
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>07 July, 2015 Jul 07
Imagining Livability Design Collection
AARP and the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute have released the Imagining Livability Design Collection (PDF). The document provides photos of tranpsortation-r (...)
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>17 March, 2015 Mar 17
Center for Disease Control’s Community Health Status Indicators
The Center for Disease Control’s Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) 2015 is an interactive web application that produces health profiles for all 3,143 counties i (...)
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>12 March, 2015 Mar 12
AARP Livable Communities Website
AARP has launched a new website on livable communities, with resources on transportation, housing, telecommunications and energy, measuring livability, and more. Learn (...)
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>17 February, 2015 Feb 17
Resilient Region Policies: Sustainable Community Comp Plan Language and Ordinances
In 2010, a regional consortium led by the Region Five Development Commission (R5DC) was awarded an $825,050 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from the Depar (...)
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>10 February, 2015 Feb 10
Vermont Circumferential Highway Alternatives Planning Process
In 2011, the Governor of Vermont announced that the controversial Chittenden County Circumferential Highway (“the CIRC”) would not be completed. Planning for the CIRC (...)
