Smart growth helps communities grow in ways that expand economic opportunity while protecting human The U.S. EPA also works with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Smart Growth Program helps communities grow in ways that expand economic opportunity, protect public health and the environment, and create and enhance the places that people love. Through technical assistance, publications, research, tools, and grants, EPA is helping America's communities turn their visions of the future into reality. Technical Assistance: EPA Sm
art Growth offers technical assistance to tribal, state, regional, and local governments through several programs. Many of these projects produce reports that can be helpful to other communities.Learn more about these programs and find links to reports at www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-growth-technical-assistance-programs. Publications: EPA Smart Growth has many publications to help communities make more efficient and equitable development decisions. See the complete list at www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-growth-publications
Research: EPA Smart Growth conducts research on a variety of topics, including:
rural smart growth, business and economic development, water quality and green infrastructure, transportation and air quality, climate change and energy, brownfields, infill, and more. Tools: EPA Smart Growth has several tools designed to implement smart growth approaches. Tools include: step-by-step guide to building a place-based economic development strategy, a self-assessment for rural communities, smart location calculator, geospatial data, water quality scorecard and many other practical resources for smart growth development. A complete list is available at www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-growth-tools
Grants: EPA Smart Growth occasionally offers grants to support activities that improve the quality of development and protect human health and the environment. Grants announcements are posted at www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/
epa-smart-growth-grants-and-other-funding and on www.grants.gov. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. Grant announcements for HUD and DOT sustainable communities grants are posted at https://www.sustainablecommunities.gov/grants.html.
