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Highlights
Read about the 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement.
HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Newsroom
- 2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
- Federal Partners Unite to Help Rural Communities with Environmental and Economic Goals
- EPA Selects 5 State Capitals for Design Assistance
- EPA, HUD, DOT Mark Partnership for Sustainable Communities Second Anniversary
- EPA Offers Sustainable Communities Building Blocks Technical Assistance Program
- EPA announces the winners of the 2010 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement (12/10)
EPA 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 research, tools, partnerships, case studies, grants, and technical assistance, EPA is helping America's communities turn their visions of the future into reality.
EPA has joined the Partnership for Sustainable Communities with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U. S. Department of Transportation to help improve access to affordable housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation costs while protecting the environment in communities nationwide. Read more...
Announcements
EPA seeks comments on its draft environmental justice and equitable development report (PDF) (83 pp, 1.4MB). Please read the instructions before commenting (PDF) (1pg, 316K, About PDF)
EPA has selected 56 communities in 26 states to receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program.
The application period is now open for the 11th annual National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. The deadline is April 6, 2012. Click here to learn about the award program and to download the application form.
On December 1, EPA recognized exemplary projects in five communities across the country with the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement: St. Louis, Missouri; Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Howard, South Dakota; and Normal, Illinois. Read the White House blog.
On Nov. 17, HUD, DOT, EPA, and USDA released Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities, a report highlighting how small towns and rural places across the country are using federal resources to enhance economic vitality and protect the environment. Read the press release. Read the report about Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities.
About Smart Growth
Learn about smart growth issues and environmental benefits. Find information about specific topics, resources, and examples of smart growth development, including the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement.
Publications
Find reports, fact sheets, and other products to learn more about smart growth and its benefits.
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Grants and Funding
Find out about financial assistance available to organizations and communities.
Making Smart Growth Happen
Find tools and information to help you improve your community: technical assistance, educational opportunities, tools for communities, partnerships, and the New Partners for Smart Growth Annual Conference.
New Resources
- Strategies for Sustainable Communities: A Guidebook Based on California Community Types
- Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities
- Iowa Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Report
- Greening America's Capitals: Little Rock, Arkansas
- Guide to Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures
- Greening America's Capitals: Boston's City Hall Plaza
- Greening America's Capitals: Charleston, West Virginia
- Greening America's Capitals: Jefferson City, Missouri
- Public Involvement Plan and Toolkit for Las Cruces
- Mixed-Use Trip Generation Model
- Greening America's Capitals: Hartford, Connecticut
- Location Efficiency and Housing Type – Boiling it Down to BTUs
- Market Acceptance of Smart Growth