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Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Conference Presentations from the 2008 Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Conference are available online as PDF files through the AMPO website. The event was held October 28-31, 2008, in in Seattle, Washington.
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Disadvantaged Communities Network The Northeast-Midwest Institute has posted on its website presentations and audio archives from the EPA-sponsored Disadvantaged Communities Network events. The Network was launched in 2006 launched to provide brownfields tools and technical assistance to local communities that are seeking to overcome economic and neighborhood disadvantage.
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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.
 
Your Town Alabama: Community-Building Workshops
The Chesapeake Bay and the Myth of Endless Growth
Montana Transportation Choices
Connecting Green Trail Packages
 



1/8/2009: Implementing Sustainable Development in Your Community

1/11/2009: Raising the Bar on Sustainable Design

1/14/2009: Transit: Finance and Investment for a New Era

 
Smart Growth Network Web Site Request for Proposals

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Call for Proposals

Nature in Neighborhoods Restoration and Enhancement Grants

Nature in Neighborhood Capital Grants

Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant Program -- Minnesota

USDA Cooperative Extension Grants

Project Orange Thumb Community Garden Grant -- 2009

New England Small Grants

Boston Grants Initiative Applications

Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grants

Frontera Farmer Foundation Grants -- 2009

Planet Connect Grant Program

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Great Places Awards -- 2009 Call for Nominations

AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects -- 2009 Nominations

AMPO Awards 2008

Environmental Justice Achievement Awards

National Wetlands Awards Nominations

CNU Charter Awards Nominations

ULI Awards for Excellence Nominations

Sustainable Cities Award Call for Entries

ULI Global Awards for Excellence

Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award

Next Generation Design Competition

Florida Better Community Awards

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