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For More Information on Livable Communities and Smart Growth:
Smart Growth America, a national coalition of nonprofit organizations working to promote livable communities through Smart Growth policies
The Growth Management Leadership Alliance, an association of more than thirty nonprofit Smart Growth groups working at the state, provincial, regional and metropolitan levels, in the U.S. and Canada. From the GMLA website you can find links to organizations in your area.
1000 Friends of Oregon, a nonprofit organization founded in 1975, is one of the nation's oldest Smart Growth organizations. It uses education, advocacy and research to help enforce, improve and defend Oregon's statewide land use planning program.
The Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy contains many important reports on a wide spectrum of Smart Growth issues including housing affordability and urban growth boundaries and state transportation spending policies.
www.brook.edu/es/urban/urban.htm
The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech has produced several research reports on Smart Growth policies and issues including how urban containment programs have worked to shape metropolitan growth and the relationship of transportation policy to the interest of minorities and the poor. These reports can be found under "research programs" (under the subheadings of "The New Metropolis", "Green Regions" and "2000 Census Reports", "Fair Growth" and "Smart Governance") at the Institute's website.
The Michigan Land Use Institute not only describes Smart Growth and livable communities efforts in Michigan but has stories and reports of national interest.
Policy Link is a nonprofit organization created to illuminate the connections between the interests and concerns of minorities and the poor and livable communities.
The National Association of Realtors has several Smart Growth programs and devotes a part of its website to Smart Growth issues.
www.realtor.org/sg3.nsf?OpenDatabase
The Congress for the New Urbanism was founded by architects, urban designers and developers who wanted to promote a new, urban, alternative to low-density suburban style sprawl. CNU holds annual Congresses and sponsors many lively educational programs about how to create and restore vibrant urban places.
The American Planning Association has several reports on Smart Growth including evaluations of different states' efforts to implement these policies.
www.planning.org/growingsmart/documents.htm
The American Institute of Architects Center for Communities by Design is a catalyst, convener, and source of information that helps AIA members work with citizens and other stakeholders to envision and create more livable, healthy, safe, and sustainable communities. Resources to support livable communities are available at AIA Center for Communities by Design Resources.
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