- What is "smart growth?"
- Housing
- Business
- Smart growth is good for jobs
- Economic Prosperity
- Transportation
- Environment
- Healthy Communities and People
- Revitalization
What is "smart growth?"
Smart growth is a better way to build and maintain our towns and cities. Smart growth means building urban, suburban and rural communities with housing and transportation choices near jobs, shops and schools. This approach supports local economies and protects the environment.
At the heart of the American dream is the simple hope that each of us can choose to live in a neighborhood that is beautiful, safe, affordable and easy to get around. Smart growth does just that. Smart growth creates healthy communities with strong local businesses. Smart growth creates neighborhoods with schools and shops nearby and low-cost ways to get around for all our citizens. Smart growth creates jobs that pay well and reinforces the foundations of our economy. Americans want to make their neighborhoods great, and smart growth strategies help make that dream a reality.
Smart Growth America is the only national organization dedicated to researching, advocating for and leading coalitions to bring smart growth practices to more communities nationwide. Learn more about how smart growth helps make neighborhoods great by exploring our work on Housing, Business, Jobs, Economic Prosperity, Transportation, the Environment, the Health of our Communities and neighborhood Revitalization.