Community Development Banking List
07-27-2010, 01:08 PM
Original message from: runonthebank@gmail.com
ICMA has released a new report, "Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural
Communities", which focuses on how to adapt smart growth strategies to
rural communities. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Office of Sustainable Communities, the report examines the challenges
rural communities face, including rapid growth at metropolitan edges,
declining rural populations, and the loss of working lands. It
highlights smart growth strategies that can help guide rural growth
while preserving the unique rural character of existing communities.
The report focuses on three central goals: 1) support the rural
landscape by creating an economic climate that enhances the viability of
working lands and conserves natural lands; 2) help existing places to
thrive by taking care of assets and investments such as downtowns, Main
Streets, existing infrastructure, and places that the community values;
and 3) create great new places by building vibrant, enduring
neighborhoods and communities that people, especially young people,
don't want to leave. Featuring case studies from across the country, the
report highlights how local governments, states, and non-profits have
successfully implemented smart growth strategies to support rural lands,
revitalize existing communities, and create great new places for
residents and visitors.
To read the full report, visit: www.icma.org/ruralsmartgrowth. Hard
copies of the report will be available later this summer. Stay posted to
ICMA's website for information on ordering hard copies of the report.
Roberta Lane White, Management Analyst
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mail Code: 1807T
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
202/566-2876
ICMA has released a new report, "Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural
Communities", which focuses on how to adapt smart growth strategies to
rural communities. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Office of Sustainable Communities, the report examines the challenges
rural communities face, including rapid growth at metropolitan edges,
declining rural populations, and the loss of working lands. It
highlights smart growth strategies that can help guide rural growth
while preserving the unique rural character of existing communities.
The report focuses on three central goals: 1) support the rural
landscape by creating an economic climate that enhances the viability of
working lands and conserves natural lands; 2) help existing places to
thrive by taking care of assets and investments such as downtowns, Main
Streets, existing infrastructure, and places that the community values;
and 3) create great new places by building vibrant, enduring
neighborhoods and communities that people, especially young people,
don't want to leave. Featuring case studies from across the country, the
report highlights how local governments, states, and non-profits have
successfully implemented smart growth strategies to support rural lands,
revitalize existing communities, and create great new places for
residents and visitors.
To read the full report, visit: www.icma.org/ruralsmartgrowth. Hard
copies of the report will be available later this summer. Stay posted to
ICMA's website for information on ordering hard copies of the report.
Roberta Lane White, Management Analyst
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mail Code: 1807T
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
202/566-2876