Smart Growth America

Smart Growth America

Smart Growth America is a coalition of advocacy organizations that have a stake in how metropolitan expansion affects the environment, quality of life and economic sustainability. Partners include national, state and local groups, working on behalf of the environment, historic preservation, social equity, land conservation, neighborhood redevelopment, farmland protection, and labor.

Member groups include the statewide "1000 Friends" organizations, Washington's Futurewise, GrowSmartMaine, New Jersey Future, and the San Francisco Bay Area's Greenbelt Alliance.

See also

* Smart growth

External links

* [http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org Smart Growth America web site]
* [http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org Smart Growth America blog]


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