Category: Reports
Age-Friendly Communities: The Movement to Create Great Places to Grow Up and Grow Old in America
This document, produced by Grantmakers in Aging, spotlights notable age-friendly programs, highlights issues and best practices, and offers insight from top thought leaders to assist funders and grant-making agencies in developing age-friendly community… more »
Strong Cities, Strong Communities: 1st Annual Report of the White House Council
The Strong Cities, Strong Communities Council, established by President Barack Obama in 2012, demonstrates a new model for the federal government to partner with distressed cities to help them get back on their feet. This annual report describes the pro… more »
The Best Complete Streets Policies of 2012
The movement for "complete streets" — thoroughfares designed for a wide range of users including bicyclists, transit-riders, and people on foot — remained strong in 2012, according to this new report by Smart Growth America (SGA) and the National Comple… more »
Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach
This American Planning Association report shows how green infrastructure cleans the air and water, replenishes aquifers, reduces flooding, and moderates the climate. Green infrastructure can also promote healthy exercise and access to more locally grown… more »
Strategic Lessons in Sustainable Community Building
This report by Groundwork USA highlights ten case studies from communities that are working to become more equitable and sustainable through community engagement in reclaiming brownfields, urban rivers, and vacant spaces.
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Reset: Assessing Future Housing Markets in the Northern Rockies
This new report from the Sonoran Institute looks at the future housing market of the American West, focusing on market trends in six communities in Montana, Idaho and Colorado. The report concludes that compact, walkable communities are in demand and ca… more »
A New Alignment - Strengthening America's Commitment to Passenger Rail
This report by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program provides Amtrak ridership levels for each of the largest 100 metropolitan areas. The authors find that American passenger rail is in the midst of a renaissance—reinventing itself through short hau… more »
Creating Clean Water Cash Flows
This report provides guidance on key strategies that cities can deploy to attract private capital to green infrastructure development. Local municipalities and state government can potentially drive billions of dollars of private investment to modernize… more »
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