Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
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This paper was written by Jonathan Weiss of the George Washington University Center on Sustainability and Regional Growth* in collaboration with the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. It is the fourth in a series of translation papers sponsored by the Funders’ Network to translate the impact of sprawl upon issues of importance to America’s communities and to suggest opportunities for progress that would be created by smarter growth policies and practices. Other key issues addressed in the series of translation papers include social equity, workforce development, parks and open space, transportation, agriculture, public health, education, the environment, community and economic development, and aging.
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