Webinars
EPA's Smart Growth Program will be hosting a webinar on Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grants tomorrow, August 20. EPA’s Office of Water will also be hosting a webinar on Green Infrastructure and Smart Growth on September 3.
- Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grants: Opportunities to Align and Leverage Partnership Investments – Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 1:00-2:00 Eastern - Speakers from the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, the Environmental Health Coalition, Chicopee, Massachusetts, and National City, California will discuss how communities interested in area-wide planning can align their grant activities with other investments to advance their brownfields redevelopment goals.
- Green Infrastructure and Smart Growth – Wednesday, September 3, 1:00-2:30 Eastern - Speakers from EPA, the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Upstate Forever Communities will discuss how communities can leverage green infrastructure as part of broader smart growth initiatives. This webinar qualifies for 1.5 certification maintenance credits from the American Planning Association.
Learn more about these webinars and find instructions on how to attend at http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/webinars/index.html#webinars .
National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
The application deadline is approaching for the 2015 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. Public-sector, private-sector, and nonprofit organizations that have successfully used smart growth principles to improve communities environmentally, socially, and economically are encouraged to a pply by Friday, September 5, 5 p.m. Eastern .
Learn more on our awards page, http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/awards.htm.
