New Community Planning Guidebook

Smart Growth America has released Choosing Our Community's Future, a guidebook developed to assist communities in shaping the growth and development of their neighborhoods, towns and regions.

The guidebook will help readers understand the elements of community design, the planning and site approval process for development projects, and what can make a plan or project deliver on community and environmental benefits such as walkability, durable design and a range of community features like parks, libraries, schools and convenient shopping.

''Choosing Our Community's Future'' focuses on the visioning and planning efforts that set the stage for smarter growth, and how citizens can engage and make suggestions for better growth and development through collaborative stakeholder meetings and workshops.

The guidebook will help you learn how to:

1. Make sure that infill development works in your neighborhood
2. Evaluate mixed use projects
3. Argue for redevelopment that brings benefits to all
4. Reduce the environmental impact of growth and development projects
5. Get the most from community planning.

Learn more here.