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Foster Distinctive Communities: The Can Company, Baltimore, Maryland

The Can Company was transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use retail and office complex.

Direct Development Towards Existing Communities: Uptown District, San Diego, California

The Uptown District demonstrates how redeveloping abandoned retail centers, or "greyfields," can help revive and reconnect communities.

Create a Range of Housing Choices Case Study: Hismen Hin-Nu Terrace, Oakland, California

Hismen Hin-Nu Terrace revitalized a distressed community and provided a variety of high-quality, affordable homes by redeveloping an abandoned retail site.

Encourage Community and Stakeholder Collaboration: East Russell Partnership, Louisville, Kentucky

A wide variety of organizations collaborated to revive the East Russell neighborhood by listening to the community's demands and responding to its needs.

Create Walkable Neighborhoods: Bethesda Row, Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda Row illustrates the revitalization of a suburban commercial district into a mixed-use, walkable downtown.

Create Walkable Neighborhoods: Northwest Landing, DuPont, Washington

Northwest Landing was designed with a grid of streets and sidewalks that encourages walking and bicycling.

Preserve Open Space and Farmland: Abacoa, Jupiter, Florida

Abacoa demonstrates how compact community design and open space restoration can protect and restore habitats.

Make Development Decisions Predictable and Fair: Green Tape Program, Silver Spring, Maryland

Montgomery County's Green Tape program is making redevelopment in Silver Spring, Maryland, faster and more cost effective by speeding the permitting process for development in the mixed-use city center.

Direct Development Towards Existing Communities: Mizner Park, Boca Raton, Florida

Mizner Park demonstrates how suburban communities can create vital downtowns by redeveloping abandoned shopping centers.

Encourage Community and Stakeholder Collaboration: Barrio Logan, San Diego, California

Residents of Barrio Logan took charge of the redevelopment process to bring new homes and amenities to this low-income neighborhood.

Create a Range of Housing Choices Case Study: Benedict Commons - Aspen, Colorado

Benedict Commons is an affordable housing option in high-cost Aspen, Colorado.

Smart Growth Streets and Emergency Response

This page describes how street networks and street design affect emergency response and links to resources for designing streets that work for emergency responders and communities' smart growth goals.

Old North St. Louis: Sustainably Developing a Historic District

Report from a technical assistance project to help Old North St. Louis develop a vision for developing the historic neighborhood in an environmentally sustainable way.

Enhancing Sustainable Communities With Green Infrastructure

This publication aims to help local governments, water utilities, nonprofit organizations, neighborhood groups, and other stakeholders integrate green infrastructure strategies into plans that can transform their communities.

Location Efficiency and Housing Type

This study finds that housing type and location, along with energy-use features of homes and vehicles, have an important role to play in achieving greater energy efficiency.

Proctor Creek Partner Initiatives

This page describes the different projects that Proctor Creek partners are taking on and contribute to Proctor Creek meeting their Urban Waters Partnership goals.

Documents, Reports and Photographs for Virginia Casting Industries (Formerly: Intermet Radford Foundry) in Radford, Virginia

RCRA Corrective Action Intermet Archer Creek Foundry, Lynchburg VA