2015 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement Booklet
The 2015 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement booklet includes:
- A message from the EPA Administrator
- How smart growth protects the environment
- About the award
- Descriptions and photographs of each award winner
The winners are:
Corridor or Neighborhood Revitalization
Jackson Walk
Jackson, Tennessee
After devastating tornadoes destroyed the downtown, the city rebuilt and revived this 20-acre redevelopment district, which is sparking economic development in surrounding areas and transforming downtown Jackson into a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood with a strong health and wellness focus.
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Built Projects
City of Hamilton and Historic Developers, LLC, Public-Private Partnership
Hamilton, Ohio
The city worked with Historic Developers, LLC to complete three mixed-use projects that catalyzed investment in Hamilton’s downtown. The new amenities, jobs, and housing options are reinvigorating the city’s central business district and setting the stage for new economic development. The partnership has led to an ongoing, innovative collaboration among several entities to promote and finance redevelopment in Hamilton.
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Plazas, Parks, and Public Places
Riverfront Park
Newark, New Jersey
Community input was integral to the design of this park, built on a formerly contaminated site. The park reconnects Newark to its river for the first time in decades and is attracting economic development in the adjacent downtown, giving a working-class neighborhood a beautiful and much-needed place to play and relax, and preserving open space along the river that can protect neighborhoods from flooding.
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