Title: Smart Growth Tools | Smart Growth | US EPA
Headings: Smart Growth Tools
Smart Growth
Smart Growth Tools
General Smart Growth Tools
Brownfields and Infill Development
Climate Change
Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Economic Development
Planning, Zoning, and Building Codes
Transportation
Water Quality

Content: Framework for Creating a Smart Growth Economic Development Strategy: A Tool for Small Cities and Towns – Step-by-step guide to building a place-based economic development strategy. It is intended for small and mid-sized cities, particularly those that have limited population growth, areas of disinvestment, and/or a struggling economy. Top of Page
Planning, Zoning, and Building Codes
Tribal Green Building Toolkit – Provides information on how tribes and other communities can prioritize and implement green building codes, policies, and practices. Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Rural Planning, Zoning, and Development Codes – Tool to help rural communities strengthen their economies while preserving rural character. Essential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes – Tool to help local governments apply targeted fixes to their zoning codes to address specific issues. Examples of Codes That Support Smart Growth Development – Sample codes and ordinances that support smart growth. Smart Growth Guidelines for Sustainable Design and Development – Guidelines that can serve as a checklist to ensure that programs, plans, and proposed developments incorporate the elements needed at the location, site, and building levels to result in more sustainable, affordable housing. Public Involvement Plan and Toolkit for Las Cruces – Can help communities develop strategies that invite and maintain the participation of all residents, especially ethnically diverse, low-income populations and others that have had little or no involvement in community planning and design. Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments – Toolkit on local codes of ordinances that affect the design, construction, renovation, and operation and maintenance of a building and its immediate site to help local governments, the development community, and other building professionals identify and remove barriers to sustainable design and green building in their permitting processes.