1000 Friends coordinates a major campaign to help Minnesota stop sprawling and start Growing Smart. In October 1994, the American Planning Association launched Growing SmartSM, a major initiative aimed at helping states modernize statutes affecting planning and the management of change. Indicators of Sustainability U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Planners Web Designed to familiarize you with several of the key issues associated with sprawl, and direct you to some of the wealth of information already available on the Web. Sierra Club Smart Growth . The Network helps create national, regional, and local coalitions of developers, planners, government officials, lending institutions, community development organizations, architects, environmentalists and community activists all stake holders in the development process.
Mission is to make accessible the tools, techniques and strategies developed to manage growth.
Receives funding from the Turner Foundation, Inc., The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Inc. and the Educational Foundation of America.