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EPA Announces New Support for Sustainable Communities
NALGEP
nalgep@spiegelmcd.com
03/04/10
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced three steps to support communities' efforts to provide their citizens’ with economic opportunity while reducing impacts on the environment:
-The creation of a new Office of Sustainable Communities to encourage communities to take an integrated
approach in making environmental, housing and transportation decisions.
-A new pilot grant program designed to help three states - New York, Maryland and California – use their clean water funding programs to support efforts to make communities more sustainable.
-A pilot program to clean up and redevelop contaminated sites, known as brownfield sites, in coordination with communities’ efforts to develop public transportation and affordable housing.
More information on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities:
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/partnership
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