The HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities and the USDA has released Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities,
a report that discusses how small towns and rural places are using
federal resources to strengthen their economies, provide better quality
of life to residents, and build on local assets such as traditional main
streets, agricultural lands, and natural resources.
The report includes sections on how HUD, DOT, EPA, and USDA programs
support environmentally and economically sustainable growth in rural
places; performance measures rural communities can use to target their
investments; and 12 case studies of rural communities using federal
resources to achieve their development and economic goals. It also
outlines steps the Partnership for Sustainable Communities is pursuing
to support small towns and rural places.
To read the report, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/2011_11_supporting-sustainable-rural-communities.pdf
For more information on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, please visit http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov
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