Smart Growth America

Smart Growth America
Formation2000
Type501(c)(3) organization
PurposeUrban planning, smart growth, sustainable transport, advocacy
Headquarters1152 15th St NW, Suite 450, Washington, D.C., U.S.[1]
President and CEO
Calvin Gladney[2]
Websitesmartgrowthamerica.org

Smart Growth America (SGA) is a US non-profit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. [3]

Smart Growth America focuses on three specific priorities: Climate change and resilience, advancing racial equity, and creating healthy communities. SGA covers interrelated areas, including housing, zoning, planning, land use, economic development, transportation, and others.

SGA is also the leader of several advocacy programs that have a stake in how urban sprawl affects the environment, quality of life and economic sustainability.[4]

  1. ^ "Smart Growth and Economic Development: Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works" (PDF). govinfo.gov. March 6, 2002. p. 19. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Boone, Timothy (November 14, 2018). "Want Louisiana to grow? Smart Growth America CEO says it starts with improving transit systems". The Advocate (Louisiana). Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Who we are". Smart Growth America. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  4. ^ "About Us". Smart Growth America. Retrieved 2020-03-15.