Synopsis: The  Smart Growth Network (SGN) is a partnership of government, business and civic organizations that support smart growth. Since its creation in late 1996, the Network has become a storehouse of knowledge about smart growth principles, facilitating the sharing of best practices and acting as a catalyst for implementation of ideas. Below are the partners that comprise the SGN.

American Farmland Trust
American Institute of Architects, Center for Communities by Design
American Planning Association
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Congress for the New Urbanism
Enterprise Community Partners
Environmental Law Institute
Fannie Mae
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Institute of Transportation Engineers
International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
Local Government Commission
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
NACo Center for Sustainable Communities
National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals
National Association of Realtors
National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
National Multi-Housing Council
National Neighborhood Coalition
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Rails to Trails Conservancy
Scenic America
Smart Growth America
State of Maryland
Surface Transportation Policy Project
Sustainable Communities Network
The Conservation Fund
Trust for Public Land
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Urban Land Institute
Virgina Tech Metropolitan Institute and Urban Affairs & Planning Program

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Other Related Links

AARP – Livable Communities
Affordable Housing Design Advisor
Active Living by Design
Association for Community Design
Brookings Institution
Center for Sustainable Communities, Temple University
Cool Town Studios
Cyburbia
GreenInfrastructure.net
International Making Cities Livable Council
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Michigan Land Use Institute
National Association of Counties
National Association of Home Builders
National Center for Bicycling & Walking
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Governors Association
National Transit Institute
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Planetizen
Project for Public Spaces
Reconnecting America/Center for Transit-Oriented Rutgers University – Center for Urban Policy Research
Smart Growth on the Ground
Sprawlwatch Clearinghouse
Texas Transportation Institute – Urban Mobility Reports
Urban Institute
U.S. Green Building Council LEED - Neighborhood Development

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Community Design Tools

Context Sensitive Street Design
Form-Based Codes Institute
National Charrette Institute
Orton Family Foundation Smart Growth Tools
“Pathways to Planning” Community Assessment Tool
Smarter Land Use
Your Town Design Workshops