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Livability and Sustainable Communities
Audio/VideoHousing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood host a Clean Energy Economy Forum focusing on creating jobs and spurring development by creating more livable and sustainable communities. ...
Unconferences, Hack-A-Thons, and a Code for Livability
web and mobile technologies. Attendees built more than 15 applications over the weekend, many using data from the newly launched Green Button challenge. Building on the theme of sustainability, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities , which includes the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the US Department of Transportation (DOT), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), held the first Code for Livability in Washington, DC, on Sunday. The Partnership, with support from the White House Open Government Initiative and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), convened web developers, the technology community, and a broad range of stakeholders representing housing, transportation ...
Better Transportation Options Coming to Communities Across America
The Department of Transportation announces livability grants to provide affordable, reliable access to safe transportation options. During his first year in office, President Obama established a Livable Communities Initiative ... development along America’s main streets. The purpose of the new round of livability grants is to ensure that transportation and housing decisions are made jointly and that they recognize the unique character of each community. These goals are in keeping ... a new round of livability grants to help more citizens connect with jobs, schools, affordable housing, parks and recreation, and other activities that contribute to the kinds of healthy, vibrant neighborhoods where we choose to live. Over ...
Cynthia Solomon Barber
Cynthia Solomon Barber is the Director of the City of Tallahassee’s Environmental Policy and Energy Resources (EPER) Department. EPER is responsible for ensuring environmental regulatory compliance for numerous operations and facilities, as well as developing and implementing environmental policies, programs and initiatives that help to build a more sustainable livable community. Cynthia Solomon Barber is being honored as a Champion of Change for her innovative energy priorities and sustainable living practices making a greener community a possibility in any American city or town. ...
Committed Communities Pushing for Sustainability
, employees, and our citizens - to create a sustainable and livable community; an effort, I am pleased to have been selected to lead. I have always wanted to work in an area where I could really make a difference. That is why I chose a career in local ... of the individual actions that each of us can take that truly creates sustainable, livable communities. I wish I could tell you that journey will always be easy and the changes readily accepted. But, I recall the day that employees were notified that we were giving ... operations and facilities, as well as developing and implementing environmental policies, programs and initiatives that help to build a more sustainable livable community. Mon, 2012-01-23 13 ...
National Energy Awareness Month
. DOT - American Public Transit Association (APTA) National Conference October 5-7, 2010 San Antonio, TX Discussion of forging transit and metropolitan planning organization partnerships for livable and sustainable communities ... and Sustainable Communities DOE - UDC-National Society of Black Engineers Week DOI - The Energy Daily's Transmission Sting Summit 6 DOE - Business Council for Sustainable ... - Secretary Salazar Tours SunPower R&D Facility in California USDA - Interagency Forum on Expanding the U.S. Biofuels Market HUD - Sustainable Communities Event USDA - Biomass South ...
Building Stronger, Sustainable Communities Through Strategic Coordination
the creation of more livable and sustainable communities across the country. This morning at the National Press Club, I joined HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to discuss the Partnership for Sustainable Communities . The Partnership is an initiative that brings together the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Department of Transportation to ensure ... of regional plans that integrate affordable housing with neighboring retail and business development and realize more livable and sustainable communities across the country; DOT TIGER II Grants to fund innovative surface transportation projects that can ...
Partnership for Sustainable Communities Marks Two Trailblazing Years
Includes Videohousing, economic development, and transportation to build a livable community. An EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant will help Ranson prioritize cleanup of contaminated lots and develop reuse plans based on community input while EPA ... ? The Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a collaboration between the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency works to revitalize neighborhoods with convenient, affordable transit and clean energy. Ed. Note: Cross-posted from the FastLane Two years ago, President Obama offered a new vision for sustainable communities (PDF) and vastly improved how our agencies work together. He ...
Obama Administration Announces New Grants to Support Community Development
closer to jobs, save households time and money, and reduce pollution – has recognized the critical need among communities for greater support toward building capacity in order to meet their sustainability and livability. To respond to this need, HUD ... that investments in the community are made strategically to maximize impact. President Obama is committed to supporting American communities, helping them become more competitive, sustainable and inclusive and improving the quality of life for all citizens. But he also knows that every neighborhood, town, city and suburb is unique, and has its own vision for growth and development. That’s why the Obama Administration is working every day to find new ways to make our communities ...
Growing our Communities Sustainably
communities, but will create new economic development and jobs. All across this country, I am continually impressed by the ways cities are working to build their own more livable, environmentally sustainable communities. Last week, I traveled to Colorado where the City of Denver has started building more than 100 miles of new light rail, commuter rail, and bus rapid transit lanes that will link the 32 communities surrounding the city. In February, I witnessed how Portland ... this pattern of regional sprawl in the coming decades and lead to a vibrant and livable Atlanta with an enhanced quality of life. This is just the type of redevelopment our Sustainable Communities Initiative will foster across the country. The Transit ...
