Idaho Smart Growth

How We Work

Idaho Smart Growth's strategic plan provides long term guidance and annual plans provide specific objectives and tasks to meet our long term goals.   Each year, we work with more than a dozen different communities throughout the state of Idaho, including places like Nampa, Idaho Falls, Lewiston, Coeur d'Alene, Homedale, Potlatch, American Falls, and Mountain Home. 

Our work generally falls into 4 project areas, described below.

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To read more about our work, click on the projects below.

• Transportation Choices
  

  Click here to read more about our work on safe routes to schools, helping communities adopt and implement complete streets policies, and advocating for a local option sales tax authority.

• Idaho Land Use Analysis
  

  Click here to learn how we are implementing recommendations from this 2010 study, including developing a transportation and land use training with the Idaho chapter of the American Planning Association, examining Idaho’s Area of City Impacts, and engaging people in the Boise area long range transportation plan update.

• Creating Quality Infill
  

  Click here to read about our work clarifying ex parte guidelines in Caldwell and piloting a priority area incentive project in Boise.

• Grow Smart Awards
  Click here to read about our annual awards which highlight outstanding quality development, plans, and policies that promote safer, healthier, happier, and more prosperous communities