Idaho Smart Growth’s annual Grow Smart Awards recognize projects or planning efforts that exemplify smart growth principles. Our awards program is a way of bringing Idahoans together to celebrate the positive efforts Idaho communities are making to create great places to live. Nominations are accepted through July 7, 2015. Award Read more
H.R. 2609 has been introduced in Congress, the bill would eliminate the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) —the largest dedicated source of funding for Safe Routes to School and walking and biking infrastructure in America. H.R. 2609 could be offered as an amendment to a transportation funding bill that the US Read more
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2016 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2578), that cuts the Census Bureau’s budget by more than 30 percent, and would make the American Community Survey voluntary. Good planning is based on sound, comprehensive data. The federal government is a Read more
Join Idaho Smart Growth, Adventure Cycling Association, and Idaho Walk Bike Alliance for a regional gathering at the Empire Building in downtown Boise on Wednesday, May 6 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Adventure Cycling director Jim Sayer will be on hand to talk about the latest in national (and global) Read more
Idaho Gives, a program of the Idaho Nonprofit Center, takes place on May 7th this year. Idaho Gives is a statewide, 24-hour giving day to celebrate the work of Idaho’s nonprofits. This year, our board is upping the ante: if Idaho Smart Growth receives donations from 50 givers on May Read more