US HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Project

U.S. HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Project & Awardee Information
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STATE GRANTEE & PROJECT INFORMATION (CATEGORY) PARTNERS CONTACT TOTAL
AL East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (1) East Alabama Regional Partnership for Bill Curtis
$225,000
Through the East Alabama Regional Partnership for Sustainability, Sustainability; Community Foundation of Executive Director
the Project will create the Community Livability for the East Northeast Alabama; Coosa Valley RRC&D; bill.curtis@adss.alabama.gov
Alabama Region Plan 2030 (CLEAR Plan) for the ten-county region Jacksonville State University; United Way of 256-237-6741
of East Alabama. CLEAR Plan Consortium will identify and break
down existing barriers to sustainability throughout the region
through its planning process. Various scenario planning and
visioning exercises will produce a regional vision that will inform
East Central Alabama
the development and direction of the CLEAR Plan.
AZ Apache County (1) Through
the Apache/Navajo Counties Regional Sustainability Consortium
Memorandum of Understanding, the project will develop a single,
intergrated 20 year plan for housing (low-income), water
(conservation & development) , infrastructure, transportation
(transit), energy development, open space and the environment.
This will be a three-year planning effort, and will address
interdependent challenges and population growth/decline. It will
set 3-5 year benchmark targets, and delineate strategies to meet
performance goals.
AR/MS Southern Bancorp Capital Partners (1)
The largest community-development bank in the country will use
this Project to support more livable and sustainable communities
in neighboring Coahoma County, Mississippi. This new initiative
will build economic competitiveness in the county by connecting
housing with good jobs, quality schools and transportation. The
group will develop a detailed plan for revitalizing the physical and
economic infrastructure of neighboring Coahoma County,
Mississippi, including the areas of housing, transportation, natural
resources, economic development and water systems.
Stakeholders and members of the general public will be involved
in developing the plan.
Members of the Consortium: Apache County,
Navajo County, all of the incorporated cities
and towns of Apache County (Eagar,
Springerville, and St. Johns), all of the
incorporated cities and towns of Navajo
County (Holbrook, Pinetop/Lakeside, Show
Low, Snowflake, Taylor and Winslow),
Apache Nation, Navajo Nation, Hopi Nation,
Moenkopi Developers Corporation,
Northland Pioneer College, and Economic
Development for Southern Apache County.
The Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee;
the Aaron Henry Community Health Services
Center; Jonestown Family Center; Clarksdale
Revitalization, Inc.; Institute for Community;
Delta State University; City of Clarksdale; and
the Coahoma County Board of Supervisors
$820,500
$710,900

CA California State University, Fresno Foundation The 14 cities - Stockton, Modesto, Manteca, Lodi,
project is called Smart Valley Places and represents a consortium, Turlock, Merced, Madera, Clovis, Fresno,
renewed commitment, and the ‘bridging capital’ to reverse harsh Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford, and
local economic conditions and improve the Valley as an attractive Delano; California State University, Fresno;
place to live, work, do business, and participate in California’s California Partnership for the San Joaquin
healthy, prosperous, and sustainable future. The regional Valley and the San Joaquin Valley Regional
partnership includes Valley jurisdictions to develop shared vision Policy Council (represents all 8 MPOs in the
and planning principles; capitalize on the prospective 21st century Valley)
California High Speed Rail stops on the main line connecting Los
Angeles and San Francisco; develop, adopt, and share state-of-theart
sustainability land use, transportation, resource efficiency and
community leadership planning tools and best practices; and
interconnect the region to meaningfully and measurably
overcome the deleterious array of local and regional challenges.
CA Sacramento Area Council of Governments (2) Project
will increase the construction of housing and employment
opportunities in Transit Priority Areas in a manner that promotes
social equity, inclusion, access to opportunity, public health,
neighborhood revitalization, and environmental sustainability. The
effort, which is based off of SACOG's Blueprint, is intended to
improve the integration of the housing, land use, and
transportation components of the existing Regional Sustainable
Development Plan and cross-connect the Regional Plan for
Sustainable Development to Federal, state, and local housing
programs.
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment
Agency, Urban Land Institute Sacramento
Chapter, UC Davis Center for Regional
Change, the Regional Water Authority, Valley
Vision, and local governments in the region
Thomas McClanahan
Associate Vice President
CSU, Fresno
559.278.0840
Joe Concannon
Data Services Manager
jconcannon@sacog.org
916.340.6234
$4,000,000
$1,500,000

CT Capitol Region Council of Governments (2)
This Project will implementia bi-state Sustainable Knowledge
Corridor in the Hartford and Springfield regions. The bi-state
Knowledge Corridor Consortium will will: (1) update and integrate
existing regional plans to form a Knowledge Corridor Detailed
Execution Plan for a Sustainable Region; (2) build off of major
Federal investments in the region—the Springfield-New Haven rail
line, the New Britain-Hartford Busway, and the CRCOG
Sustainability Development Guidelines—to create energy-efficient,
affordable housing opportunities near transit and job centers in
well-designed, mixed-use settings; and (3) establish imaginative
new efforts such as affordable housing training for zoning
commissioners; incentives for density creation in transit-rich
locations; studies to help establish pilot feeder bus service to link
jobs, housing and transit; a web-based platform to share
information on successful land use strategies and progress toward
a more sustainable Knowledge Corridor, opportunity mapping,
and studies on how to harvest increased land values near stations
and plow it back into affordable housing and transit
infrastructure. These initiatives will not only inform policy efforts
but will also provide knowledge-sharing models for other regions.
CT Windham Region Council of Governments (1)
The Eastern Connecticut Sustainable Communities Regional
Planning Consortium will integrate multi-regional plans to address
workforce development, transportation, housing, economic
development, infrastructure, and land use into a multifacted
regional plans, and will include an analysis of current plans in the
greater Easter Connecticut region.
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Central Connecticut Regional Planning
Agency City of Hartford, City of New Britain,
Central Connecticut State University, Town of
Manchester, Town of Windsor, United Way
of Connecticut, Partnership for Strong
Communities, University of Hartford,
University of Connecticut, 1000 Friends of
Connecticut, Connecticut Fair Housing
Center, Connecticut Housing Coalition,
MetroHartford Alliance, Connecticut
Economic Resource Center, Greater Hartford
Transit District, Goodwin College, Northeast
Utilities, Connecticut Department of
Economic and Community Development,
Connecticut Department of Transportation,
Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection, Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority, CT Main Street, Inc., Local
Initiative Support Corporation, Connecticut
Coalition to End
Homelessness, Transit for Connecticut
Coalition, University of Massachusetts, City
of Chicopee, Regional Employment Board of
Hampden County, United Way of Pioneer
Valley, United Way of Hampshire County,
Valley Development Council, Massachusetts
Department of Transportation, Pioneer
Valley
Sustainability Network, and the Mass
Executive Office of Housing and Economic
Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment
Board, Southeastern Connecticut Council of
Governments, Northeastern Connecticut
Council of Governments, and Southeastern
Connecticut Housing Alliance
Lyle Wray
Executive Director
(860) 522-2217 x232
Mark Paquette
Executive Director
director@wincog.org
(860) 456-2221
$4,200,000
$225,000

FL South Florida Regional Planning Council (1)
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
The Project's key component is the development of a “2060 Click HERE to view the entire list of partners.
Southeast Florida Regional Plan for Sustainable Development” to
create cohesive, integrated regional “vision” across issue areas
and jurisdictional boundaries for the 2 council region. The plan will
1) serve as the framework for future federal investment; 2)
support the efforts of individual counties, municipalities and other
regional partners whose plans and projects further the
implementation of the regional Vision and Plan; and 3) put the
Southeast Florida Region in the best position possible to capture
federal funds for critical infrastructure projects designed to
improve the region’s sustainability. The project will integrate data,
tools, and models to assess the region today, understand the
region's future, and track progress toward the vision and the
RPSD. A monitoring plan will focus on measuring progress toward
specific regional outcomes aligned with all six Livability Principles,
plus a seventh climate change principle because of Southeast
Florida‘s unique vulnerability to its most severe impacts. The
group will build and sustain inclusive leadership and partnerships
to strengthen regional collaboration and stewardship, providing a
foundation for the region's future long-term success. That the
Southeast Florida Regional Partnership already has 194 member
and supporting organizations and can leverage $136 million in
Federal, state, and local funds toward development and
implementation of the RPSD, provides a strong testimony to the
consortium‘s commitment to creating a region that is
economically competitive and prosperous, socially inclusive, and
environmentally sustainable.
FL Central Florida Regional Planning Council (1)
Through the Heartland 2060 Consortium, the project will create a
vision for the future that enables growth while preserving natural
areas and protecting wildlife and agricultural production,
supporting sustainable, healthy communities of all sizes, and
ensuring a vibrant economic and social life.
Florida's Heartland Rural Economic
Development Initiative, Desoto County, and
Glades County
Michael Busha
Executive Director, TCRPC
mbusha@tcrpc.org
772.221.4060
Isabel Cosio Carballo
Coordinator, Legislative & PA
SFRPC
isabelc@sfrpc.com
(954) 985-4416
Pat Steed
Executive Director
psteed@cfrpc.org
(863) 534-7130, ext. 130
$4,250,000
$1,400,000

IL Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (2)
This will help fund the implementation of CMAP's GOTO 2040
Plan, which links transportation, land use, housing, economic
growth, the natural environment, and human and community
development, with the overarching goals of improving livability
and bringing about sustainable prosperity. Specifically, it will fund
the the Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program, which will create
new resources for technical assistance and result in a series of
innovative, replicable projects that link housing, land use and
transportation in the Chicago region that support livability
principles and build capacity in local communities.
IL Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (2)
Through the Heart of Illinois Sustainability Consortium, the project
will expand the scope of sustainability planning in this region, and
begin implementing recommendations from The Big Plan and
develop plans to integrate innovative stormwater management
and public art into public spaces, improve housing choice and
affordability, engage the underserved populations of the urban
core with culturally-relevant economic opportunities, promote
local food sustainability through local agriculture, and advance
green building practices and green jobs. The Big Plan is an
integrated regional plan for transportation, land use, and
ecosystem sustainability in the Peoria Tri-County region.
IL Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning (1)
This Project will further the work on "A Blueprint to a More
Sustainable and Dynamic Rockford Region," which is an integrated
2040 Long Range Transportation Plan. The goals of the Blueprint
are enhanced and better-integrated planning and investment in
housing and transportation infrastructure; more enlightened and
sustainable land use planning and investment; a vision for
sustainable growth; a recognition that urban planning can either
enhance or damage economic development, and more integrated
cooperation among leadership agencies in the Rockford Region.
Diverse consortium - Click HERE Randy Blankenhorn
Executive Director
312-454-0400
rblankenhorn@cmap.illinois.gov
Illinois Central College, the Economic
Development Council for Central Illinois,
Peoria Park District, Peoria Housing
Authority, Bradley University, OSF St. Francis
Medical Center and ArtsPartners
City of Rockford, Winnebago County, the City
of Belvidere, the City of Loves Park, Boone
County, the Village of Machesney Park, the
Rockford Area Economic Development
Council, the Rockford Housing Authority,
Chicago/Rockford International Airport, the
Rock River Development Partnership, Align
Rockford and others
Terry Kohlbuss
Executive Director
tkohlbuss@tricountyrpc.org
(309) 673-9330
Stephen Ernst
Executive Director
steve.ernst@rockfordil.gov
815.987.5628
$4,250,000
$1,200,000
$600,000

IN Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization (1) A
consortium of government and non-profit organizations has been
assembled to develop a Regional Plan for Sustainable
Development (RPSD) for the greater Evansville region. This new
consortium would collaborate to integrate land use, housing, and
transportation planning within the region, taking special care to
improve the situation of the region‘s marginalized populations,
particularly through the provision of more transportation choices
and affordable housing. The City of Evansville has already made
significant investments to encourage sustainable development
and revitalize its urban core.
IA Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (1)
The Project will create regional planning for sustainable housing,
environmental and land use, and will provide the opportunity to
produce a long-range regional transit plan and a strategic plan for
economic and workforce development, both of which are vital
components of the central Iowa Regional Plan for Sustainable
Evansville Dept. of Metropolitan
Development, Housing Authority of Henson,
Keep Evansville Beautiful, and Evansville
Tarnsportation & Services
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority,
the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the
Community Foundation of Greater Des
Moines and all of the local governments in
the area
Development.
KY University of Kentucky Research Foundation for Sustainability (1) Community & Economic Development
The Project will support more livable and sustainable communities Initiative of Kentucky, Fulton Hickman
in western Kentucky and Tennessee, and will target the Delta Economic Development Partnership, City of
Region's areas of extreme poverty and poor health. The effort will Fulton, KY, and Obion County, TN
also look to build economic competitiveness by connecting
housing with good jobs, quality schools and transportation. The
funding will benefit five counties: Fulton and Hickman in Kentucky,
and Lake, Obion, and Weakley in Tennessee.
ME Northern Maine Development Commission (1)
The Project will create an integrated regional plan that addresses
housing, transportation, water infrastructure, environmental
planning, economic opportunity, and workforce development.
NMDC will utilize its strategic planning initiative to provide crosscutting
discussions to engage the non-profit, municipal and county
organizations of Washington and Aroostook Counties, and will
engage area residents, organizations, and communities.
Washington County Council of Governments,
Sunrise County Economic Council, Hancock
Community Agency, Aroostook County
Action Program, University of ME at Machias,
State of ME, ME DOT, and Four Directions
Development Corporation
Brad Mills
Executive Director
bmills@evansvillempo.com
812.436.7833
Tom Kaine
Executive Director
tjkane@dmampo.org
515.334.0075
Michael Wilcox
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Agriculture & Resource
Economics
University of Tennessee
mwilcox2@utk.edu
865.974.7410
Robert Clark
Executive Director
rclark@nmdc.org
207-498-8736
$1,420,300
$2,200,000
$680,000
$800,000

ME Greater Portland Council of Governments (1)
The Project will help continue the development of growth plans
that will strengthen the community and economy, promote equity
among area residents, improve transportation and encourage
energy conservation. The next several years of the effort will be
spent soliciting community input and creating an implementation
plan. The RPSD process focuses on developing fact-filled
awareness of the sustainability and equity implications of current
trends in the region‘s development against choice scenarios to be
developed through a cooperative process among the multiple
municipalities in subareas of the region and for the different
settings involved: urban core neighborhoods, new transit-capable
urban neighborhood, suburban nodes, and revitalized village
centers.
MA Metropolitan Area Planning Council (2)
Through the Metro Boston Consortium for Sustainable
Communities, the Project will implement the regional plan,
MetroFuture. It will help fund activities ranging from rewriting
local zoning bylaws to developing “transit-oriented”
neighborhoods, all designed to make Greater Boston a more
prosperous and equitable place to live. The project will also
develop new tools and models for local implementation of the
MetroFuture vision, with a distinct approach for each of four
community types. These tools and models will continue to
advance MetroFuture long after the funding period ends. The
Consortium will also conduct regional and state-level policy work
designed to remove barriers and create incentives for smart
growth. The program will build thecapacity of local leaders
through education, workshops, and opportunities for crossregional
dialogue.
MA Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (1)
The Project will develop a plan that integrates all components of
the economy into a comprehensive strategy with the
infrastructure, housing, and land use supports needed to achieve
strong economic competitiveness and address sub-regional
disparities. The economy has seen a steady decline in traditional
manufacturing and mill jobs, while at the same time emerging as a
leader at fostering a "creative economy" atmosphere and
renewed interest in local food production. This will be
incorporated into the planning effort.
26 government and community organizations
- Southern ME Regional Planning
Commission, Muskie School of Public Service
at University of ME, ME DOT, ME State
Planning Office, ME Turnpike Authority, City
of Portland, City of South Portland,
Cumberland County, Avesta Housing, Town
of Brunswick, Mid-Coast Regional
Redevelopment Authority, Town of Kittery,
Town od Sanford, Trust for Public Land, and
Grow Smart ME
55 municipalities (representing 71% of the
region’s residents); state agencies; and more
than 50 community based organizations,
advocacy groups, academic institutions,
business interests, foundations, public
housing authorities, and other partners
Metropolitan Planning Organization; City of
Pittsfield; City of North Adams; Berkshire
Towns; Berkshire Creative; Berkshire Visitors'
Bureau; Housatonic Heritage; Berkshire
Community Action Council; Berkshire
Housing Development Corporation; Berkshire
County Regional Housing Authority;
Berkshire United Way; Berkshire Health
Systems; Berkshire Natural Resources
Council; MA Fisheries and Wildlife, Andrew
Madden; Center for Ecological Technology
Neal Allen
Executive Director
nallen@gpcog.org
207-774-9891
Marc Draisen
Executive Director
mdraisen@mapc.org
617-451-2770
Nathaniel Karns
Executive Director
nkarns@berkshireplanning.org
(413) 442-1521
$1,600,000
$4,000,000
$590,700

MA Franklin Regional Council of Governments (1)
The Project will will conduct a comprehensive planning process to
assess the needs of the region - particularly among disadvantaged
populations - with respect to housing, transportation, economic
development, energy, infrastructure (water, sewer,
telecommunications), and natural and cultural resources. The
planning process will identify: impediments to fair housing;
strategies to increase jobs with living wages; infrastructure
improvements needed to support sustainable development
patterns; suitable locations for new development and
redevelopment; critical resources requiring protection, such as
water recharge areas for drinking water supplies and prime
farmland for food production; and ways to reduce energy
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The effort will also
provide some funding for specific projects within the region's
towns, and will place an emphasis on disadvantaged people.
MI Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (2)
The Project will unify transportation with sustainable housing and
redevelopment, and help communities look at how they can be
sustainable over the long haul, including better linking workforce
training to the business communities; redeveloping older
community assets, such as the Ypsilanti Ford plant; and looking at
housing, streets, green infrastructure, and energy efficiency. Also
necessary is taking a look at infrastructure -- those roads, bridges,
and water and sewer systems -- which is about to reach crisis
status.
MN Metropolitan Council (2)
The Project will support development along the region’s growing
network of transit corridors in ways that make transit more
successful, promote housing and transportation affordability and
availability, and make communities more vital. It will include
public involvement in creating corridor-wide plans and strategies
for optimal development along five major corridors, including
Southwest LRT, Bottineau, Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit,
Northstar Commuter Rail and the Gateway Corridor (I-94 East),
using “beyond the rail” planning of Central Corridor LRT as a
model.
Community Action, the Franklin County
Housing and Redevelopment Authority, the
North Quabbin Community Coalition and the
Franklin County Community Development
Corp., the Towns of Greenfield, Montague,
Orange and Deerfield, Franklin Regional
Transit Authority, Greenfield Community
College, Franklin-Hampshire Regional
Employment Board, River Culture,
Communities Involved in Sustaining
Agriculture, Franklin County Home Care,
Franklin Regional Planning Board, and
Franklin County Chamber of Commerce.
Livingston County, Macomb County &
Economic Development, Monroe County,
ERB Family Foundation, Oakland County, St.
Clair County Metro Planning Commission,
Washtenaw County, Wayne County, Detroit
Planning & Development, Detroit Economic
Growth Corporation, Metropolitan Affairs
Coalition, The Kresge Foundation, The
Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan,
WARM Training Center green
Minnesota Housing, the Counties Transit
Improvement Board, Hennepin and Ramsey
counties, the cities of Minneapolis and St.
Paul and the McKnight Foundation,
University of Minnesota, Central Corridor
Funders Collaborative and the Ford
Foundation. The Alliance for Metropolitan
Stability, Minnesota Center for
Neighborhood Organizing and Nexus
Community Partners
Linda Dunlavy
Executive Director
lindad@frcog.org
(413) 774-3167
Paul Tait
Executive Director
tait@semcog.org
(313) 961-4266
Peter Bell
Council Chair
651.602.1390
peter.bell@metc.state.mn.us
$425,000
$2,850,000
$5,000,000

MN Region Five Development Commission (1)
Regional Sustainable Development
The Project will use collaborative pla+B33nning to encourage longterm
social, economic and environmental sustainability in the
communities within Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and
Wadena counties by bringing together rural communities across
central Minnesota. The planning work will support year-round
economic development within the eco-tourism industry, local
goods, renewable energy and agriculture while preparing for an
aging population that needs more transportation options.
MS Gulf Regional Planning Commission (1)
The Project will create the “Constituency for a Sustainable Coast,
the Gulf Coast Plan," the firstever comprehensive regional plan for
14 jurisdictions. The plan will focus on equitable housing,
sustaining the economy, integrated land use and modal planning,
climate change for sustainable development, clean watershed,
food systems, clean air and a locally grown sustainable
infrastructure. An example of plan efforts include bringing
housing, economic development, transportation, and social equity
interests together toward the desired outcomes of reducing per
capita vehicle miles travelled and uniting sewer and stormwater
infrastructure planning with habitat protection in order to address
water quality.
MO East-West Gateway Council of Governments (1)
The Project will organize a process of community planning and
collaboration across jurisdictional boundaries that will rely on
citizen and public official participation. The Project will conduct
ongoing research, gather data, and involve a consortium of
government and non-profit partners to devise regional and subregional
plans to coordinate housing, transportation, the
environment and economic development to give the region a
better chance to sustain its current affordability and further its
economic progress.
Partnerships; Initiative Foundation; Central
CERT- CMAERC; Central MN Housing
Partnership; 1000 Friends of MN; University
of Minnesota Research Centers; Crow Wing
County; Central Lakes College; MNDOT; Short
Elliott Hendrickson, SHE; Department of
Employment & Economic Development;
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency;
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;
University of Minnesota
Southern Mississippi Planning and
Development District, the Gulf Coast
Community Design Studio, Gulf Coast
Renaissance Corp., Ohio State University and
the Kirwan Institute and the Mississippi
Center for Justice, and Gulfport, Biloxi and
Pascagoula also will be part of the
consortium, as well Harrison, Hancock and
Jackson counties.
City of St. Louis, St. Louis County and FOCUS
St. Louis, Trailnet, Citizens for Modern
Transit, Metro, Great Rivers Greenway,
Metro St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity
Council, Southwestern Illinois Resource
Conservation and Development, and the
Applied Research Collaborative (St. Louis
University, University of Missouri – St. Louis
and Southern Illinois at Edwardsville).
Cheryal Lee Hills
Executive Director
chills@regionfive.org
218-894-3233
Elaine Wilkinson
Executive Director
egw@grpc.com
228-864-1167
Ed Hillhouse
Executive Director
Ed.Hillhouse@ewgateway.org
(314) 421-4220
$825,050
$2,000,000
$4,687,750

MO Mid-America Regional Council (2)
The Project, "Creating Sustainable Places," will advance the
region's vision of achieving sustainability through the creation of
vibrant, green and connected centers and corridors. The proposal
represents the continuation of years of work through MARC's
Creating Quality Places initiative, Imagine KC citizen engagement
process, and Transportation Outlook 2040, the region's newly
adopted long-range transportation plan. It aims to put tools in the
hands of local communities.
NY Regional Plan Association (2)
Through the New York-Connecticut Metropolitan Sustainable
Communities Consortium, the Project will integrate housing,
economic development, transportation and environmental
planning in the bi-state metropolitan region. It will also develop
livable communities and growth centers around existing and
planned transit to enhance affordable housing efforts, reduce
congestion, improve the environment and continue to expand
economic opportunities. At the local level, the Consortium will
support project planning to engage residents and stakeholders in
developing implementation strategies.
NC Land of Sky Regional Council (1)
Through the Western North Carolina Livable Communities
Consortium, the Project will develop a twenty-year Actionable
Implementation Strategy (AIS) that comprehensively integrates or
“weaves” the regions many existing planning documents in
comprehensive and holistic guide for regional sustainable
development. The effort will involve participation from
populations that are traditionally left out of regional planning
processes (including rural mountain landowners, farmers, urban
minority populations, small business owners, seasonal second
homeowners, health care providers) to solicit their input and
commitment to the planning process and the final plan.
Over 50 partners - Click HERE David Warm
Executive Director
dwarm@marc.org
816/474-4240
Cities of New York, New Haven, Bridgeport,
Norwalk, Stamford, Yonkers, White Plains,
New Rochelle, and Mount Vernon; Nassau
and Suffolk Counties; New York
Metropolitan Transportation Council; South
Western Regional Metropolitan Planning
Organization; Greater Bridgeport/Valley
Metropolitan Planning Organization; South
Central Regional Council of Governments;
and Long Island Regional Planning Council
French Broad River Metropolitan Planning
Organization; Land-of-Sky Rural Planning
Organization; City of Asheville; Buncombe
County; State of North Carolina; The
Community Foundation of Western North
Carolina; Advantagewest; Asheville Area
Chamber of Commerce; Renaissance
Computing Institute of the University of
North Carolina at Asheville; Asheville
Housing Authority; Asheville-Buncombe
Sustainable Communities; Initiative of the
Asheville HUB; and Asheville Design Center
Chris Jones
Vice President for Research
chris@rpa.org
(212) 253.5763
Joe McKinney
Executive Director
jmckinney@landofsky.org
(828) 251-6622
$4,250,000
$5,000,000
$1,600,000

NC Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (1)
The Project will create a comprehensive, integrative plan that
includes all factors realting to the quality of life in the Triad, and
develop usable tools that counties, cities, towns, communities,
neighborhoods and families can use to create a more sustainable
lifestyle. The effort will encourage investments in revitalization
and redevelopment in major cities and smaller towns, focusing on
deteriorating neighborhoods and abandoned manufacturing
areas.
OH Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (1)
Through the Northeast Ohio Consortium, the Project will be used
to create a cooperative regional sustainability plan addressing
equitable housing, land use, transportation, community
development, water and sewer infrastructure, and economic
development issues for a 12-county planning area. The effort will
work to cultivate a 21st-century workforce to lift up economically
disadvantaged communities, engage residents and businesses in
planning that establishes Northeast Ohio as a place of choice to
live and work. It will also coordinate land use planning to foster a
sustainable tax base in all communities through ongoing
collaboration and dialogue across functions and political
boundaries. Additionally, the Agency will promote equitable,
affordable housing; adopt a "fix-it first" housing strategy that
minimizes blight and creates affordable alternatives for all income
brackets; and provide mobility counseling for low-income
residents to promote zip codes of opportunity.
OR Lane Council of Governments (2)
The Project will used to implement and refine Metro Plan which, is
the region's guiding land use policy document and already
includes a sustainability plan. By building regional capacity for
more collaborative discussions the Council will be prepared to
take on the content-specific gaps in their existing plan, which
include climate change, public health, and social equity.
Burlington-Graham Urban Area Metro.
Planning Org, City of Burlington, City of
Greensboro, City of High Point, City of
Winston-Salem, Greensboro Urban Area
MPO., High Point Urban Area MPO,
Northwest Piedmont Triad Council of
Governments, Northwest Piedmont Triad
Rural Planning Organization, Piedmont Triad
Partnership (PTP), Piedmont Triad Council of
Governments, Piedmont Triad Rural Planning
Organization, Winston-Salem Urban Area
MPO
Counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga,
Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage,
Summit, Stark, Trumbull and Wayne; Akron
Metropolitan Area Transportation Study
(AMATS); Eastgate Regional Council of
Governments (Eastgate); Stark County
Regional Planning Commission/Stark County
Area Transportation Study (RPC/SCATS);
Cities of Akron, Canton , Cleveland, Warren,
and Youngstown; Akron Metropolitan
Housing Authority; Cleveland State University
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban
Affairs; Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing
Authority; Fund for Our Economic Future
Regional Prosperity Initiative; and Stark
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Lane County, the cities of Eugene and
Springfield, Housing and Community Services
Agency of Lane County, the Lane Transit
District, the University of Oregon, the Central
Lane MPO, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane
County and Oregon Housing and Community
Services, ODOT
Brent McKinney
Executive Director
brentm@partnc.org
336-662-0002
Howard Maier
Executive Director
hmaier@mpo.noaca.org
(216) 241-2414
George Kloeppel
Executive Director
gkloeppel@lcog.org
541.682.4395
$1,600,000
$4,250,000
$1,450,000

SD Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation (1)
Trough the Oglala Sioux Tribe consortium, the organization, which
works to empower youth and families through a focus on health,
culture, and the environment, will develop a plan builds on
current efforts to work with communities on the Pine Ridge Lakota
Sioux reservation to integrate housing, improve transportation,
and increase workforce opportunities for tribal members. This will
take place in the remote, rural portion of southwestern South
Dakota within the geographic boundaries of the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation.
TN City of Knoxville, TN (1)
The Project will develop a comprehensive plan for a more
sustainable East Tennessee which will cover wide range of issues
including air and water quality, economic and workforce
development, healthy living, housing issues, land use and
transportation. It will focus on getting local governments and key
organizations in Knox, Blount, Anderson, Union and Loudon
Counties to develop the region's capacity to work together for a
more sustainable future. The last step is adopting a regional plan
for sustainable development and a regional implementation plan
with a focus on five demonstration communities one in each
county of the Knoxville MSA.
The OST Office of the President; The Oglala
Sioux (Lakota) Housing Authority (OSLHA);
The OST Partnership for Housing (OSTPH);
Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc.
(MOOFI); OST Environmental Protection
Program (OST-EPP); The OST Rural Water
Authority (OSTRWA); The OST Health
Administration (OSTHA); The OST Office of
Economic Development (OSTOED); The OST
Land Office (OSTLO), Pine Ridge Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA); Pine Ridge Area Chamber
of Commerce (PRACC); Lakota Funds
Knox, Blount, Loudon, Anderson and Union
Counties, the Metropolitan Planning
Commission (MPC), University of Tennessee,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville
Area Urban League, East Tennessee
Community Design Center, The East
Tennessee Development District, Knoxville's
Community Development Corporation,
Maryville College and the East Tennessee
Quality Growth Organization.
Nick Tilsen
Executive Director
nick@thundervalley.org
605-455-2700
Madeline Rogero
Community Development
Director, City of Knoxville
mrogero@cityofknoxville.org
865-215-2865
$996,100
$4,327,500

TX Houston-Galveston Area Council (1)
The Project will develop a sustainable development
comprehensive plan through stakeholder-driven efforts that
support and enrich workforce improvements, facilitate job growth
and attract new residents, conserve the natural environment and
enhance the built environment, and
enable the pursuit of federal funding for implementation of
transportation, housing, hazard mitigation,
and community and economic development projects that further
sustainability in the region.
TX Capital Area Council of Governments (2)
The Project will use the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization 2035 Long-Range Transportation Plan, which
envisions future regional growth, to create a network of 37 mixeduse,
mixed-income, walkable, connected and transit-supportive
Activity Centers. The centers will provide a balanced mix of jobs,
housing, and services, primarily within the context of existing
communities. The concept is designed to improve the region’s
livability in the areas of transportation, air and water quality,
social equity and opportunity.
UT Salt Lake County (2)
The Project will create an affordable housing plan, the study of six
transit-oriented development sites, and the creation of
sustainability blueprints that can be used locally, regionally and
nationally. Additionally, the project will fund potential transitoriented
development sites, how governments are going to
incentivize more future transit-oriented developments, and
retooling of land use regulations to promote the sustainability
goals the federal government envisions for the future.
Bay City Community Development
Corporation, Blueprint Houston and Center
for Houston's Future, Bolivar
Blueprint/Peninsula Development Coalition,
Inc. (PenDeCo.), Brazoria County, Chambers
County, City of Galveston, City of Houston,
City of Huntsville, Fort Bend County, Greater
Houston Builders Association, Gulf Coast
Economic Development District, Harris
County, Houston Advanced Research Center,
Houston Tomorrow, Houston Wilderness,
Local Initiatives Support Corporation,
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris
County (METRO), Montgomery County,
Neighborhood Centers, Inc., Port of Houston
Authority, Texas Southern University, United
Way of Greater Houston, VN TeamWork, Inc.
and Waller County Economic Development.
Capital Area MPO, Envision Central Texas,
City of Austin, City of Round Rock, City of San
Marcos, University of Texas at Austin
Wasatch Front Regional Council,
Mountainland Association of Governments ,
the Utah Department of Transportation,
Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City,
University of Utah's Metropolitan Research
Center, the U.'s Bureau of Economic and
Business Research, the American Planning
Association's Utah Chapter, ET+ Modeling
Researching, and Day-to-Day Research.
Jack Steele
Executive Director
Jack.Steele@h-gac.com
713-993-4509
Betty Voights
Executive Director
bvoights@capcog.org
512-916-6008
Andrew Gruber
Executive Director, WFRC
agruber@wfrc.org
801-363-4230
$3,750,000
$3,700,000
$5,000,000

VT Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (2)
The Project will execute an agreement for work under this grant;
distill the common vision, policies and implementation strategies
from the existing and emergent plans for Chittenden County;
conduct new analyses of housing, economic sectors, and energy;
update existing regional plans; and implement consolidation of
CCRPC and Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning
Organization to address state legislation and municipal and
regional objectives.
VA New River Valley Planning District Commission (1)
The Project will allow for the adoption of sustainability plans over
the next three years through research and public meetings, and
will include the development of revitalization for communities in
need, called rural sustainability hubs. Additionally, the effort will
provide for studies and development plans for regional
transportation, water, broadband and energy infrastructure, arts
and culture, workforce and agricultural development and
sustainable use of natural resource.
VA Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (2)
The Project will result in a full regional implementation plan, “the
Charlottesville Region Sustainability Implementation Plan,” which
will build on the region’s 1998 Sustainability Accords to integrate
strategies for land use, transportation, housing, economic
development, air and water quality, and energy use. The project
will move sustainability in the region from a regional goal to actual
implementation through products resulting from this planning
effort include Sustainability Baseline and Performance
Measurement System; Common Land Use – Transportation Vision
for the Charlottesville/Albemarle Region; Integration of
Sustainability Strategies into Comprehensive Plans and the Long
Range Transportation Plan; Code and Ordinance Sustainability
Recommendations; and, Plan for Behavior Change Processes.
Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Charlie Baker
Chittenden County MPO, City of Burlington, Executive Director
Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, cbaker@ccrpcvt.org
Burlington District Office of the Vermont 802-846-4490
Department of Health; University of
Vermont‘s Center for Rural Studies; Vermont
Housing Finance Agency; Vermont Legal Aid;
Champlain Valley Office of Economic
Opportunity; Chittenden County
Transportation Authority; Vermont Energy
Investment Corporation; Smart Growth
Vermont; Champlain Housing Trust; Northern
Vermont Resource Conservation
Development Council.
Counties of Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and Kevin Byrd
Pulaski and the towns and cities located Executive Director
within those areas, Virginia Tech; the kbyrd@nrvpdc.org
Community Housing Partners; the NRV 540-639-9313
HOME Consortium; New River Valley
Community Action; the National Committee
for the New River; the Community
Foundation of the New River Valley and the
Metropolitan Planning Organization, a
transportation policy-making organization for
Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Montgomery
County
Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO), City of
Charlottesville and Albemarle County, and
the University of Virginia as a consulting
partner, Jefferson Area Board for Aging,
Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic
Development, Rivanna River Basin
Commission, and the Local Energy Alliance
Program
Stephen Williams
Executive Director
(434) 979-7310
$995,000
$1,000,000
$999,000

VA Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Commission (1)
Through the Roanoke Area Sustainability Consortium, the Project
will begin with a broad analysis of local and regional plans,
including municipal comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans,
energy and water plans, and others to see where gaps exist
between and within plans. With public input, a final result of
both a comprehensive regional sustainability plan, as well as a
sustainable planning framework will be developed for future
efforts.
WA Puget Sound Regional Council (2)
The Project will support efforts to capitalize on the more than $15
billion investment in new high capacity transit systems serving
places where job and housing growth will be focused in the future.
The new program — Growing Transit Communities: A Corridor
Action Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region — will support
neighborhood planning for more sustainable communities around
as many as 100 new transit centers that are expected in the region
in the next 20 years. The new program will take a big picture
approach, ultimately putting jobs and opportunity closer to where
people live, while sustaining a healthy environment and a healthy
economy in the decades to come. A significant goal of this
program is to identify unique roles and opportunities associated
with transit investments through the coordination and direct
involvement of a wider array of stakeholders, both public and
private.
WA Thurston Regional Planning Council (1)
The Project will convene the regional consortium to begin work on
the Sustainable Plan which will address housing, economic
development, transportation and environmental quality in an
integrated fashion. The Plan will be aimed at increasing
transportation choices, reducing combined housing and
transportation costs for families, improving the quality of life in
communities, and improving the natural and built environment.
WI Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (2)
The Project will help exploring the potential for enhanced bus and
rail transit and transit-oriented development in the Madison, WI
region.
Council of Community Services, Roanoke Wayne Strickland
Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Executive Director
the cities of Roanoke and Salem; the counties wstrickland@rvarc.org
of Roanoke, Craig, and Franklin; and Virginia (540) 343-4417
Western Community College
A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH), City Bob Drewel
of Bellevue, Cascade Land Conservancy (CLC),
Community Development
Collaborative/Impact Capital Equity
Partnership, City of Everett, King County,
King County Housing Authority, North Seattle
Community College, Public Health—Seattle &
King County, City of Redmond, City of Seattle,
Seattle Housing Authority, City of Tacoma,
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department,
UW—Runstad Center, and ULI—Seattle
District Council
Executive Director
bdrewel@psrc.org
206-464-7090
Region's cities, town and County, Tribes, Lon Wyrick
Economic Development Council, Intercity Executive Director
Transit, LOTT, fire districts, public utility 360.956.7575
district, school districts, state Departments of
Commerce and General Administration,
Thurston Climate Action Team, Pacific
Mountain Work Force, Thurston County
Chamber of Commerce, Washington State
University, League of Women Voters
Education Fund, The Evergreen State College,
and the Housing Authority of Thurston
County
Madison Area Transportation Planning Board
(Metropolitan Planning Organization); City of
Madison; Dane County; City of Fitchburg
Steve Steinhoff
Senior Community Planner
steves@capitalarearpc.org
608.266.4593
$625,000
$4,999,700
$1,500,000
$1,997,500

WI Northwoods NiiJii Enterprise Community Inc. (1)
The mission of the group is to to build sustainable communities by
empowering citizens to foster partnerships and mobilize resources
for the elimination of poverty for future generations, and to
bridge business development between Native and non-Native
communities. Northwoods NiiJii Enterprise Community has
adopted the Empowerment Zone / Enterprise Community
principals of economic opportunity, sustainable development,
community-based partnerships, strategic vision of change, and a
grassroots approach, and woven these through every thread of its
activity.
WI Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (1)
This Project will produce several outcomes that are critical for
regional sustainability. First, it will develop a robust regional data
repository that can be accessed by the public via the internet. It
will forge a partnership at a regional scale, unlike anything that
has been done before in southwestern Wisconsin. It will create
the Sustainable Development Framework. It will implement a
active public participation plan that makes use of the latest
technology. Finally, it will produce the Plan itself. In the Plan, the
Commission will place emphasis on the issue of transportation in
relationship to housing and employment centers, while addressing
all six of the Livability principles. This Plan will guide the region
into the future and help assure that Southwest Wisconsin is ready
to address the 21st Century in a self-sufficient, resilient, and
sustainable way. The Commission intends to accomplish all this by
modeling a successful, replicable ―bottom-up‖ regional planning
approach, where the planning process is guided by the plethora of
local plans that have come before.
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa, the Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin and the Sokaogon Chippewa
Community of Mole Lake , eight municipal
governments in Wisconsin, and Shawano
County Economic Development Progress, Inc.
East Central Intergovernmental Association/
Dubuque Metropolitan Transportation Study
(DMATSMPO); Southwestern Wisconsin
Community Action Program (SWCAP);
Southwest Wisconsin Workforce
Development Board (SWWDB); University of
Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP); LIFT-Southwest
Wisconsin Transit Team (LIFT); City of
Platteville; City of Monroe; Grant County;
Green County
Patricia O'Neill
Executive Director
poneil@niijii.org
(715) 588-9325
Lawrence Ward
Executive Director
wardla@uwplatt.edu
(608) 342-1713
$525,000
$475,000