Education - Smart Growth Leadership Program

The movement for Smart Growth in cities, suburbs, and metropolitan regions has galvanized citizens and institutions across America. It has brought together diverse interest groups searching for strategies to channel economic and residential development in a way that sustains both the natural environment and our existing communities.

The initiation of state level Smart Growth policies in Maryland in 1997 created challenges for state and local leaders because it was a new way of approaching land-use, housing and transportation decisions. Smart Growth has been in place long enough, in Maryland and other states, for us to evaluate how it is working, and to identify ways in which state and local leaders can increase their effectiveness in implementing more desirable land use planning processes and outcomes. The Maryland Smart Growth Leadership Program provides state and local public officials with the knowledge and skills needed to lead their agencies, companies or jurisdictions in implementing Smart Growth. For more information, please select an item from the categories above.