<b><font face="Tahoma">Smart Growth Implementation Assistance </font></b> <div><font face="Arial">EPA is soliciting applications from communities that want help with either policy analysis or public participatory processes. Selected communities will receive assistance in the form of a multi-day visit from a team of experts organized by EPA and other national partners to work with local leaders. <span lang="en"> EPA typically helps 4 to 5 communities each year through the SGIA program, visit here for examples of projects underway in these communities: </span></font><a href="http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia_communities.htm"><span lang="en"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia_communities.htm</font></u></span><span lang="en"></span></a><span lang="en"></span><span lang="en"><font face="Arial">. </font></span></div> <div><span lang="en"><font face="Arial">EPA also offers tools for Smart Growth such as scorecards,
examples of codes that support smart growth development, and sample requests for proposals. </font></span></div> <div><span lang="en"><font face="Arial">Applications for implementation assistance</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">will be accepted until May 8, 2009. For more information on tools above and for application materials, please go to: </font></span><a href="outbind://70/www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia.htm"><span lang="en-us"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia.htm</font></u></span></a><span lang="en-us"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">.</font></span></div><BR><BR><DIV>
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