A free download of land use codes that cover a wide range of smart growth topics including street design guidelines, tiny homes, accessory dwelling units, and complete streets.

A free download for codes and ordinances on green infrastructure, energy, rain gardens, water retention, native plants, and pollution.

A free download of model codes and ordinances that take a broad view of sustainability.

Links to tools, research, codes, and ordinances categorized by municipal operations, utilities, transportation and land use, and environmental and natural resource management.

As local government managers we should be concerned with how our communities interact with the environment.

What's inside: A sampling of smart-growth-based codes from the Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee.

Sustainability is not a choice, it is a way life. 

Municipal operations provide an opportunity to reduce the impact on human and environmental health. 

ICMA showcased the future of local government at SXSW by sharing innovative, collaborative approaches to governance and sustainability.