Governors' Institute on Community Design

04/14/2011

New blog post!

Fuel costs are rising rapidly, and individual drivers aren’t the only ones feeling the pain. School transportation systems around the country are struggling to adjust to cost increases. In a survey of school districts conducted last month, almost 76 percent of transportation directors report that ri

03/18/2011

Check out our latest blog post! We speak with Nancy Hazlett of Fowler, Colorado (pop. 1200) about how the state's Sustainable Main Streets Initiative has benefited the community.

03/03/2011

New blog post! http://www.govinstitute.org/2011/03/state-policy-to-support-main-street-part-2-of-3-an-interview-with-susan-kirkpatrick/

GICD’s last post discussed the important cultural and economic role of well-designed small town downtowns – and identified the need to reverse years of disinvestment through better planning practices. Fortunately, some states are leading the way and have undertaken policy efforts to revitalize their

02/10/2011

http://www.govinstitute.org/2011/02/a-new-director-and-new-approach-at-the-governors%E2%80%99-institute-on-community-design/

For the past six years, NEA has partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency to sponsor the Governors’ Institute on Community Design. The Governors’ Institute conducts state-level work on design, sustainability, and placemaking to foster connected, economically vital communities that tread lig