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Creating Communities That Work

Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration

Category: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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Creating Communities That Work
Post Date: September 11, 2019
Resource Type:
  • Audio | Video
Description:

Communities across the United States are developing sustainable development strategies, by which they incorporate economic development approaches to benefit the local environment and the quality of life. This video highlights several success stories: a community development effort in Davis, California; a community planning process to re-site the town of Pattonsburg, Missouri after severe flooding; efforts to revitalize Portland, Oregon, and; a community-based project to develop green spaces in New York City.
Produced in 1995

Author: Smart Communities Network
Topic:
  • Sustainability
Audience:
  • Grades 9-12
  • Higher Education
  • Businesses
  • Public
Length in pages or time: 16 min.
Fee?: 0
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Order information or contact: Available for free* two-week loan from: Learning Resource Center & Library Environmental Assistance , MPCA 520 Lafayette Rd North St. Paul MN 55155 651-757-2120 or 800-877-6300 resourcecenter.pca@state.mn.us *borrower pays return postage.
Link: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov
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