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The Livable Communities Coalition works to improve the quality of life in metropolitan Atlanta by sharing and promoting smart growth principles, advocating public policy that promotes smart growth, and supporting projects that accelerate smart growth. Formed in 2005, the Livable Communities Coalition unites over 50 organizations working to change the way metro Atlanta grows by focusing on land use, transportation, housing, and conservation of open green space and natural resources.

COALITION NEWS

Join the Coalition, dozens of coalition partners, supporters and volunteers for our Fast Track Forward Campaign Kick-off Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, at the SHOUT restaurant at Colony Square. Light refreshments will be served. Doug Hooker, regional director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, will be the keynote speaker.

MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGION

MARTA board moves ahead with rail projects in anticipation of regional sales tax

A year after the Livable Communities Coalition launched its Fair Share for Transit initiative in an effort to ensure adequate representation of transit projects on the Atlanta Transportation Investment Act project list we're excited to announce the Fast Track Forward campaign. Fast Track Forward is an educational campaign centered on the merits of the more than $3 billion in new transit projects included in the TIA list to be voted on July 31st.

Fast Track Forward is a collaborative effort led by the Livable Communities Coalition that focuses on the business case for transit and its impact on the quality of life in Metro Atlanta.

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Livable Communities Coalition gets $100,000 Rockefeller grant to promote transit:

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Higher-density, compact development provides more housing choices in the places that are most convenient, especially in our region’s job and activity centers and near major transportation corridors.

When we link transportation investments with growth and development, we put street networks, rail, buses, biking lanes, and networks of sidewalks and paths where they can do the most good for the greatest number of people.

Smart growth means housing for everyone – housing that offers a wide variety of choices, is near jobs, and is affordable for all.

The Atlanta region is redeveloping many older neighborhoods, and more area residents are rediscovering the conveniences of living in town. But even an aggressive strategy to redevelop the region's town centers and transportation corridors won’t provide all the homes, shops, and offices needed to meet forecasted demand

Smart growth helps clean air and water, cuts energy consumption, stretches water resources farther, and promotes healthier living. By grouping homes closer together, denser development also consumers less land, leaving more land for parks, surrounding farms and open spaces, and other greenspaces.