Sustainable Community Capacity Building
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Sustainable Community Capacity Building
Communities need assistance on a variety of levels as they begin to address issues of sustainability. The center provides technical assistance to communities in the area of planning, water infrastructure, affordable housing, vacant property assessments and community engagement in environmental decision making.
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HUD Sustainable Communities Capacity Building Grant
CEPM was supporting the national Sustainable Communities Learning Network as a capacity building provider to Sustainable Communities grantees across the nation. CEPM led a team comprised of members of the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN), specifically the New England Environmental Finance Center, the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland and the Southwest Environmental Finance Center, as well as two other University of Louisville centers: Center for Hazards Research and Center for Infrastructure Research
Our team’s technical assistance focused on:
- Building the capacity of nearly 400 Sustainable Communities and EPA grantees to meet their workplan objectives, including implementing effective strategies for infrastructure investment and local and regional planning.
- Fostering grantee peer-sharing to encourage coordination between projects as well as sharing of sustainability practices.
- Helping grantees integrate water infrastructure, green infrastructure, consent decrees, brownfields redevelopment, and resiliency into their local and regional planning efforts.
Grantees and professionals working on projects supported by the federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities are encouraged to visit the Sustainable Communities Learning Network website for resources, technical assistance, and training events.
All documents related to this project are being updated for accessibility and will be restored soon. Contact cepm@louisville.edu to request copies.
Issue Briefs
- Asset Management for Stormwater
- Saving by Mitigating
- Auditing Your Town's Development Code for Barriers to Sustainable Water Management
Water Management Learning Modules
- Module 1 - Watershed Planning
- Module 2 - Low-Impact Development
- Module 3 - Green Infrastructure
Topical Resource Directories
- Green Infrastructure
- Hazard Mitigation
- Land Use & Water
- Drinking Water
- Climate Change
All documents related to this project are being updated for accessibility and will be restored soon. Contact cepm@louisville.edu to request copies.
- Urban Transportation and the Benefits of Public Transit
- Building Economic Resilience in the Kerr-Tar Region: Recommendations for Linking Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies and Hazard Mitigation Plans (2015)
- Green Infrastructure Opportunities that Arise During Municipal Operations (2015)
- Green Infrastructure and the Sustainable Communities Initiative (2015)
- Lessons from the Storm: Case Studies on Economic Recovery and Resilience (2014)
- Integrating Water into Local and Regional Sustainability Planning: Case Studies from Sustainable Communities Grantees (2014)
- Enhancing Sustainable Communities with Green Infrastructure (2014)
- Local Government Stormwater Financing Manual: A Process for Program Reform (2014)
- Green Infrastructure on Brownfields (2012)
- Privatizing Infrastructure: A Guide for Local Governments (2012)
- Promoting Green Infrastructure - Strategies, Case Studies, & Resources (2012)
- Case Studies for Stormwater Management on Compacted, Contaminated Soils in Dense Urban Areas (2008)
- Effective Financing Solutions: Paying for Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Projects Webinars (May 2014)
- Implementing Your Resiliency Strategy: A Policy & Systems Perspective (April 2014)
- Asset Management for Stormwater (November 2013)
- Intro to COAST: A Tool for Community-Led Climate Adaptation Planning (September 2013)
- Assessing the Economic Impact of Stormwater Investments (June 2013)
- Green Infrastructure on Brownfields
- Community Resiliency and Recovery Planning (February 2013)