Editing Smart growth (section)

==Communities implementing smart growth==
EPA presented awards for smart growth achievement between 2002 and 2015. The awardees comprised 64 projects in 28 states. Among the localities receiving awards were:
* [[Arlington County, Virginia]]
* [[Minneapolis]] and [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]], [[Minnesota]]
* [[Davidson, North Carolina]]
* [[Denver]], [[Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |title=National Award for Smart Growth Achievement |url=https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/national-award-smart-growth-achievement |date=2022-06-28 |publisher=EPA}}</ref>

The smart growth network has recognized these U.S. communities for implementing smart growth principles:
* The Kentlands; [[Gaithersburg, Maryland]] (for live-work units)
* [[East Liberty (Pittsburgh)|East Liberty]]; [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] (establishing downtown retail)
* Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School; [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] (for being located downtown)
* Garfield Park; [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]](retaining transit options)
* Murphy Park; [[St. Louis, Missouri]] (bringing the features of suburban living to the city)
* [[New Jersey Pine Barrens]], [[South Jersey]] (for transfer of development rights away from undeveloped land)
* [[Chesterfield Township, New Jersey]] (for township wide transfer of development rights away from forest and farmland and development of the several hundred acre New Urbanism community of Old York Village.<ref>[http://www.smartgrowthonlineaudio.org/pdf/TISG_2006_8-5x11.pdf smartgrowthonlineaudio.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930105942/http://www.smartgrowthonlineaudio.org/pdf/TISG_2006_8-5x11.pdf |date=2006-09-30}}</ref>

The [[European Union]] has recognized these cities and regions for implementing "smart specialization" which originated from smart growth principles:
* [[Navarre|Navarre, Spain]] (Improving education and developing projects for medical tourism and green vehicles<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/information/pdf/brochures/rfec/2011_smart_growth_en.pdf|title=Regional policy for smart growth in Europe 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211035205/https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/information/pdf/brochures/rfec/2011_smart_growth_en.pdf | archive-date=2021-12-11|website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref>)
* [[Flanders, Belgium]] (Spending funds on transportation, healthcare services, and technological innovation<ref name=":0" />)
* [[Lower Austria]] ( Cooperating with neighboring regions to develop new markets for local companies<ref name=":0" />)

In May 2011, The European Union released a Regional Policy report for smart growth policy for 2020.<ref name=":0" /> The Regional Policy report stated smart specialization was the strategy to focus Europe's resources and administer smart growth principles.

In July 2011, ''The Atlantic'' magazine called the [[BeltLine]], a series of housing, trail, and transit projects along a 22-mile (35-km) long disused rail corridor surrounding the core of [[Atlanta]], the United States' "most ambitious smart growth project".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/07/the-countrys-most-ambitious-smart-growth-project/242549/| title = Kaid Benfield, "The Country's Most Ambitious Smart Growth Project", ''The Atlantic'', July 26, 2011| website = [[The Atlantic]]| date = 26 July 2011}}</ref>

In Savannah, Georgia (US) the historic [[Oglethorpe Plan]] has been shown to contain most of the elements of smart growth in its network of wards, each of which has a central civic square. The plan has demonstrated its resilience to changing conditions, and the city is using the plan as a model for growth in newer areas.<ref>Wilson, Thomas D. ''The Oglethorpe Plan: Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond''. University of Virginia Press, 2012. chapters 4 and 5.</ref>

In Melbourne, Australia, almost all new outer-suburban developments are master planned, guided by the principles of smart growth.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wear|first1=Andrew|title=New Communities in New Suburbs: The Challenge of Effective Infrastructure Provision|date=29 March 2019 |url=https://www.slideserve.com/marcy/new-communities-in-new-suburbs-the-challenge-of-effective-infrastructure-provision-powerpoint-ppt-presentation|access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref>