Piedmont Triad Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, North Carolina

With funding through the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation will develop a plan for sustainable development in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region that helps it move from its agricultural and manufacturing history to a strong position in the new, knowledge-based economy. The integrated regional plan will encourage investment in and near urban areas and towns to reduce sprawl, investigate expanding access to non-automobile transportation to lower costs, assess the need for, and optimal placement of, affordable housing, and define a structure for taking advantage of existing assets in higher education institutions. The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program supports metropolitan and multi-jurisdictional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure investments.

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Education

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• DOT
• EPA
• HUD
• sustainable
• communities