Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities

Rural communities across America are working to strengthen their economies, provide better quality of life to residents, and build on assets such as traditional main streets, agricultural and working lands, and natural resources. The Partnership for Sustainable Communities, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), established a Rural Work Group to reinforce these initiatives and ensure that the four agencies’ spending, policies, and programs support rural communities’ efforts to be economically vibrant and environmentally sustainable. This report summarizes the Rural Work Group’s findings and creates a framework for the Partnership’s future work with rural communities. The report includes the following sections: How the Livability Principles Support Rural Communities; Housing and Urban Developent (HUD), Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Programs at Work in Rural Communities; Performance Measures for Success; Conclusion and Next Steps for the Partnership; and Case Studies of Federal Support for Sustainable Rural Communities. Appendix A provides some examples of how federal agencies are supporting these efforts.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/2011_11_supporting-sustainable-rural-communities.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Partnership for Sustainable Communities

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  Department of Agriculture

  1400 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20250

  Environmental Protection Agency

  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20460

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  451 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20410
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: 52p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Communities; Performance measurement; Quality of life; Rural areas; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Transportation (General); I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01362890
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 2012 10:15AM