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120 Stimulus Spending Report – VA
The States and the Stimulus – Virginia Report: Are they using it to create jobs and 21st century transportation?
120 Day Stimulus Spending Report – D.C.
This report is a product of Smart Growth America (SGA), a coalition of national, state and local organizations working to improve the ways we plan and build our towns, cities, and metropolitan areas.
As part of that mission, SGA and our partners have been working with states and cities to help shape how they spend their stimulus funds. In March 2009, SGA issued Spending the Stimulus, a report describing the wide range of projects for which the bulk of the states’ ARRA transportation spending could be used.
REGIONAL – Urban Land Institute’s “Beltway Burden”
To find affordable homes, many in the workforce have followed the popular advice to “drive till you qualify” by moving to remote suburbs such as Warren and Fauquier counties, VA, in the west; Spotsylvania County, VA, and Charles County, MD, in the south; Frederick County in the north; and Calvert County, MD, in the east. As reflected in this report, however, efforts to save on housing expenses often lead to higher transportation costs, with the result that an even larger portion of household budgets are consumed by the combined burden of housing and transportation costs.
Stranded At the Station: Transit Cuts and Fare Increases Hurt Communities
Even as transit ridership has soared, many local and regional transit agencies have had to make deep budget cuts, leaving many transit-users without another option. This report shows a national snapshot of the problem and offers suggestions to fix it.
REGIONAL – Toolkit for Affordable Housing Development
The Coalition for Smarter Growth prioritizes the production and preservation of affordable housing, especially with access to transportation choices and jobs, as one critical element of truly interconnected, sustainable communities.
Spending the Stimulus – D.C. Report
Our priorities for federal stimulus spending in D.C.
Spending the Stimulus – Virginia Report
Our priorities for federal stimulus spending in Virginia
120 Day Stimulus Spending Report – Background Information
The states and the stimulus — Are they using it to create jobs and a 21st century transportation system?
D.C. – Fair Budget Coalition’s Annual Budget Recommendations 2009
The Fair Budget Coalition fights for a just and inclusive District of Columbia through advocacy and organizing and by advancing budget and public policy initiatives which reflect the inter-dependency of the District’s community and economic development systems. Organized in 1994, Fair Budget is a coalition of grassroots community groups, human service providers, advocates, faith organizations, and concerned community members.