Our vision for Smart Growth America
We are a diverse, safe, supportive, and collaborative organization that fosters all staff to grow, take risks, and evolve, supporting our efforts to build healthy, prosperous, and resilient places.
Our values
At Smart Growth America, we center our work around our north star — “We envision a country where no matter where you live, or who you are, you can enjoy living in a place that is healthy, prosperous, and resilient.”
The movement for smart growth is about helping every place become a more fair, economically prosperous, and environmentally sustainable place where communities thrive, not just survive. This is why it is essential that we embed people-first practices in both in our internal culture and external work.
We acknowledge that fostering an inclusive workplace requires continuous growth and reflection. Thus, only by embedding this work into our culture will we be able to effectively wield the smart growth movement to support communities to achieve transformative change that helps them become healthier, more prosperous, and more resilient places to live for all people.
Embedding inclusivity in both our internal culture and external work is essential to:
