Page 45 - Communities Program News Today

Shortly after taking office President Obama announced his intention to develop federal policies to induce states and local communities to embrace "smart growth" land use strategies that would deter growth, crowd development, and discourage automobile use.[1]

August 24, 2022 Charleston, WV – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,360,000 from the Economic

FEMA says they are deploying door-to-door efforts to help people in Kentucky affected by historical flooding.

Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.

The US Department of Transportation recently released a notification of funding opportunity for the first-of-its-kind Reconnecting Communities Program, which will provide $1 billion in competitive grants across five years to “help reconnect communities that were previously cut off from economic opportunities by transportation infrastructure.”

The federal government and a coalition of 24 companies and foundations are coming together to align historic investments in underserved communities;

Simcoe County envisions trails linking together and stretching across more of the region, regardless of municipal boundaries.

Climate change is literally an existential threat to our nation and to the world,

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts.

Biden is under increasing pressure after conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said last week he was not ready to support key climate provisions in Congress.