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The Livable Communities Act encourages comprehensive planning at
the local and regional level, and would
provide funding and resources to address congestion, affordable housing,
land-use, and economic development
needs, including protection of rural areas and green space. The bill would
provide capital grants as well as grants
for comprehensive planning. Equally important, it would formalize and
fund the Livable Communities partnership between HUD, the Department of
Transportation, and the Environmental
Protection Agency, which was signed in
June 2009. The Department of Housing
and Urban Development just closed the
application period for the $100 million in
grant funds to be distributed for the Sustainable Regional Planning Grant Program administered by HUD. Many park
and recreation agencies are expected to
be part of the local and regional partnerships that formed to submit these

applications. According to sources, interest in these grants was very high around
the country, and it is likely that hundreds
of applications were submitted for them.
Announcement of the grant recipients is
expected in late fall.
Several other bills that would directly or indirectly support livable community strategies bear watching, although
the potential to include park and recreation agencies as eligible entities has
not yet been fully assessed. These include the Green Communities Act, HR
2222, which would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to " develop and plan
a [community greening] initiative, which
may include revitalizing municipal parks
and public spaces, tree plantings, green
roof construction and vacant lot management. " Also of interest are the Complete
Streets Act, HR 1443, and the Safe Routes
to School Act, HR 4021/S. 1156.
If your agency and your citizen advocates have not yet begun to look

strategically at how parks and recreation
can and should play a role in contributing to making your community more livable and sustainable, it is time to begin.
New legislation and federal programs
will provide funding and technical resources that are otherwise difficult to
come by in this economy. Parks, open
space, and recreation are essential components of livable sustainable communities, and it is our business to let policy
makers and legislators know how important they are to our communities.
For more information and to learn
about legislation, resources, and funding available to parks and recreation
for implementation of livable communities strategies, visit the NRPA webpage at www. nrpa.org/advocacy or
contact Rich Dolesh at rdolesh@nrpa.
org.

Richard J. Dolesh is the NRPA Chief of

Public Policy.

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