Working Towards Change For decades, communities have navigated economic uncertainty, closures, energy transitions, and other challenges stemming from hosting energy-generating infrastructure. How to Grow and Strengthen Economies Click on the links below to learn how communities can strengthen and grow their economic base throughout the energy transition lifecycle. Land Use & Planning: Preparing for the Future Land Inventory and Leveraging Underutilized Parcel
Zoning Analysis
Housing Capacity Analysis
Placemaking Strategies
Case Study: Multiple Investments in Plymouth, MA Building Economic Resilience Fiscal Health of Communities
Leveraging the Nuclear Workforce to Develop Synergistic Industries
Case Study: Smart Planning & Development in Southwest Michigan Improving Regional Coordination The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and Nuclear Communities
Nuclear Powerplant License Renewal Approaching the Energy Transition Case Study: Keeping the Economy Moving in South Central Pennsylvania
Solar & Nuclear Co-Location License Renewal
How Nuclear Power Decommissioning Can Inform the Energy Transition Working Together Towards a Common Goal The Community Economic Diversification Roadmap is part of a partnership between Smart Growth America, National Association of Development Organizations, the Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative, and Center for Creative Land Recycling supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
This effort utilizes Federal funds under award ED20HDQ3030068 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the project team and do not necessarily reflect the views of EDA or the U.S. Department of Commerce.