03/08/2007 - Awards Program
The awards program honors creative county-led partnerships in developing sustainable communities.

05/08/2006 - Sustainable Business Development
Through partnerships with builders, developers, retailers, scholars, and entrepreneurs, the Center provides local officials with practical strategies they can implement to help secure positive business development.

05/06/2006 - National Housing Initiative
The National Housing Initiative assists county leaders in better understanding the challenges they face to make housing and home ownership opportunities available.

05/07/2008 - 2007 Center for Sustainable Communities Awards Program Winning Best Practices
This publication includes case studies of the 10 award winning county sustainability programs in 2007, including the four recognized for Platinum Innovation and Outstanding Practices. Five Lessons for Building Sustainable Communities is also included.

08/23/2007 - Counties and Local Food Systems
This best practices publication provides counties with four methods they can use to bolster their local farm sectors and increase the availability of healthy food for constituents: food councils, farm to school programs, infrastructure for small and medium producers, and agricultural conservation easement programs.

06/26/2007 - Center Report, Summer 2007 Edition (PDF)
The Summer 2007 edition of the Center Report focuses on on-the-ground work counties and Center partners are doing to build sustainable communities.