Smart Growth for Coastal Alabama


How do we continue to grow and prosper while preserving the qualities that bring us here to Coastal Alabama?

Today, over 50% of our nation's population lives on 17% of our available land. That acreage comprises our coastal counties, such as Mobile and Baldwin. What's more, another 27 million will inhabit our coasts within the next 15 years.

Find real solutions from our nations best.

Healthy Coastal Communities Initiative

10 Smart Growth Principles

The Healthy Coastal Communities Initiative is a project of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program carried out in coordination with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Coastal Policy Center, the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' State Lands Division, Coastal Section. Funding for this initiative was provided in part by the Environmental Protection Agency under USEPA #CE97491303-0 and by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management under Award #03NOS4190073.

 
 
 

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