Creating Great Communities

Forterra partners with cities and their citizens to create communities that provide affordable, attractive, prosperous and healthy places to live, work and raise families. By working to ensure that the majority of new residents live in walkable neighborhoods near transportation choices, jobs and shopping, future growth will not compromise the natural areas, workings farms and forests that make this region special.

What we do:

Forterra focuses on three key actions to drive local innovation in land use policy.   We educate city leaders and citizens, research and develop smart growth policies and advance catalytic and pioneering projects.

        1. Build Public Support: Forterra educates city leaders and residents on the benefits of well-planned growth and engages local citizens in advocating for quality growth in their communities

        2. Advance Policy Implementation:  Forterra works closely with cities to research, write and adopt strong plans, policies and ordinances that create affordable, healthy, economically vibrant communities

        3. Initiate Catalytic Projects: Forterra and its partners work  to advance transformational projects that demonstrate the benefits of smart growth and to  initiate private market response

Areas of focus:

• Transit Oriented Development
• Innovative Housing
• Complete Streets and active transportation
• Community gardens and urban agriculture
• Citizen engagement in the planning process
• Healthy Communities

Contact us for more information about our urban livability services:

(206) 292-5907
info@forterra.org