Efficient Growth for Growing Suburbs

What is EGGS?

The Efficient Growth for Growing Suburbs (EGGS) initiative is a grant program administered by DVRPC and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT). The purpose of the program is to help growing communities in the DVRPC region of Southeastern Pennsylvania improve growth management and community design and to optimize the efficiency of their existing and planned transportation network through better linkages between land use and transportation planning.

The EGGS program funds projects that support planning, design, preliminary engineering, ordinance writing, and feasibility studies that promote smart growth principles, enhance community livability, and optimize the efficacy of transportation investments. These activities ultimately support efforts to implement the goals of the region's Connections Long-Range Plan.

The Projects

In 2009, $320,000 in EGGS grants was awarded to eight communities. Each grant recipient is required to provide a 20% match of the total project cost as cash or in-kind services. These projects are successful demonstrations of the different ways communities can plan for future growth in a manner that supports the region's long-range plan. Selection criteria and application guidance can be reviewed in the EGGS Guidebook [1.6 MB .pdf]

The communities that were awarded EGGS funding are:

All of the 2009 awarded projects were completed by June, 2011. A future round of EGGS funding has not been scheduled at this time.

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