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	Eco-Design & Development
	To leverage innovation and best management practices to create models for the proper siting, design, construction, and management of new developments.
	Facilitate Best Practices	Drive Change	Offer New Solutions
	Assist community leaders with community-wide environmental planning, policies, and practices.	Document and publicize the environmental, economic, and social outcomes of model communities.	Identify existing policy barriers hindering the establishment of more sustainable communities as well as alternatives to overcome these barriers.
We Work With: Land Owners Developers Architects Town Permitting Boards Community Planners Construction Companies & Builders End-users (e.g., homeowners)	Audubon Signature Programs The Audubon Signature Programs provide environmental planning assistance to new developments. The programs help landowners and developers design for the environment so that both economic and environmental objectives are achieved. Once construction is complete, involvement in an Audubon Signature Program ensures that managers apply sustainable resource management practices in the long-term stewardship of the property. Audubon Classic Programs Owners and managers of properties with existing land uses may join a program of similar rigor to our Audubon Signature Programs. These properties include redevelopments or ongoing restoration projects while maintaining the same use.	St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California, may be the “Greenest New Church” in America. In June 2005, the congregation began to strengthen their environmental stance by planning the development of a new educational and spiritual complex with a goal of becoming certified in the Audubon International Signature Program. Learn More...	Advisory Council An Advisory Council has been developed for the Community Initiative to help provide advice, feedback, stakeholder review of programs and actions, and create new opportunities for partnership and change. The Council will offer voice and perspective from members of industry, professional associations, universities, nonprofits, and community leadership. Eco-Development Initiative Advisory Council Audubon International's Strategic Plan