Tours of Livable Communities give participants an opportunity to experience a living laboratory of urban infill, compact development, and transit-oriented development. Our most popular tour — the Village Homes Walking Tour — showcases one of the first mixed-use, walkable communities built in the U.S. located in Davis, CA that boasts year-round community gardens and orchards. Customized bus tours of livable communities can also be arranged.

The LGC also partners with walkability expert Dan Burden of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute to provide Smart Growth tours of communities in conjunction with LGC’s annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. These tours provide an opportunity to learn how a wide range of Smart Growth strategies are being implemented in communities of all sizes and shapes, as well as explore the key issues facing the regions visited.