MN Governmental Sites
Association of Minnesota Counties
Environmental Quality Board
Hennepin County
League of
Minnesota Cities
Minneapolis
Neighborhood Revitalization Program
Minneapolis Planning Department
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Minnesota Planning
Minnesota Land Use, Planning and Urban Design
Land Stewardship
Project
Minnesota Center
for Environmental Advocacy has a Transportation & Land Use
Program -
Developing Solutions to Minnesota's Transportation and Land Use
Problems
Minnesota
Chapter of the American Planning Association
Minnesota
Land Trust - A non-profit organization protecting open space in
Minnesota.
Law Sets the
Stage for Community-Based Planning - The1997 Community-Based
Planning Act that established a new state framework for local
planning, from the Minnesota Planning Agency
Sensible Land Use Coalition - Provides a forum for developers,
policy-makers, and regulators to discuss land use and planning
issues in Minnesota.
Sierra Club's
Northstar Chapter published
The Citizens Guide to Endangered Open Space - December 2000
Transportation Resources in Minnesota
Alternatives
Citzens for
Personal Rapid Transit - Minnesota group working for personal
rapid transit (PRT), an innovative transportation system developed
at the Univeristy of Minnesota.
Environmental Law and Policy Center - Working for sound
transportation policies in the upper Midwest. Site includes
resources, discussion lists, and action alerts.
Minnesota Center
for Environmental Advocacy has a Transportation & Land Use
Program -
Developing Solutions to Minnesota's Transportation and Land Use
Problems
Transit for
Livable Communities
Minnesota Resources
Federal Government and Related Resources
Federal Legislation
Cape Cod Commission -
Established in 1990, the Commission serves as a regional planning
and regulatory agency to prepare and implement a regional land use
policy plan for all of Cape Cod, review and regulate Developments of
Regional Impact, and recommend designation of certain areas as
Districts of Critical Planning Concern.
Colorado Smart
Growth Initiative
Federal
Transit Administration
Maryland Office of Smart Growth
Metro -
The elected regional government for the Portland, Oregon
metropolitan area that governs land use and transportation, and
manages the area's urban growth boundary.
National
Association of Counties
National
Association of Regional Councils
National
League of Cities
U.S.
Conference of Mayors
United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United
States Department of Transportation
The Vermont Environmental
Board - Created by Act 250 to provide a public process for
reviewing and managing the environmental, social and fiscal
consequences of major subdivisions and developments in Vermont.
General Sprawl Resources and Sites
1000 Friends of
Wisconsin - A statewide organization working to fight sprawl and
promote effective land use reform in Wisconsin .
The Brookings
Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy - The
Center conducts analyses of the impact of government policies,
private sector actions, and national trends on cities and
metropolitan areas, and produces policy recommendations.
The Center for
Livable Communities (CLC) - The Center for Livable Communities
helps local governments and community leaders be proactive in their
land use and transportation planning, and adopt programs and
policies that lead to more livable and resource-efficient land use
patterns.
Center for
Neighborhood Technology - To promote public policies, new
resources and accountable authority which support sustainable, just
and vital urban communities.
The
Citistates Group - Dedicated to regionalism and metropolitan
governance.
Covering
Urban Sprawl - Rethinking the American Dream - A resource guide
for journalists from the
Radio-Television News Directors Association
Envision Utah - A coalition studying the long term impact of
growth in Utah and working to create a publicly supported growth
strategy that will preserve the state's quality of life and economic
vitality.
Main
Street - Working to revitalize urban centers.
National
Neighborhood Coalition - Working for sustainable communities.
Includes a Smart Growth online discussion and program.
Smart Growth
in the Southeast - New Approaches for Guiding Development - A
1999 report from the Environmental Law
Institute and the
Southern Environmental Law Center.
Smart
Growth Network - Development that serves economy, community, and
environment.
Sprawl Busters - How to keep Wal-Mart out of your town.
Sprawl Resource Guide - From the Planning Commissioners Journal.
The
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse - The Clearinghouse helps advocates,
grassroots organizations, public officials, developers, architects,
planners, policymakers and others revitalize existing communities
and reduce urban sprawl.
Sustainable Communities Network
Talking to Union
Leaders About Smart Growth - by
Good Jobs First and
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
American Farmland Trust - Working to stop the loss of productive
farmland to urban expansion.
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Farm Land Information
Library - A wealth of information on farmland protection,
including full-text literature, laws, maps, statistics, fact
sheets and more.
Brownfields -
Resources on encouraging clean-up and redevelopment of brownfields
from the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
California
Center for Land Recycling - Encourages land recycling to
revitalize urban areas, discourage urban sprawl, and conserve
greenspace.
Congress of
the New Urbanism
Curbing Sprawl to Curb Global Warming - Sierra Club
Design Center for
American Urban Landscape - University of Minnesota research
institute exploring community-based development strategies and
sustainable urban landscapes.
The
Greenbelt Alliance - The Greenbelt Alliance is the leading land
conservation organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, and
provides resources on urban growth boundaries and other strategies
for halting sprawl.
Housing Density, Urban Sprawl, and Growth Management - Resource
materials related to how housing density fits into plans to
coordinate and manage growth.
Intergovernmental Committee in Urban and Regional Research -
Resource on community planning and sustainability issues in Canada.
International Downtown Association - Advocate for urban and
community centers.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Research and education
organization specializing in land policy and taxation issues.
Michigan
Land Use Institute - A nonprofit organization dedicated to
fostering a new approach to economic development that respects the
land and communities. Web site includes information and resources on
land stewardship, transportation, property rights, oil and gas
policy reform, and farmland conservation.
National
Housing Institute - An independent nonprofit group that examines
the crisis in housing and community in America, and produces a
bimonthly magazine, Shelterforce, which is available on line.
The Oregon Land Use Information Center - Information about
Oregon's land use program.
Planning Reports - From the Planning Commissioner's Journal,
this recently launched, first-of-a-kind web site archives reports
prepared by city and county planning departments, state agencies,
and non-profit organizations on important planning issues, like
sprawl and growth management. Reports are categorized by topic and
by state. The site includes instructions for getting your
organization's publications listed.
Project for
Public Spaces - A non-profit planning and design organization
dedicated to preserving public spaces and public transit as the
nexus of community life.
The Trust
for Public Land - A national, nonprofit land conservation
organization that works with local governments and community groups
to acquire and preserve open space.
Urban Land
Institute
Transportation Resources
American
Public Transit Association
Bike
Plan Source - An on-going effort to help communities improve
bicycling conditions. The site includes an online bicycle planning
and program guide, a reference library, news and views, and access
to other sites.
Carfree
Cities - Carfree cities past, present, and future. Solutions to
the problem of the urban automobile.
CarSharing Portland - Flexcar Home page for Portland, Oregon's
car sharing cooperative.
Carsharing.net
Conservation Law
Foundation's Transportation Program (formerly Transportation for
Livable Communities Network) - network of people concerned about
transportation, land use, and community planning. The site offers
discussion groups, listservs, resource documents, and links.
Dollars and Sense - The
Economic Case for Public Transportation in America - A report by
Donald H. Camph and supported by The Campaign for Efficient
Passenger Transportation.
Innovative
Transportation Technologies - Focuses on unconventional
transportation technologies, including personal transit systems and
automated systems for moving freight. Both operational and
conceptual systems are presented.
National Center for Bicycling and Walking
Sky Loop
Take Back Your
Streets - How to Protect Communities from Asphalt and Traffic -
Citizen's guide from the Conservation
Law Foundation.
Transportation Alternatives - New York City-area citizens' group
working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer
cars.
Tri-State
Transportation Campaign - Working to reform transportation
policies in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Victoria
Transport Policy Institute - Dedicated to developing innovative
tools for solving transportation problems. Site includes dozens of
studies examining the benefits and costs of different forms of
transportation. Land use, sustainability, and social equity are some
of the criteria considered.
Victoria Car Share Co-op - Provides information and links on
this and other car share cooperatives.
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