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Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Regional
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Connecticut
Historical Commission
Historical
Commission,
http://www.chc.state.ct.us/
Description: The Commission's Historic Preservation Division (which also functions as the State Historic Preservation Office) administers a broad range of federal and state programs. These identify, register, and protect the buildings, sites, structures, district, and objects that comprise Connecticut's cultural heritage.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
Housing Finance Authority
Connecticut
Housing Finance Authority,
http://www.chfa.org/mainpages
Description: For over 34 years, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) has provided affordable homebuyer programs and rental housing opportunities for Connecticut families and the elderly.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Housing
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
State Judicial Branch
Court
Opinions,
http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/aro.htm#Supreme
Description:
The Connecticut Judicial Branch website provides public access to Supreme
Court and Appellate Court opinions prior to their publication in the Connecticut
Law Journal. The "officially released" date that appears near
the beginning of each opinion is the date the opinion will be published
in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it was released as a slip opinion.
A searchable archive of court opinions is also available.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
State Library
General
Statutes of Connecticut,
http://www.cslib.org/psaindex.htm
Description:
The Legislative Commissioners' Office is responsible for compiling the
General Statutes of Connecticut and publishing a printed edition every
other year. The browseable version of the General Statutes of Connecticut
is the electronic version of the printed volumes and is also prepared
under our direction.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
Trust for Historic Preservation
Connecticut
Trust for Historic Preservation,
http://www.cttrust.org/
Description: Established in 1975 as a non-profit organization by Special Act of the Connecticut General Assembly, the Connecticut Trust's mission is to preserve the character and ensure the vitality of Connecticut's historically significant places. Through education, advocacy, collaboration and support, the Trust assists residents and community organizations throughout the state to preserve, protect, and revitalize Connecticut's historically significant communities.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Department
of Transportation
State
Scenic Road Designation,
http://www.ct.gov/dot/lib/dot/documents/dscenicroads/scenic_roads_criteria.pdf
Description: The Connecticut General Statutes (Section 13b-31b) define a state scenic road as one that (a) passes through agricultural land or abuts land on which is located a historic building or structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the State Register of Historic Places, or (b) affords vistas of marshes, shorelines, forests with mature trees, or notable geologic or other natural features. The road shall have a minimum length of one mile and shall abut development which is compatible with its surroundings. Such development must not detract from the scenic or natural character or visual qualities of the road area.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Smart
Growth Network
Connecticut
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=CT&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Delaware
National Park Service
River Dynamics and Erosion, www.crjc.org
Description: Stabilization of your stream --or not .
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
NPS
Streambank stabilization for Conn river watershed, www.crjc.org
Description: How to stabilize streambeds in the Conn River Watershed.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
NPS
Prioritizing Erosion sites for Restoration , www.crjc.org
Description: Why control erosion along the conn river.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Delaware
Main Street
Delaware
Main Street,
http://www.delawaremainstreet.com/
Description:
The mission of Delaware Main Street is to provide Delaware's historic
commercial districts with the tools to promote economic stability in business
and workforce, and to retain and enhance their unique sense of place.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
State Courts and Orders
Court
Opinions and Orders,
http://courts.state.de.us/Opinions/(1233arvs105twzvg51mz0g30)/List.aspx
Description: A listing with links to court decisions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
State Government
Delaware
Administrative Code,
http://www.delcode.state.de.us/
Description: The Delaware Administrative Code is a topically oriented compilation of all regulations in effect. Administrative regulations have the force and effect of law. They effect each Delawareans daily life from the water we drink, to the air we breathe as well as many other topics.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Department
of Transportation
Delaware
State Scenic and Historic Highways Program,
http://www.deldot.net/static/pubs_forms/manuals/scenic_hwys/toc.html
Description:
The Delaware State Scenic and Historic Highways Program showcases the
natural beauty and unique features of the state and fosters the preservation
of natural, cultural and historic resources, while benefiting economic
development through tourism and recreational opportunities.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Historic
Preservation Office
State
Historic Preservation Office,
http://www.state.de.us/shpo/default.shtml
Description: The Delaware State Historic Preservation Office coordinates preservation efforts throughout Delaware and serves as an advocate for the preservation of Delaware's historic places and unique cultural identity.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Preservation
Delaware
Preservation
Delaware,
http://www.preservationde.org/
Description:
Preservation Delaware, Inc. is the statewide nonprofit organization dedicated
to the preservation of Delaware's architectural heritage and historic
settings. PDI is a statewide partner with the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. Motivated by the urgent need to protect Delaware's architectural
and archaeological heritage, the goals of the organization are pursued
through educational programs, public policy initiatives, and preservation
projects.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Smart
Growth Network
Delaware
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=DE&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
University
of Delaware
Center
for Historic Architecture and Design,
http://www.udel.edu/CHAD/
Description:
Established in 1984, the Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD)
is an interdisciplinary center created to address issues related to historic
preservation through an integrated program of teaching, research, and
public service. CHAD provides graduate education in historic preservation
and planning in which students learn both in the classroom and by participating
in research projects.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Delaware
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, Delaware, Maryland
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, historic preservation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #4: Residential Infill Development, www.dvrpc.org
Description: IV is the recycling of vacant or underutilized lands within cities and suburbs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #5: Impact Fees, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Finding creative and equitable funding fees.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #8: Transfer of Development Rights, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A tool that can be adopted to conserve land: agricultural, environmentally sensitive and necessary open space ..
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Riparian corridor conservation overlay- definition and use.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Transportation Improvement Plan FY 2005 Executive Summary, www.dvrpc.org
Description: General overview of TIP,what it is and what projects will be developed in the near future.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Assn Realtors
Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org
Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
American Farmland Trust
Regional Economic Development Strategy For Resource Based Industries on MD' s Eastern Shore, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Comprehensive report: sustainable resource based industries threatened by increasing land costs, fragmentation of agricultural land .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Virginia, Delaware
Maine
Department
of the Secretary of State
Online
Rules of Maine State Government Agencies,
http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/rcn/apa/depts.htm
Description: Rule chapters in the Code of Maine Rules (CMR) are arranged by unique numbers which identify the department, departmental unit, and chapter. For example, 01-015 CMR Chapter 1 represents Chapter 1 of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Maine Milk Commission. Click on the highlighted departmental designation to reach a complete list of its current chapters.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Department
of Transportation
DOT
Projects and Grant Applications,
http://www.maine.gov/mdot/projects-grant-applications/apply_for_environmental.php?tloc=5&loc=35
Description: Links to information about various grant programs and projects available for transportation enhancement.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Department
of Transportation
Maine
Covered Bridges,
http://www.maine.gov/mdot/covered-bridges/wooden.php
Description: Information about the preservation of historic covered bridges.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maine
Greater
Portland Landmarks
Greater
Portland Landmarks,
http://www.portlandlandmarks.org/
Description: Greater Portland Landmarks has worked since 1964 to increase the public's awareness of and appreciation for greater Portland's remarkable built environment. Landmarks is involved in the broader issue of urban planning and community revitalization, and all of its programs, seek to instill pride in community and to model ways for people to become involved. Over the years, Landmarks has broadened its scope of interest to include many elements that contribute to community character -- new construction in historic neighborhoods, projects impacting historic landscapes, cleaning and restoration of public statues among them.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Downtown Center
Maine
Downtown Center,
http://www.mdf.org/downtown/index.html
Description:
The Maine Downtown Center is a program of the Maine Development Foundation
devoted to fostering new vitality at the heart of Maine Communities. The
mission of the Maine Downtown Center is to foster downtown development
that is dynamic and community-based, and results in economic development,
business growth, job creation, housing revitalization, historic preservation,
and cultural enhancement.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Historic Preservation Commission
Maine
Historic Preservation Commission,
http://www.state.me.us/mhpc/
Description: The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is the state agency which functions as the State Historic Preservation Office in Maine. As such, the Commission is responsible for the identification, evaluation, and protection of Maine's significant cultural resources. The Commission oversees the statewide survey program, nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews development activities for their effect on cultural resources, co-ordinates rehabilitation projects under the Preservation Tax Incentives Program, assists local governments in survey work and the design of preservation guidelines, and is involved in a variety of public education activities.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Judicial Branch
Supreme
Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.me.us/opinions/supreme/index.html
Description: The opinions of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court have been published on this site since January 1, 1997. The permanent official version of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's opinions is that published in Atlantic Reporter, 2d Series, which has been Maine's Official Reporter since 1966.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Preservation
Maine
Preservation,
http://www.mainepreservation.com/
Description:
For over 30 years, Maine Preservation has encouraged the recognition and
preservation of Maine's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes,
downtowns and communities.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maine
Smart
Growth Network
Maine
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=ME&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maryland
Baltimore
County Historical Trust
Baltimore
County Historical Trust,
http://www.bcht.org/
Description:
The BCHT is chartered to register historic properties and historically
significant architectural landmarks in Baltimore County. For over thirty
years they have preserved the region's unique, regional architectural
heritage for generations to come.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Canal
Place Heritage Area
Canal
Place Heritage Area,
http://www.canalplace.org/html/home.htm
Description: Canal Place keeps Cumberland's transportation heritage alive, offering a variety of activities for the whole family. Visitors can ride a steam train, hike or bike the towpath, tour a full scale Canal Boat Replica, learn about canal history at the C&O Canal National Historical Park's Cumberland Visitor Center, enjoy unique festivals like our annual C&O CanalFest and, in the near future, take a ride on a canal boat on the rewatered terminus.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Code
of Maryland Regulations
Code
of Maryland Regulations,
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
Description: Maryland State agency regulations are compiled in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). COMAR contains 33 Titles, with each Title usually corresponding to a department or agency. Each regulation is assigned a unique four-part codification number.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Housing and Community Development
Community
Revitalization Programs,
http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/nav_revit/index.asp
Description:
Information about programs for revitalizing communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Housing and Community Development
Maryland
Historical Trust,
http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/index.html
Description:
The Maryland Historical Trust was formed in 1961 to assist the people
of Maryland in identifying, studying, evaluating, preserving, protecting,
and interpreting the state's significant prehistoric and historic districts,
sites, structures, cultural landscapes, heritage areas, cultural objects,
and artifacts, as well as less tangible human and community traditions.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Natural Resources
Resident-Curatorship
Program,
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/curatorship.html
Description:
The Resident-Curatorship Program secures private donations of restoration
and maintenance services for state-owned historic structures located on
Maryland Department of Natural Resources land. Curators pledge to restore
a state-owned historic property and also to maintain the property in good
condition after the restoration. In return the curator receives a lifetime
of residence in the structure, without rent or mortgage payments.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Historic
Annapolis Foundation
Historic
Annapolis Foundation,
http://www.annapolis.org/
Description:
Historic Annapolis Foundation's mission is to preserve the distinctive
quality of Maryland's Capital City through cultural resources and conservation,
public advocacy, and educational programs so that our national heritage
will be protected for future generations.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Live
Baltimore Home Center
Live
in Baltimore,
http://www.livebaltimore.com/index.html
Description: Live Baltimore Home Center is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to promote the benefits of city living. As the single source for information about living in Baltimore City, Live Baltimore provides comprehensive information about city neighborhoods, real estate professionals and home buying incentive programs.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Lower
Eastern Shore Heritage Committee
Lower
Eastern Shore Heritage Committee,
http://www.skipjack.net/le_shore/heritage
Description:
The Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Committee is a grassroots, nonprofit
organization whose purpose is to preserve, protect and promote the cultural,
natural and historical heritage of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Maryland
Judiciary
Maryland
Appellate Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.md.us/opinions.html
Description: Only reported opinions are available here. Reported opinions appearing on this website may not be the final, official version of the text of Appellate Court opinions/orders. Only the bound volumes of the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports contain the final, official texts of the reported opinions of the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Office
of Smart Growth
Office
of Smart Growth,
http://www.smartgrowth.state.md.us/
Description:
The Office of Smart Growth will continue and build upon its mission to
coordinate the Priority Places efforts of state agencies, work with developers
and local officials to help them bring smart growth projects to fruition,
and educate and inform the public.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Peerless
Rockville
Peerless
Rockville,
http://peerlessrockville.org/
Description:
Peerless Rockville safeguards and promotes Rockville's past by preserving
buildings, spaces, objects and information important to our city's heritage.
Peerless Rockville advances its goals through education, example, advocacy
and community involvement.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Preservation
Howard County
Preservation
Howard County,
http://preservationhowardcounty.org/
Description:
The mission of Preservation Howard County is to actively pursue the preservation
of the historical and cultural heritage of Howard County, Maryland and
to increase public awareness and appreciation of our non-renewable resources.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Preservation
Maryland
Preservation
Maryland,
http://www.preservemd.org/
Description:
Preservation Maryland is a statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
dedicated to preserving Maryland's rich and diverse heritage of buildings,
landscapes, and archeological sites. Through advocacy, outreach, and funding
programs Preservation Maryland assists individuals and communities with
efforts to protect and utilize their historic resources.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Smart
Growth Network
Maryland
Smart Growth Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=MD&res=800
Description:
Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific
state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Department of Assessments and Taxation
Real
Property Information,
http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/real.html
Description:
Information about property taxes, assessments, and tax credits for homeowners,
property owners, and farmers.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Highway Administration
Improving
Our Community Programs,
http://www.sha.state.md.us/ImprovingOurCommunity/ImprovingOurCommunity.asp?id=I84
Description:
Information about Department of Transportation programs related to improving
communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
State
Highway Administration
Maryland
Scenic Byways Program,
http://www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd/oed/scenicByways/BywaysProgram.asp
Description:
The Maryland Scenic Byways program funds the development of community-based
corridor management plans (CMP), which make scenic byways eligible for
additional grants as well as a National Scenic Byway designation. A CMP
is a guide for the promotion, preservation and development of a scenic
byway that addresses issues that can be as diverse as tourism development,
roadway safety, highway signs or the preservation of natural features
and historic structures. It is the result of local governments, organizations,
and residents working together to document in maps and text the vision
for their scenic byway.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
University
of Maryland
Center
for Heritage Resource Studies,
http://www.heritage.umd.edu/INDEX.htm
Description:
The Center's mission is to provide leadership and encourage research in
applied activities that stress the relationship between cultural heritage
and the environment.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
University
of Maryland
GIS
and Mapping Services,
http://www.gisms.umd.edu/
Description:
The Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Services (GIS-MS) is the
mapping and spatial analysis component for the Department of Anthropology
at the University of Maryland. Here we offer analytical and cartographic
services to clients inside and outside the university.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Wicomico
Scenic River Commission
Wicomico
Scenic River Commission,
http://www.charlescounty.org/pgm/planning/plans/landpreserv/wicomico/default.htm
Description:
The intentions of the Wicomico Scenic River Commission, in accordance
with the Wicomico River Study and Management Plan are to protect the resources
of the river, swamp and adjacent lands through a program initiated and
controlled by local citizens and their local government.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
American Farmland Trust
Agricultural conservation easements, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: what is a land easement.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Woodland management: Glossary of Forestry terms, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Glossary of commonly used forestry terminology.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Measuring your Forests, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/guidelines for measuring/calculating forest boundaries.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Maryland's Forest: Past,Present, Future, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact sheet for woodland owners understanding of forest as a renewable resource.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, water
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Riparian buffer management, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: Basics of riparian buffer mgmt.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Riparian forest buffer: design, establish, maintain , www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: basics of design, establish and maintain-riparian buffer.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Landowner costs & benefits of riparian buffer, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/advantages of riparian buffers .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, ag&rural change, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Intro to Riparian Forest Buffer, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet: Introduction to Forest Riparian Buffer.
Topics: land preservation: planning&zoning, water, ag&rural change, historic preservation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Integrated pond management - MD, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Fact Sheet w/broad overview of pond management.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
UM Extension
Farmland preservation- an estate planning tool, www.agnr.umd.edu
Description: Agricultural land preservation can help tax burden etc.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
National Governors Assn
Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, Delaware, Maryland
AFT & CBF
Conserving Washington-Baltimore Green network, www.farmland.org
Description: Mapping a coordinated green network in the region.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Washington DC
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Abandoned Housing, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges that face cities w/high rates of abandoned housing.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The legacy of contamination and redevelopment of inner city industrial districts, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This study examines the role land contamination plays in hindering central city industrial redevelopment..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, housing, healthy communities,
Jurisdiction: Maryland
MD Dept of Planning
Models and guidelines for Infill development, www.mdp.state.md.us
Description: Offering remedies that overcome barriers and identifying alternative approaches.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Fannie Mae Foundation
Milleniumburg-Style strategies in Action, www.fanniemaefoundation.org
Description: 3 different strategies of milleniumburg ..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland, New Jersey
American Farmland Trust
Regional Economic Development Strategy For Resource Based Industries on MD' s Eastern Shore, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Comprehensive report: sustainable resource based industries threatened by increasing land costs, fragmentation of agricultural land .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Virginia, Delaware
MD Center for Agro-Ecology
Public understanding/support needed to protect Eastern Shore Way of Life, agroecology.widgetworks.com
Description: PR: Eastern shore facing 3 challenges to protect land.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
MD Center for Agro-Ecology
2004 Year in Review -Preserving MD's working landscapes, agroecology.widgetworks.com
Description: Highlights ways Agro-Ecology center helps state find balance.
Topics: land preservation presevation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
MD Center for Agro-Ecology
The Downzoning Effect, agroecology.widgetworks.com
Description: Lower density of residential development .merits of land preservation collide w/market forces.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland
MD Center for Agro-Ecology
County working lands conservation workshop, agroecology.widgetworks.com
Description: Preserving working landscapes; downzoning and conservation easements ...
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
MD Center for Agro-Ecology
Impediments to donation of conservation easements, agroecology.widgetworks.com
Description: What barriers exist to easements; strengthen the use of donation as land use tool.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com
Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority ...
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Massachusetts
Community
Preservation Act
Community
Preservation Act,
http://www.communitypreservation.org/
Description:
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) is a new tool to help communities
preserve open space and historic sites and create affordable housing.
This web site has been created to assist individuals and municipalities
in understanding and implementing the CPA. The CPA Website is maintained
by the Community Preservation Coalition, an alliance of open space, affordable
housing, and preservation organizations that works with municipalities
to help them understand, adopt, and implement the CPA.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Agricultural Resources
Century
Farm Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/dfa/centuryfarms/index.htm
Description:
The family farms of Massachusetts are truly rooted in the history of our
Commonwealth and our nation. None more so than the farms we honor as Massachusetts
Century Farms. The families that own and work these farms have done so
for one hundred years or longer. Some families have preserved for more
than two centuries; several for more than three.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Conservation and Recreation
Land
and Water Stewardship,
http://www.mass.gov/dem/stewardship.htm
Description:
DCR funds and supports grant programs for municipalities, nonprofit organizations
and planning agencies. The funding provided supports projects connected
to the environment and its history. Look here for professional services
such as forest health, forest fire detection and well driller licensing.
Public educational programs are offered at state parks and in local communities,
and makes available environmental information such as rainfall measurements
and drought warnings.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Community
Preservation Initiative,
http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/
Description:
Massachusetts has taken an innovative approach to growth management, creating
a grassroots, municipally-driven smart growth initiative called Community
Preservation. Community Preservation is an organizing principle focused
on preserving and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts community
by community, watershed by watershed. The Initiative provides tools, technical
assistance and outreach to local decision-makers to help them make informed
decisions about future growth.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Highway Department
Environmental
Section,
http://www.state.ma.us/mhd/environ/default.htm
Description:
The Environmental Section is responsible for overseeing the environmental
compliance activities for MassHighway to ensure that the roadway and bridge
construction and repair program as well as maintenance depot operations
are conducted in an environmentally sound manner.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Highway Department
Footprint
Roads Pilot Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/mhd/footprint/roads.htm
Description:
The Footprint Roads Pilot Program was established to help cities and towns
preserve and enhance historic character, environmental assets and other
unique community characteristics when implementing necessary roadway improvements.
Work under this program should consist primarily of roadway improvements
within the existing "footprints" of the project roadways.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Highway Department
Transportation
Enhancement Program,
http://www.state.ma.us/mhd/planning/enh.htm
Description:
The Transportation Enhancement Program provides opportunities to preserve,
restore, and enhance components of the surface transportation system.
Its purpose is to provide added features to standard transportation facilities
and programs. Eligible projects include development of bicycle and pedestrian
facilities, educational programs, landscaping, acquisition of scenic easements,
historic preservation, restoration of buildings and structures, removal
of outdoor advertising, archaeological research, environmental mitigation
of stormwater pollution, and establishment of transportation museums.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Historical Commission
Massachusetts
Historical Commission,
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc/mhcidx.htm
Description:
The Massachusetts Historical Commission is the state agency which functions
as the State Historic Preservation Office in Massachusetts. As such, the
Commission is responsible for the identification, evaluation, and protection
of Massachusett's significant cultural resources as directed by the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Trial Court Law Libraries
Code
of Massachusetts Regulations,
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/cmr.html
Description:
This area provides access to those sections of the CMR which are available
on the web. Sections not listed are not currently available on the web.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Preservation
Mass
Preservation
Mass,
http://www.historicmass.org/
Description:
Founded in 1985, PreservatiON MASS (formerly known as Historic Massachusetts,
Inc.) is the only statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving
the Commonwealth's historic and cultural heritage.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Smart
Growth Network
Massachusetts
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=MA&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Supreme
Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Court
Opinions,
http://massreports.com/welcome.htm
Description:
Welcome to the official website of the office of the Reporter of Decisions
of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court. Since
1804 the Reporter's office has prepared the opinions of the Supreme Judicial
Court, the oldest court in continuous existence in the Western Hemisphere.
The primary purposes of this website are to provide the most timely and
efficient dissemination of the decisions of the two Massachusetts appellate
courts.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
National Governors Assn
Brownfields: Real Property in coastal communities, www.nga.org
Description: Power Point: Expansion, reuse or redevelopment.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York, Massachussetts, New Jersey
National Governors Assn
Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, Delaware, Maryland
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Compact mixed use development in Boston, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Identifying areas of mixed use and potential mixed use and sprawl.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Assessing land encumbered by conservation restrictions, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: How communities are assesing conservation restricted land.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Principles for community and college interaction, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Discussion of interaction with college and community interaction.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Public values and conservation land: A case study in MA, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper explores public values and attitudes toward conservation land by tracing the history of a proposed conversion of town conservation land to water supply purposes in Weston, Massachusetts.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Ghetto and the ethnic enclave, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: There is a difference between the ghetto and the ethnic enclave.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Urban vacan lot redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges and progress ...
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachussetts
NGA
Coordinating Resources to Grow more efficiently: The Massachusetts Approach, www.nga.org
Description: From increased demands on MA economic structure the MA approach developed .
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
New Hampshire
Citizens
for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage
Citizens
for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage,
http://www.specialplaces.org/
Description: Citizens for New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage is a coalition of 145 community, environmental, cultural, historic and business organizations dedicated to building political and popular support for the conservation of New Hampshire's natural, cultural, and historic resources. Maintaining adequate funding for LCHIP is a key goal of the coalition.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Division
of Historical Resources
Division
of Historical Resources,
http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr
Description: New Hampshire's "State Historic Preservation Office" was established in 1974 as the Division of Historical Resources. The historical, archaeological, architectural and cultural resources of New Hampshire are among its most important environmental assets. Historic preservation promotes the use, understanding and conservation of such resources for the education, inspiration, pleasure and enrichment of New Hampshire's citizens.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services,
http://www.mnhs.net/
Description:
Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (MNHS) is a private, nonprofit
corporation dedicated to rebuilding Manchester's neighborhoods. We're
a partnership of local residents, businesses, and the city--working together
to help families improve the quality of life in their communities. Since
1993, we've helped hundreds of families work towards their dream of owning
a home. We've helped grow neighborhoods, repair and renovate old buildings,
and rebuild the community. We've helped bring over $14 million in public
and private investment to the Center City area of Manchester. In short,
we've helped change Manchester for the better.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Judicial Branch
Supreme
Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/index.htm
Description:
These opinions are subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well
as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program
NH
Land and Community Heritage Investment Program,
http://www.lchip.org/
Description:
The intent of the program is to conserve and preserve this state's most
important natural, cultural, and historical resources, through the acquisition
of lands, and cultural and historical resources, or interests therein,
of local, regional, and statewide significance, in partnership with the
state's municipalities and the private sector, for the primary purposes
of protecting and ensuring the perpetual contribution of these resources
to the state's economy, environment, and overall quality of life.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Preservation Alliance
New
Hampshire Preservation Alliance,
http://www.nhpreservation.org/html/home.htm
Description:
Founded in 1985, the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance is a group of
people dedicated to preserving the parts of New Hampshire that make it
so wonderful to live here. Consider us to be advocates for the best parts
of New Hampshire's incredible past. In so doing, we preserve a legacy
someone saved for us so we may offer it to our children tomorrow. Our
primary goal is to instill the preservationist in everyone by holding
workshops, offering information and demonstrating the value of preserving
and protecting our spectacular landscapes and the historic structures
and communities shaped by our heritage.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Office
of Legislative Services
New
Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules,
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/listagencies.html
Description:
All adopted administrative rules subject to RSA 541-A, the Administrative
Procedure Act, must be filed by state executive branch agencies to make
the adopted rules effective and therefore have the force of law. Together
the effective agency rules comprise the New Hampshire Code of Administrative
Rules.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Office
of State Planning
Scenic
and Cultural Byways Program,
http://nh.gov/oep/programs/SCBP/index.htm
Description:
The New Hampshire Scenic and Cultural Byways Program was established in
1992 under RSA 238:19, "... to provide the opportunity for residents
and visitors to travel a system of byways which feature the scenic and
cultural qualities of the state within the existing highway system, promote
retention of rural and urban scenic byways, support the cultural, recreational
and historic attributes along these byways and expose the unique elements
of the state's beauty, culture and history."
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Smart
Growth Network
New
Hampshire Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NH&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
The Boston Globe
Voters face choice: land or houses?, www.boston.com
Description: Article: Town choosing to purchase the last piece of wilderness ..
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New Jersey
Department
of Community Affairs
Main
Street New Jersey,
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dhcr/msnj.htm
Description: Main Street New Jersey provides selected communities with technical assistance and training of proven value in revitalizing historic downtowns. The program helps municipalities improve the economy, appearance and image of their central business districts through the organization of local citizens and resources.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Environmental Protection
Historic
Preservation Office,
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/
Description: New Jersey's Historic Preservation Office, located within the Division of Parks and Forestry, Department of Environmental Protection, brings expertise in a variety of fields essential to preserving historic resources. Whether you are interested in establishing a local historic district, nominating a building to the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, or just interested in restoring your house, you can find information and guidance by following the links on this page.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation
Historic
Bridge Survey,
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/environment/HistBrIntro.htm
Description: The New Jersey Department of Transportation, using the services of a consultant, surveyed all bridges built before 1947 to assess their eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historical Places.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Franklin
Township Historic Preservation Commission
Franklin
Township Historic Preservation Commission,
http://members.aol.com/FTHPC/home.html
Description: The Franklin Township Historic Preservation Commission is a board established by Township Ordinance made up of eleven citizen volunteers appointed by Township Council and charged with protecting Franklin Township's historic resources and its villages' characters.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Kent
County
Kent
County Department of Planning Services,
http://www.co.kent.de.us/PlanningDivision/planhome/index.html
Description: Information about the services provided by the Kent County Department of Planning Services including: planning, historic preservation, GIs and mapping and housing and community development.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
National
Park Service
Crossroads
of the American Revolution,
http://www.nps.gov/crossroads/home.htm
Description: The Congress of the United States directed the National Park Service (NPS) to study the remaining Revolutionary War resources in New Jersey to determine if there is an appropriate role we can play in their future protection. Among the choices is whether a portion of the State qualifies for designation as a National Heritage Area, a voluntary partnership between state and local organizations and the NPs
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Geographic Information Network
New
Jersey Geographic Information Network,
https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/index.jsp
Description: The New Jersey Geographic Information Network - NJGIN - is your new and improved gateway to geospatial information in New Jersey. The NJ Office of GIs has redesigned the NJ Spatial Data Clearinghouse to provide enhanced access to geodata through the NJGIN Explorer.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Historic Trust
New
Jersey Historic Trust,
http://www.njht.org/
Description: Established in 1967, the New Jersey Historic Trust is the only nonprofit historic preservation organization in New Jersey created by State law. The Trust provides financial support, protection and technical assistance through its five programs.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Meadowlands Commission
New
Jersey Meadowlands Commission,
http://www.meadowlands.state.nj.us/
Description: The NJ Meadowlands Commission was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1968 and was passed into law in January 1969. The act gave the Commission three mandates: environmental protection, economic development and solid waste management.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Pinelands Commission
New
Jersey Pinelands Commission,
http://www.nj.gov/pinelands/
Description: The Pinelands is our country's first National Reserve. In 1979, our state formed a partnership with the federal government to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and cultural resources of this special place. Today, with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, the region is protected in a manner that maintains its unique ecology while permitting compatible development.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Office
of Administrative Law
New
Jersey Administrative Code,
http://www.state.nj.us/oal/rules.html
Description:
The Division of Administrative Rules reviews all State executive branch
rulemaking notices for compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act,
N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C.
1:30. These notices are then processed by the Division for publication
in the New Jersey Register, published twice a month. Following publication
of adopted rules in the New Jersey Register, the rules are incorporated
into the New Jersey Administrative Code. The Code is not currently available
online.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Preservation
New Jersey
Preservation
New Jersey,
http://www.preservationnj.org/
Description: Founded in 1978, Preservation New Jersey is the only statewide private membership-supported historic preservation organization in New Jersey. Our mission is to sustain and enhance the vitality of New Jersey's communities by promoting and preserving their diverse historic resources.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Rutgers
Law School
Opinions
of the New Jersey Courts,
http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/search.shtml
Description:
This is a full-text archive of the Opinions of the New Jersey Courts,
including the Supreme Court, from March, 1994 to date, the Superior Court
Appellate Division and the Tax Court from September, 1995 to date.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Rutgers
University
New
Jersey Environmental Digital Library,
http://njedl.rutgers.edu/njdlib/
Description: The NJEDL is an online library of environmental literature and multimedia related to New Jersey. The collection includes documents and reports, scientific studies, photographs, videos, maps, and more.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Smart
Growth Network
New
Jersey Smart Growth Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NJ&res=800
Description:
Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific
state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New York
Cornell
University
Geospatial
Data Information Repository,
http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu/
Description: CUGIR is an active online repository in the National Spatial Data Clearinghouse program. CUGIR provides geospatial data and metadata for New York State, with special emphasis on those natural features relevant to agriculture, ecology, natural resources, and human-environment interactions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Transportation
Environmental
Analysis Bureau,
http://www.dot.state.ny.us/eab/eab.html
Description:
It is EAB's mission, in partnership with regional environmental personnel,
to provide NYSDOT with leadership, liaison and expertise on environmental
matters to promote safe, effective, balanced, environmentally sound transportation
services.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Department
of Transportation
Historic
Bridge Inventory and Management Plan,
http://www.dot.state.ny.us/eab/hbridge.html
Description:
In 1999, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), in
coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the New
York State Historic Preservation Office (NYSHPO), initiated a statewide
inventory of historic bridges. The three-year project updates a previous
inventory of pre-1925 bridges conducted in the 1980s.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: New York
Division
of Administrative Rules
NY
Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations,
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/oiswww.html
Description:
Directions on how to get ahold of this 82 volume loose-leaf publication
containing all rules and regulations adopted by state agencies, miscellaneous
boards and authorities and the Judiciary. The NYCRR and supplementation
of new and amended pages is available from Lawyers Cooperative Publishing,
a member of the West Group, at 1-800-344-5009 and is currently not available
online.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Hudson
River Valley Greenway
Hudson
River Valley Greenway,
http://www.hudsongreenway.state.ny.us/index.htm
Description:
The Hudson River Valley Greenway is an innovative state sponsored program
created to facilitate the development of a voluntary regional strategy
for preserving scenic, natural, historic, cultural and recreational resources
while encouraging compatible economic development and maintaining the
tradition of home rule for land use decision-making. Through voluntary
participation in the Greenway community planning program, communities
in thirteen counties in the Hudson River Valley can receive technical
assistance and funding for local land use planning projects which support
the goals of the Greenway program.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
Landmarks
Conservancy
New
York Landmarks Conservancy,
http://www.nylandmarks.org/
Description:
The Landmarks Conservancy is a nationally recognized organization which
helps owners of older buildings by providing grants, low-interest loans,
hands-on consulting services, workshops, and publications. In neighborhoods
throughout the City and State, we preserve homes, businesses, social service
centers, cultural institutions, schools, houses of worship, and tourist
destinations. The Conservancy's programs serve as models in cities across
the country.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Housing
Jurisdiction: New York
Legislative
Commission on Rural Resources
Rural
Futures,
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Docs/rur0502.pdf
Description:
The newsletter of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Long
Island North Shore Heritage Area
Long
Island North Shore Heritage Area,
http://www.linorthshoreheritagearea.com/
Description:
The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area (LINSHA) was created by State
legislation in 1998. This designation recognizes the area's unique historical
evolution, resources and development.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York
New
York State Unified Court System
Court
Decisions,
http://www.nycourts.gov/decisions/index.shtml
Description:
The Courts in New York State are responsible for handling an ever-increasing
number of cases from litigants seeking relief in a wide variety of matters.
During the year 2002, the New York Courts issued over 3,500,000 decisions.
Many of the New York State Court System's decisions are available online.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Historic
Preservation Field Services Bureau,
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/field/
Description:
The Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau helps communities identify,
evaluate, preserve and revitalize New York's large and diverse collection
of historic properties. As New York's State Historic Preservation Office,
the Bureau administers programs authorized by both the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966 and the New York State Historic Preservation
Act of 1980.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New York
Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Grants,
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/grants/
Description:
OPRHP, through state and federal funding sources, provides a number of
grant programs.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: New York
Preservation
League of New York State
Preservation
League of New York State,
http://www.preservenys.org/
Description: The Preservation League of New York State is dedicated to the protection of New York's diverse and rich heritage of historic buildings, districts, and landscapes. It actively encourages historic preservation by public and private organizations, agencies, and individuals in local communities throughout New York State and provides the united voice for historic preservation.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: New York
Smart
Growth Network
New
York Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NY&res=800
Description:
Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific
state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New York
NY State Interagency Task Force
State & Local Govts Partnering for a better NY, www.state.ny.us
Description: Multifaceted/Interdisciplinary study of issues impacting creation of communities.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design workbook - introduction, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Explains audience and goals of rural design workbook; explains each chapter & appendices.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk -Ch 3, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Programs and Incentives - types of govt & agency programs and what they do.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk -Ch 3 PartB, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Potential measure to promote conservation planning and good design.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 4, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good design overview - real case studies.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Intro to chapters 14-15, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Agriculture & open space conservation .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation: water, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 14, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design- Powers site -350A dairy farm.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Rural Design Wkbk Ch 15, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Good Design - Slade site -800A dairy farm.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix A - History of Rural Design Wkbk, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Brief history of how the rural design workbook came about.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix A - continued pg 3-4, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Continuation of explanation of rural design wkbk.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix C - Better site design, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Handbook for changing development rules in your community.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix E- Defining a Streambank, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Example of stream bank.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Appendix F - Riparian Buffers, www.stcplanning.org
Description: Stabilizing future water quality w/riparian buffers.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
NYMIR
Comprehensive Planning Tutorial, www.NYMIR.org
Description: The basics of comprehensive planning and legal effectsf.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, healthy communities, transportation, water, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
NYMIR
Comprehensive Zoning Tutorial, www.NYMIR.org
Description: The basics of zoning.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
NYMIR - Pace University Law Center
Universal Glossary of Land use terminology, www.NYMIR.org
Description: Comprehensive glossary of land use terms and phrases.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Revitalizing coommunity: a comparative case study, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Rept on 4 communities attempting to address needs, set goals, solve problems within their communities.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change, housing
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Benefits & Burdens of Diverse Asset Building, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Development strategies in NY's canal corridor communities.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, water, transportation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Building a Balance: Housing Affordability, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Discussion, opinions and options for Smart Growth in NYC.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Sustaining rural landscape by building community social capital, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: How social capital works in communites in an urban environment.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning: historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell Coop Extension
Cultural Diversity in Rural communities, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning
Description: Intercultural programs; oral history; racial equality.
Topics: historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
National Governors Assn
Brownfields: Real Property in coastal communities, www.nga.org
Description: Power Point: Expansion, reuse or redevelopment.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York, Massachussetts, New Jersey
Trust for Public Land
Community Gardens: a resource at risk, www.tpl.org
Description: A report of how a community saved their community garden spaces.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Case of the disappearing city: redistribution without growth, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Describing the geography of vacant land in cities especially in NY.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: New York
Fannie Mae Foundation
New York Housing Coalitions at Work, www.fanniemaefoundation.org
Description: Building Bridges to put housing first in NY City.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New York
Pennsylvania
Berks
County Conservancy
Berks
Conservancy: Home Page,
http://www.berks-conservancy.org/#
Description: The Berks County Conservancy was established as a nonprofit membership organization in 1974, with a mission to preserve Berks County's unique cultural and environmental heritage for the benefit of future generations. To fulfill that mission, we have focused our efforts on preserving agricultural land and open space; protecting the quality of our streams and ground water; preserving historic landmarks and scenic landscapes; and by promoting those values which contribute to a sustainable future for our community.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Code,
http://www.pacode.com/
Description: The Pennsylvania Code is an official publication of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It contains regulations and other documents filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau under the act of July 31, 1968 (P. L. 769, No. 240) (45 P. S. §§ 1102, 1201-1208 and 1602) and 45 Pa.C.S. Chapters 5, 7 and 9, known as the Commonwealth Documents Law (CDL). It consists of 55 titles. The Pennsylvania Code is arranged by subjects. Each title brings together administrative regulations, court rules or other documents on related subjects.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Delaware
and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Delaware
and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor,
http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/travel/delaware/
Description: The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor was established by the United States Congress in 1988 for its important history and rich and distinctive historic and natural resources. The Corridor, which is also a State Heritage Park, is a joint effort of private groups and interested citizens, county and municipal governments, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Federal government to conserve its historic and natural resources, and provide appropriate development opportunities for a sustainable future.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources
Heritage
Parks,
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/brc/heritageparks/
Description: State Heritage Parks are large geographic regions or corridors of the Commonwealth that span two or more counties. These areas contain a multitude of cultural, historic, recreational, natural, and scenic resources of state and national significance that collectively exemplify the industrial heritage of Pennsylvania. Through regional partnerships and public grassroots planning strategies, these resources are identified, protected enhanced, and promoted to strengthen regional economies through increased tourism, creation of new jobs and stimulation of public and private partnerships for new investment opportunities.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation
Cultural
Resources Management Program,
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/bureaus/Cultural%20Resources.nsf/frmCulturalRes?OpenFrameSet&Frame...
Description: The cultural resources homepage for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is designed to accomplish a number of important goals. First, it's intended to provide visitors with an overview of the Department's cultural resources program. It's also intended as a vehicle to disseminate the results of our archaeological investigations, bridge and structures inventories and recordations, and other research results. The site should also help to further some of our most important management goals such as the marketing of historic bridges scheduled for replacement, and gathering public comment on our program and our projects.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation
Scenic
Byways Program,
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/bureaus/planres.nsf/frmBPlanningResearch?OpenFrameSet&Frame=contents&Src..
Description: Pennsylvania Byways are designated by PENNDOT in support of local planning efforts to enhance and improve the visual impact of specific routes, maintain the natural resources and intrinsic qualities along specific routes, and educate residents and visitors on the history and culture of the Commonwealth.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation
Transportation
Enhancements Program,
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/internet/secinet.nsf/frmPage2GeneralInformation?OpenFrameSet&Frame=contents&Src...
Description: The Transportation Enhancements Program provides the opportunity to create or embellish facilities, uses and activities that enhance the quality of life across the Commonwealth. PENNDOT embraces Transportation Enhancements as a key part of its role in the community building process.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Friends
of the Delaware Canal
Friends
of the Delaware Canal,http://www.fodc.org/
Description:
The Friends of the Delaware Canal is an independent, nonprofit organization
working to restore, preserve, and improve the Delaware Canal and its surroundings.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Historic
Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
The
Historic Preservation Trust Of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
http://www.hptrust.org/
Description:
The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County exists to preserve
and protect historically significant buildings and places in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, so as to insure that the County's rich heritage
and unique character, which contribute to its livability, economic well
being and quality of life, are passed on to future generations.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Heritage Valley Authority
Lackawanna
Heritage Valley Authority,
http://www.lhva.org/
Description:
The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority (LHVA) is a partnership of government,
business, civic organizations, and individuals dedicated to the development
of the region's historic, cultural, natural and economic resources through
preservation, education and promotion of our heritage.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Highway Heritage Corridor
Lincoln
Highway Heritage Corridor,
http://www.lhhc.org/
Description:
The mission of the nonprofit Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is to identify,
conserve, promote, and interpret the cultural, historical, natural, recreational
and economic resources along the historic Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania's
Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin and Adams Counties.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission
PHMC:
Bureau for Historic Preservation,
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bhp/overview.asp?secid=25
Description: The Bureau administers the state's historic preservation program as authorized by the Pennsylvania History Code and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and is guided by advisory boards and The Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Plan. The role of the Bureau is to identify and protect the architectural and archaeological resources of Pennsylvania. Our responsibility is to work with individuals, communities, local governments and state and federal agencies to educate Pennsylvanians about our heritage and its value, to build better communities through preservation, to provide strong leadership, both individually and through partnerships, and to insure the preservation of Pennsylvania's heritage.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's
Unified Judicial System
Court
Opinions Postings,
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Opinions/IndexOpinions.asp
Description: Postings of Pennsylvania Court Opinions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Preservation
Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
Preservation
Alliance of Greater Philadelphia,
http://www.preservationalliance.com/
Description: The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia actively promotes the appreciation, protection, and revitalization of the Philadelphia region's historic buildings, communities, and landscapes.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Preservation
Pennsylvania
Welcome
to Preservation Pennsylvania,
http://www.preservationpa.org/FrameHome.htm
Description: Preservation Pennsylvania, through creative partnerships, targeted educational and advocacy programs, advisory assistance, and special projects, assists Pennsylvania communities to protect and utilize the historic resources they want to preserve for the future.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Canal Association
Schuylkill
Canal Association,
http://www.schuylkillcanal.com/
Description: The mission of the Schuylkill Canal Association is to preserve, maintain and appropriately restore the Schuylkill Canal and its surrounding lands and manmade structures; to encourage wide public use of the area and an appreciation of its natural environment; to seek ways to further general education in the area's history; to provide facilities and enhanced settings for various kinds of passive recreation; to seek support of individuals and private organizations, and of local, regional, state and federal governments, to achieve these goals; and to solicit, receive and expend funds for such purposes.
Topics:
Healthy Communities, Historic
Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
River Heritage Area
Schuylkill
River Heritage Area,
http://www.schuylkillriver.org/home.asp
Description: With the 128-mile Schuylkill River as its spine, our Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area is alive with a remarkable diversity of historic, recreational and cultural attractions. Along "the Revolutionary River," visitors can shadow the birth of our nation from the cobblestone streets and fabled landmarks of old Philadelphia to the huts and hollows of Valley Forge. Upstream you'll find a wealth of historic places, quaint river towns, abundant parks and access points to the river and trails, and year-round festivals and activities.
Topics:
Healthy Communities, Historic
Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Smart
Growth Network
Pennsylvania
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=PA&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Southwestern
Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Association
Path
of Progress Home Page,
http://www.sphpc.org/
Description: SPHPC is an entity that was created to direct the preservation of the resources of southwestern Pennsylvania. An important part of the SPHPC's mandate is to devise creative ways to protect, interpret, and manage the industrial and cultural heritage of southwestern Pennsylvania. This partnership requires the efforts and resources of local, regional, state and federal agencies, the private sector, and most importantly the residents of the region to combine promotion and preservation of the region's resources.
Topics:
Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Wissahickon
Valley Watershed Association
Wissahickon
Valley Watershed Assoc. Home Page,
http://www.wvwa.org/
Description: Since 1957, the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association has been the leader in protecting the open space of the Wissahickon Valley, in enhancing its water quality, and in educating people of all ages about environmental concerns. During this time, WVWA, a nonprofit conservation group, has preserved hundreds of scenic acres for future generations, and has worked to ensure prudent management of the natural resources throughout the Wissahickon watershed.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Smart Growth Network
Smart growth& cultural resource planning, www.wisconsinhistory.org
Description: Planning ahead for historic preservation.
Topics: land preservation and historic preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, housing
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Park Service
Rehabilitating historic storefronts, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historical overview, evaluating bldg, deciding on course of action.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Park Service
Preservation of historic barns, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historic value, understanding, and repair of barns.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Park Service
Protecting cultural landscapes, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Preservation planning and strategy for cultural landscapes.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning-zonig, transportation, ag&rural change, What You Can Do,
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Reclaim PA
Green Remaining and reclamation technology, www.dep.state.pa.us
Description: Update on green remining technology.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DEP
Environmental Good Samaritan Act, 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp
Description: Encouraging landowners to reclaim old mines without fear of liability.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension
Using employment data to better understand your economy, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: 6 Tools w/explanation to understand your economy.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension
Farmland protection and GIS, lal.cas.psu.edu/
Description: How GIS helps PA prioritize farmland for preservation.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Governors Assn
Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, Delaware, Maryland
Western PA Conservancy
WPC Land use policies and guidelines, www.paconserve.or
Description: Specific guidelines for use of WPC lands.
Topics: land preservation, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Growing with Green Infrastructure, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: What is green infrastructure how to create and sustain.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Open Space is a community investment, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: The case for open space as a huge community asset.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Implementing a municipal open space progam, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: A guide for Pennsylvania municipalities.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Public Finance for Open Space:Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Why invest in open space; ways to fund the investment.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Regional Open Space priorities report, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Identifies, prioritizes, recommends protection strategies for natural resources, agricultural, recreational lands in southeastern PA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Using conservation easements to preserve open space: Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: All about easements; how to acquire an benefits.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Landowners options for protecting family lands, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Four common strategies for preserving land.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Conservation easements: Q & A, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Commonly asked questions about easementsf.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Urban vacan lot redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges and progress ...
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachussetts
DCNR
Greenways: An action plan for creating connections, www.dcnr.state.pa.us
Description: Coordinated and strategic approach to creating connections throughs greenways in the state.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, water, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Smart Growth Network
Smart growth audit of zoning code and subdivision regulations, www.sgli.org
Description: Final report,analysis and proposed recommendations.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, historic preservation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #4: Residential Infill Development, www.dvrpc.org
Description: IV is the recycling of vacant or underutilized lands within cities and suburbs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #5: Impact Fees, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Finding creative and equitable funding fees.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #8: Transfer of Development Rights, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A tool that can be adopted to conserve land: agricultural, environmentally sensitive and necessary open space ..
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Riparian corridor conservation overlay- definition and use.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Transfer of development rights , www.dvrpc.org
Description: Procedural requirements for voluntary TDR.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Open Space Design, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Open space requirements and regulations.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Flexible Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Flexible development options.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Agricultural Zoning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Definitions, design and development of agricultrual zones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Planning services to protect open space and natural resources, www.dvrpc.org
Description: DVRPC assists communities in identifying their vision, setting goals, and charting a path.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Transportation Improvement Plan FY 2005 Executive Summary, www.dvrpc.org
Description: General overview of TIP,what it is and what projects will be developed in the near future.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Assn Realtors
Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org
Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Diagnosing Cities: Lessons from America, www.brookings.org
Description: Power Point: Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Back to Prosperity: A competitve agenda for renewing PA-Exec Summary, www.brookings.org
Description: Outlining the challenges for PA's revitalization .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, healthy communities, water, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Renewing older PA: Why it matters! Section 1, www.brookings.org
Description: It matters because of PA's history and contribution to the USA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Development trends in the Commomwealth -Section 2, www.brookings.org
Description: PA is barely growing .and aging fast!.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
The consequences of how PA is growing! Section 3, www.brookings.org
Description: Sprawl is degrading the state's natural landscape, and costing the taxpayers and local govt millions ..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Behind the trends: Historical & political influences Section 4, www.brookings.org
Description: Fragmented governance; weak planning; haphazard investments; shifting economy ..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Pulling it all together: Section 5, www.brookings.org
Description: Numerous conclusions to rebuild a new PA .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Back to Prosperity: A policy agenda - Section 6, www.brookings.org
Description: Plan for a competitive future; focus the state's investments; promote large scale reinvestment in older communities; renew state and regional governance..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Conclusion - section 7, www.brookings.org
Description: PA needs to look back in order to move forward!.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Pennsylvania's Brownfields program, www.brookings.org
Description: An overview of the brownfields challenge in PA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Redefining urban and suburban America, www.brookings.org
Description: Power Point: General demographic trends in the US and how they affect metropolitan areas.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Metro Institute at VA Tech
The Edgeless City and Philadelphia, www.mi.vt.edu
Description: Article [book]: Philadelphia is and edgeless city???.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, water, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Planning - Municipal Commissions #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: The role of municipal commissions in land use regulation.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - County Planning Agencies #3, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Role of county planners in land use decisions.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Comprehensive Plan #4, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Comprehensive plan - most important tool for land use planning and local governance.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Zoning #5, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: How zoning regulations control different uses of land in community.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Training Local Govt Officials, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Why training for local officials is imperative .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Barriers to Effective Planning #8, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What are the barriers to effective land use planning.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - How effective is land use planning in PA? #10, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: How effective is the land use planning process in PA?.
Topics: land preservation presevation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Managing your restored Wetland, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Where and How wetland restoration is possible; ecological concepts etc .
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com
Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority ...
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Regional
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions,
http://www.crjc.org/
Description:
The catalyst for cooperatively meeting the Valley's challenges is the
Connecticut River Joint Commissions, who seek a strong and vibrant economy
while capitalizing on the natural wealth of this place. Capitalizing without
corrupting means conserving. Helping Valley people achieve that balance
and finding the resources to ensure that quality of life is the role of
the Connecticut River Joint Commissions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire, Vermont
Heritage
Conservancy
Welcome
to Heritage Conservancy,
http://heritageconservancy.org/
Description: Heritage Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving our natural and historic heritage. Founded in 1958, it was concern for the rapid loss of open space in Bucks County which led to the formation of the Bucks County Park Foundation, known today as Heritage Conservancy.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Lake
Champlain Basin Program
About
the Lake Champlain Basin Program,
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/champ/lcbpsumr.htm
Description:
The LCBP works in partnership with government agencies from New York,
Vermont, and Quebec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals
to coordinate and fund efforts which benefit the Lake Champlain Basin's
water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural
resources.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont
National
Park Service
Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor,
http://www.nps.gov/blac/home2.htm
Description:
In 1986, the Blackstone Valley was recognized as a special place and designated
as a National Heritage Corridor by the U.S. Congress (Public Law 99-647).
A 19-member Federal Commission, appointed by the Governors of each state
and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consists of representatives
from the National Park Service, state and local governments, and valley-wide
interests, and oversees the Corridor's operations.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
National
Park Service
Blackstone
Valley Institute,
http://www.nps.gov/blac/institute/index.html
Description:
The Blackstone Valley Institute is a "virtual" organization
created to help local communities plan for the future. Offering workshops,
one-to-one consulting, local seminars, and technical assistance, the Institute
promotes information sharing within the Corridor with a goal of preserving
the unique history and character of the Blackstone Valley.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Quinebaug-Shetucket
Heritage Corridor
Quinebaug-Shetucket
Heritage Corridor,
http://thelastgreenvalley.org/QSHC_Welcome_page.html
Description:
In 1994, because many civic groups, businesses, volunteers and local and
state governments banded together with technical assistance from the National
Park Service, Congress recognized the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley
National Heritage Corridor and designated the region as a unique national
resource. And in 1999, because of the same kind of grassroots efforts,
Congress enlarged the National Heritage Corridor to include towns in the
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts
White
Clay Watershed Association
White
Clay Watershed Association,
http://home.ccil.org/~wcwa/
Description: The White Clay Watershed Association is a nonprofit community organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the environmental quality of the White Clay Creek and valley.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Art
In Ruins
Art
In Ruins,
http://www.artinruins.com/#
Description:
We at ArtInRuins believe that decay is beautiful, but not necessary. Artists
live and work in the buildings that the city or developers have often
forgotten, and now that Providence is becoming a hip town, or a suburb
of Boston, these buildings and the artists, musicians and businesses who
use them are getting used for purposes that do not contribute to the community
in the same way. We are not against new development, we are only opposed
to unsustainable or irresponsible development.
Topics: Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Department
of Environmental Management
Office
of Sustainable Watersheds,
http://www.state.ri.us/dem/programs/bpoladm/suswshed/index.htm
Description: The Office of Sustainable Watersheds coordinates activities in the Northern and South county watersheds, assisting to prepare and implement Watershed Action Plans; assists communities to plan for sustainable development that minimizes negative impacts to the environment and preserves community character and meaningful open space; and assist communities to identify and protect their natural, cultural and recreational resources.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Historical
Preservation and Heritage Commission
Historical
Preservation and Heritage Commission,
http://www.preservation.ri.gov/
Description:
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission is
the state agency for historical preservation and heritage programs. The
Commission operates a statewide historical preservation program that identifies
and protects historic buildings, districts, and archaeological sites.
The Commission also develops and carries out programs to document and
celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Rhode Island's people.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Municipal
Affairs
Community
Development,
http://www.muni-info.ri.gov/cddefault.htm
Description: The primary purpose of the Community Development page is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunity; principally for persons of low and moderate income.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Office
of the Secretary of State
Rules
and Regulations Searchable Interface,
http://www.rules.state.ri.us/rules/searchme.php
Description: Searchable database of filed state agency regulations. Additionally, users may provide their email addresses and receive updates via email when regulations matching their criteria (per agency or per keyword) are promulgated.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Preserve
Rhode Island
Preserve
Rhode Island,
http://www.preserveri.org/
Description:
Preserve Rhode Island is protecting Rhode Island's historic structures
and unique places for present and future generations.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Rhode
Island Judiciary
Published
Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.ri.us/supreme/opinions.htm
Description: A listing of published court opinions dating back to 1999.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Smart
Growth Network
Rhode
Island Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=RI&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Summit
Neighborhood Association
Summit
Neighborhood Association,
http://sna.providence.ri.us/
Description: The Summit Neighborhood Association is a nonprofit, grassroots organization devoted to improving the quality of life of residents of Summit Neighborhood.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
University
of Rhode Island
Critical
Lands Analysis,
http://www.edc.uri.edu/criticallands/default.htm
Description:
The USDA NRCS and EPA Region I have funded the URI Environmental Data
Center to conduct an analysis of critical lands for conservation through
the state. Four communities are the initial focus of the analysis.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Smart Growth Network
Smart growth& cultural resource planning, www.wisconsinhistory.org
Description: Planning ahead for historic preservation.
Topics: land preservation and historic preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, housing
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Park Service
Rehabilitating historic storefronts, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historical overview, evaluating bldg, deciding on course of action.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Park Service
Preservation of historic barns, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Historic value, understanding, and repair of barns.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Park Service
Protecting cultural landscapes, www2.cr.nps.gov
Description: Preservation planning and strategy for cultural landscapes.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning-zonig, transportation, ag&rural change, What You Can Do,
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Reclaim PA
Green Remaining and reclamation technology, www.dep.state.pa.us
Description: Update on green remining technology.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DEP
Environmental Good Samaritan Act, 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp
Description: Encouraging landowners to reclaim old mines without fear of liability.
Topics: land preservation/historic preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension
Using employment data to better understand your economy, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: 6 Tools w/explanation to understand your economy.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension
Farmland protection and GIS, lal.cas.psu.edu/
Description: How GIS helps PA prioritize farmland for preservation.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
National Governors Assn
Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Governors Assn
Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org
Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Massachussetts, Delaware, Maryland
Western PA Conservancy
WPC Land use policies and guidelines, www.paconserve.or
Description: Specific guidelines for use of WPC lands.
Topics: land preservation, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Growing with Green Infrastructure, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: What is green infrastructure how to create and sustain.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Open Space is a community investment, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: The case for open space as a huge community asset.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Implementing a municipal open space progam, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: A guide for Pennsylvania municipalities.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Public Finance for Open Space:Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Why invest in open space; ways to fund the investment.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Regional Open Space priorities report, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Identifies, prioritizes, recommends protection strategies for natural resources, agricultural, recreational lands in southeastern PA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Using conservation easements to preserve open space: Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: All about easements; how to acquire an benefits.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Landowners options for protecting family lands, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Four common strategies for preserving land.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Heritage Conservancy
Conservation easements: Q & A, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Commonly asked questions about easementsf.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Urban vacan lot redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Challenges and progress ...
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachussetts
DCNR
Greenways: An action plan for creating connections, www.dcnr.state.pa.us
Description: Coordinated and strategic approach to creating connections throughs greenways in the state.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, water, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Smart Growth Network
Smart growth audit of zoning code and subdivision regulations, www.sgli.org
Description: Final report,analysis and proposed recommendations.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, historic preservation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #4: Residential Infill Development, www.dvrpc.org
Description: IV is the recycling of vacant or underutilized lands within cities and suburbs.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #5: Impact Fees, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Finding creative and equitable funding fees.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Municipal implementation tool #8: Transfer of Development Rights, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A tool that can be adopted to conserve land: agricultural, environmentally sensitive and necessary open space ..
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Riparian corridor conservation overlay- definition and use.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Transfer of development rights , www.dvrpc.org
Description: Procedural requirements for voluntary TDR.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Open Space Design, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Open space requirements and regulations.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Flexible Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Flexible development options.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Agricultural Zoning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Definitions, design and development of agricultrual zones.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Planning services to protect open space and natural resources, www.dvrpc.org
Description: DVRPC assists communities in identifying their vision, setting goals, and charting a path.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
DVRPC
Transportation Improvement Plan FY 2005 Executive Summary, www.dvrpc.org
Description: General overview of TIP,what it is and what projects will be developed in the near future.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
National Assn Realtors
Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org
Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Diagnosing Cities: Lessons from America, www.brookings.org
Description: Power Point: Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit.
Topics: land preservation, historic preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Back to Prosperity: A competitve agenda for renewing PA-Exec Summary, www.brookings.org
Description: Outlining the challenges for PA's revitalization .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, healthy communities, water, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Renewing older PA: Why it matters! Section 1, www.brookings.org
Description: It matters because of PA's history and contribution to the USA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Development trends in the Commomwealth -Section 2, www.brookings.org
Description: PA is barely growing .and aging fast!.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
The consequences of how PA is growing! Section 3, www.brookings.org
Description: Sprawl is degrading the state's natural landscape, and costing the taxpayers and local govt millions ..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Behind the trends: Historical & political influences Section 4, www.brookings.org
Description: Fragmented governance; weak planning; haphazard investments; shifting economy ..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Pulling it all together: Section 5, www.brookings.org
Description: Numerous conclusions to rebuild a new PA .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Back to Prosperity: A policy agenda - Section 6, www.brookings.org
Description: Plan for a competitive future; focus the state's investments; promote large scale reinvestment in older communities; renew state and regional governance..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Conclusion - section 7, www.brookings.org
Description: PA needs to look back in order to move forward!.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Pennsylvania's Brownfields program, www.brookings.org
Description: An overview of the brownfields challenge in PA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brookings Institute
Redefining urban and suburban America, www.brookings.org
Description: Power Point: General demographic trends in the US and how they affect metropolitan areas.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Metro Institute at VA Tech
The Edgeless City and Philadelphia, www.mi.vt.edu
Description: Article [book]: Philadelphia is and edgeless city???.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, water, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Planning - Municipal Commissions #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: The role of municipal commissions in land use regulation.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - County Planning Agencies #3, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Role of county planners in land use decisions.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Comprehensive Plan #4, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Comprehensive plan - most important tool for land use planning and local governance.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Zoning #5, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: How zoning regulations control different uses of land in community.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Training Local Govt Officials, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Why training for local officials is imperative .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Barriers to Effective Planning #8, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What are the barriers to effective land use planning.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - How effective is land use planning in PA? #10, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: How effective is the land use planning process in PA?.
Topics: land preservation presevation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension -CAS
Managing your restored Wetland, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Where and How wetland restoration is possible; ecological concepts etc .
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com
Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority ...
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Vermont
Agency
of Transportation
Environmental
Section,
http://www.aot.state.vt.us/TechServices/EnvPermit/NewEnvirHomepage.htm
Description:
"The mission of the Environmental Section is to support Agency project
managers and other project sponsors with proactive environmental planning,
regulatory compliance and cost-effective design solutions that achieve
project purpose and need, consider the views of the public, and protect
the natural and built environment..."
Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Transportation
Vermont
Historic Bridge Program,
http://www.aot.state.vt.us/progdev/Sections/LTF/VermontHistoricBridgeProgram/HBP00VermontHistoricBridgeProgram.
Description:
The Vermont Historic Bridge Program exists for the preservation of historic
covered bridges, metal truss bridges, masonry arch bridges, and concrete
arch bridges, and it establishes separate divisions within the parent
program. The Program and its divisions call attention to the fact that
Vermont's historic bridges are resources of distinct value to the state,
with particular benefits and also particular problems. The Program explicitly
recognizes that there are economic, aesthetic, and educational benefits
achieved by preserving a meaningful collection of different types of historic
bridges, and that these benefits far outweigh costs associated with preserving
these bridges.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Department
of Housing and Community Affairs
Division
for Historic Preservation,
http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/HistoricSites/index.htm
Description:
The Division for Historic Preservation is the public agency designated
to be the advocate for historic and prehistoric properties in Vermont.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Housing
and Conservation Board
Conservation
Programs,
http://www.vhcb.org/conservation.html
Description:
VHCB makes loans and grants to nonprofit organizations, municipalities
and state agencies for the acquisition of land and for the purchase of
conservation easements. All conservation projects are protected in perpetuity
by legal instruments (conservation easements) recorded in the land records
which travel with the land upon resale. The conservation easements are
co-held by the applicant organization or a sponsoring organization, VHCB,
and, in the case of farmland conservation projects, by the Vermont Department
of Agriculture, Food & Markets.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Housing
and Conservation Board
Housing
Programs,
http://www.vhcb.org/housing.html
Description:
VHCB funds the acquisition, rehabilitation and construction of affordable
housing by nonprofit housing organizations. Affordable housing projects
eligible for funding include rental housing, rental and ownership coops,
mobile home parks, single family homes, shared elderly housing, single
room occupancy housing, and group homes. VHCB funds help to leverage federal
and private funds to develop housing to serve lower income households
and individuals with special needs.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Housing
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Preservation
Trust of Vermont
Preservation
Trust of Vermont,
http://www.ptvermont.org/
Description:
The Preservation Trust of Vermont is a charitable, nonprofit organization
founded in 1980 to initiate, stimulate and assist local and statewide
efforts to preserve and use Vermont's rich collection of historic, architectural
cultural and community resources.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Vermont