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CERC CERC, http://www.cerc.com/home.html Description: A group of agricultural businesspeople, representing Connecticut's major agricultural commodities, working to raise the awareness, productivity and competitiveness of the state's agricultural businesses. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut Connecticut Agricultural Businesses Cluster Connecticut Agricultural Businesses Cluster, http://www.ctagcluster.com/ Description: A group of agricultural businesspeople, representing Connecticut's major agricultural commodities, working to raise the awareness, productivity and competitiveness of the state's agricultural businesses. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut Connecticut Brownfields Redevelopment Authority Brownfields Redevelopment Authority, http://www.ctbrownfields.com/ Description: Connecticut Brownfields Redevelopment Authority offers redevelopment grants, assessment grants, financing and the one-stop center for programs that encourage and stimulate the development of Connecticut's brownfield sites. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Connecticut Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, http://www.ccm-ct.org/ Description: The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is Connecticut's association of cities and towns. CCM provides member cities and towns with a wide array of other services, including management assistance, individualized inquiry service, assistance in municipal labor relations, technical assistance and training, policy development, research and analysis, publications, information programs, and service programs such as workers' compensation, liability-automobile-property, risk management, energy cost containment, and revenue collection assistance. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Connecticut Farm Bureau Connecticut Farm Bureau, http://www.cfba.org/index.php Description: Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, voluntary organization of farm families united to find solutions for concerns facing production agriculture in our counties, state and nation. Connecticut Farm Bureau provides farmers with a strong clear voice in state and national issues. Volunteer leaders and staff work closely with state and federal regulatory agencies and elected officials on issues ranging from economic viability, property rights, taxation, land use planning to labor laws and farmland preservation. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut Connecticut Farmland Trust Connecticut Farmland Trust, http://www.ctfarmland.org/ Description: The Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) was formed to: protect Connecticut's remaining farmland for agricultural use by current and future farmers; enhance agricultural diversity, economic development, environmental quality, and rural character; and assist landowners, local land trusts, towns, and state agencies in protecting agricultural land. To further this mission, the Connecticut Farmland Trust purchases and accepts donations of farmland and agricultural conservation easements. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land 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 Rural Development Council Connecticut Rural Development Council, http://www.ruralct.org/ Description: The mission of the Rural Development Council is to develop strategies to help improve employment opportunities, incomes and the well-being of rural communities in Connecticut. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page 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 Conservation Law Foundation Ventures Conservation Law Foundation Ventures, http://www.clfventures.org/ Description: CLF Ventures is redefining environmental advocacy. Through innovative partnerships with private and public sector clients, we combine CLF's longstanding reputation for environmental protection with our financial and business transaction skills. As a result, we are able to provide our clients with innovative solutions to complex environmental problems. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Department of Agriculture Act 490, http://www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=1366&q=259834 Description: Public Act 490 is Connecticut's law (Connecticut General Statutes Sections 12-107a through 107-f) that allows your farm, forest, or open space land to be assessed at its use value rather than its fair market or highest and best use value for purposes of local property taxation. Without use value assessment, most landowners would have to sell the land because they would not be able to afford the property taxes on farm, forest, or open space land. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page Green Valley Institute Green Valley Institute, http://thelastgreenvalley.org/gvi/ Description: The Green Valley Institute exists to help Heritage Corridor communities and citizens sustain their environment and quality of life while growing their economies. We are a non-regulatory organization dedicated to: improving the knowledge base from which land use and natural resource decisions are made and building local capacity to protect and manage natural resources as our region grows. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts Municipal Public Access Initiative Municipal Public Access Initiative, http://www.munic.state.ct.us/ Description: The Municipality Websites Page is intended to be a comprehensive listing of Municipally designated Official Websites as are available for the 169 towns and cities in Connecticut. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut Regional Plan Association Regional Plan Association, http://www.rpa.org/ Description: Regional Plan Association (RPA) is an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization that improves the quality of life and the economic competitiveness of the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region through research, planning, and advocacy. For more than 80 years, RPA has been shaping transportation systems, protecting open spaces, and promoting better community design for the region's continued growth. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter Homepage, http://connecticut.sierraclub.org/ Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page State Office of Policy and Management Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Program, http://www.opm.state.ct.us/igp/services/nrz.HTM Description: Public Act 95-340, as amended by Public Act 99-35, established a process for the development of Neighborhood Revitalization Zones (NRZs). The objective of the NRZ process is to revitalize neighborhoods through the collaborative involvement of residents, businesses and government to determine the vision and priorities of the individual neighborhoods. The NRZ process provides a mechanism for local stakeholders, along with local municipal officials, to develop a strategic plan to revitalize their neighborhood. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut State Office of Policy and Management Statutes Governing Property Taxation and Assessment, http://www.opm.state.ct.us/igp/services/sgat.htm Description: Property Tax Statutes is a compendium of laws compiled and published in odd-numbered years by the Office of Policy and Management (OPM). These statutes relate to the assessment and taxation of property and are germane to Connecticut's assessors, tax collectors and/or boards of assessment appeals. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation Jurisdiction: Connecticut Return to top of page CT Dept. of Environmental Protection Environmental Land Use Restrictions, http://www.dep.state.ct.us/pao/perdfact/elr.htm Description: Guidelines for environmental land use. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Fiscal Impact, Water/Sewer. Housing, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut American Farmland Trust Conservation Options for Connecticut Farmland, http://www.farmland.org/northeast/Connecticut_Landowner_Guide.pdf Description: A guide for landowners, land trusts and municipalities. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Fiscal Impact, Water/Sewer, Housing, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut National Park Service River Dynamics and Erosion, http://www.crjc.org/pdffiles/rivdynero.pdf Description: Stabilization of your stream -or not. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water/Sewer, Historic Preservation, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut National Park Service Streambank stabilization for Connecticut river watershed , http://www.crjc.org/pdffiles/streamstab.pdf Description: How to stabilize streambeds in the Conn River Watershed Topics: Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water/Sewer, Historic Preservation, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut MD Department of Planning Big Box Rural Development, http://www.mdp.state.md.us/mgs/bigbox/bigbox_v3.pdf Description: Impact, regulation, and implications of big-box store development Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water/Sewer, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut Trust for Public Land Connecticut, a Legacy of Land, http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/ct_legacy_land.pdf Description: Annual report on protection of open space Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Water/Sewer, Housing, Transportation, Healthy Communities, Fiscal Impact Jurisdiction: Connecticut Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Local property tax reform: Prospects and Politics, http://www.lincolnist.edu/pubs/pub-detail,asp?id=511 Description: Basic prospects for property tax reform. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning-Zoning, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Schools and Housing Markets, http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/dl/559_clapp_ross.pdf Description: This paper examines the relationship between house price levels, school preformance, and the racial and ethnic composition of Connecticut Topics: Land Preservation, Housing, Fiscal Impact, Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Connecticut
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