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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 National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment, http://policy.rutgers.edu/brownfields/ Description: The National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment's mission is to establish itself as a pre-eminent university-based center for neighborhood and brownfield redevelopment focused on the three themes of service, education and research. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation 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 Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Mountain Club, http://www.outdoors.org/ Description: The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness, must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Return to top of page Delaware and Raritan Greenway Delaware and Raritan Greenway, http://www.delrargreenway.org/ Description: Delaware & Raritan Greenway, Inc. (D&R Greenway) is central New Jersey's regional land conservancy. We are the only professionally staffed, community-based organization with a sole focus of regional land preservation. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division of Housing and Community Resources, http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dhcr Description: The mission of the Division of Housing and Community Resources is to strengthen and revitalize communities by assisting in the delivery of affordable housing, by providing supportive services, and by promoting community and economic development. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, http://www.state.nj.us/dca/hmfa/ Description: HMFA was created in 1967 as the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency (HFA) for the purpose of increasing the supply of safe, decent and affordable multifamily rental housing for the low- and moderate-income citizens of this state. In 1984, the HFA and its sister agency, the New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency (MFA), whose charge was to promote the construction and rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing, were merged. The merger of the two agencies has created a consolidated statewide force to meet the challenge of providing affordable housing. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: 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 Return to top of page Department of Community Affairs Office of Smart Growth, http://www.state.nj.us/dca/osg/ Description: The Office of Smart Growth utilizes teams to implement the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Community Forestry Program, http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/forest/community/ Description: The New Jersey Community Forestry program insures more livable communities through the care and management of trees. Neglect and urban stress limit the life span of the average downtown tree to only 10 years. With proper care, trees live longer, look better, and increase in value as they age. Without care, they decline in health and value and become liabilities. Trees deserve to be managed with the same skill and diligence as any other community asset. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program, http://www.state.nj.us/dep/greenacres/ Description: Basically, Green Acres does two things: preserve land and develop parks. We buy land directly from property owners to add to the system of state parks, forests, natural areas, and wildlife management areas. Second, we provide grants and loans to towns, counties, and nonprofit land trusts to buy land. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey Forest Service, http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/forest/index.html Description: The mission of the New Jersey Forest Service is to practice and promote sound stewardship and conservation of public, private and community forest lands, to monitor and nurture forest health, to assist municipalities with the development of their tree resources and to achieve forest related economic, environmental and social benefits for current and future generations. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Jersey Return to top of page Department of Environmental Protection Office of Natural Lands Management, http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/natural/index.html Description: The Office of Natural Lands Management (ONLM) administers a group of interrelated land management and planning programs and is committed to the conservation of biodiversity through excellent stewardship, and the enhancement of passive recreational opportunities for the benefit of present and future generations. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: New Jersey Department of Transportation Transit Village Initiative, http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/village/index.shtml Description: The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and NJ TRANSIT spearhead a multi-agency Smart Growth partnership known as the Transit Village Initiative. The Transit Village Initiative helps to redevelop and revitalize communities around transit facilities to make them an appealing choice for people to live, work and play, thereby reducing reliance on the automobile. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New Jersey East Coast Greenway East Coast Greenway, http://www.greenway.org/ Description: The East Coast Greenway will be the nation's first long-distance, city-to-city, multi-modal transportation corridor for cyclists, hikers, and other non-motorized users. Our goal is to connect existing and planned trails that are locally owned and managed to form a continuous, safe, green route -- easily identified by the public through signage, maps, users guides, and common services. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Environmental Protection Agency Community Grants Program, http://www.epa.gov/region02/cgp/index.html Description: The Community Grants Program is currently a consortium of the following individual grant programs: Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, Environmental Justice (EJ), Environmental Justice through Pollution Prevention (EJP2), Environmental Education (EE), Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT), Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS), Solid Waste Management Assistance(SWMA), Superfund Technical Assistance Grants (TAG), Livable Communities Grant Program and Non-Community Grants Program Grants. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey, New York Return to top of page Friends of West Windsor Open Space Friends of West Windsor Open Space, http://www.fowwos.org/ Description: Friends of West Windsor Open Space (FOWWOS) was founded in 1996. This nonpartisan group of concerned citizens advocates preservation of the remaining open space in West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New Jersey Highlands Coalition Highlands Coalition, http://www.highlandscoalition.org/ Description: The Highlands Coalition, established in 1988, seeks to protect and enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities in the Highlands region of PA, NJ, NY and CT. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Highlands Protection Initiative Highlands Protection Initiative, http://www.state.nj.us/highlands/ Description: Recognizing the importance of the Highland's region to New Jersey residents, Governor James E. McGreevey has launched many new environmental and "smart-growth" initiatives to protect the region's critical drinking water and natural resources. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Jersey Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, http://www.hcdnnj.org/ Description: The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (formerly the Affordable Housing Network of New Jersey) is a statewide association of over 250 non-profit affordable housing and community development corporations, individuals, and other organizations that support the creation of housing and economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income community residents. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey Return to top of page Isles, Inc. Isles, Inc., http://www.isles.org/ Description: Founded in 1981, Isles, Inc., is a nationally recognized nonprofit community development and environmental organization with the mission to foster more self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities. Unlike conventional responses to urban problems-i.e., single-service programs for housing, environment, or health-Isles operates a vast array of activities that recognize the interdependence of physical, economic, health, and social development strategies to address the problems of distressed communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Jersey Morris Land Conservancy Morris Land Conservancy, http://www.morrislandconservancy.org/ Description: Founded by Russell W. Myers in 1981, Morris Land Conservancy is a nonprofit, membership organization dedicated to preserving open space in northern New Jersey. Open Space is critical for clean drinking water, diverse plant and wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Jersey Natural Resource Conservation Service - USDA New Jersey NRCS, http://www.nj.nrcs.usda.gov/ Description: NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists, engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural, urban centers, and forested. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Jersey New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey Conservation Foundation, http://njconservation.org/ Description: The mission of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation is to preserve New Jersey's land and natural resources for the benefit of all. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New Jersey Return to top of page New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium New Jersey Sea Grant, http://www.njmsc.org/Sea_Grant/Main_Page.htm Description: In 1976, the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC) was designated as the managing agent for the New Jersey Sea Grant Program and awarded its first federal grant to study severe pollution problems in the northern New Jersey estuarine areas. Its capabilities in marine science and outreach grew steadily. In 1989, the program was designated as a Sea Grant College Program, in recognition of its academic and research excellence and strong statewide support. Topics: Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer 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 New Jersey Redevelopment Authority New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, http://www.state.nj.us/njra/ Description: The New Jersey Redevelopment Authority functions as a comprehensive resource center that focuses on improving the quality of life by creating value in New Jersey's urban communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New Jersey Return to top of page New Jersey Sustainable State Institute New Jersey Sustainable State Institute, http://www.njssi.net/ Description: NJSSI is an independent, non-profit institute providing objective information, analysis, and practical strategies to help New Jersey develop on a sustainable path. The Institute, which began operations in June 2002, has been conceived as a neutral, non-political organization, whose information and analyses will be credible to people and organizations approaching policy issues from all perspectives. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey New York - New Jersey Trails Association NYNJTC - New York/New Jersey Trail Conference, http://www.nynjtc.org/ Description: The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a federation of more than 85 hiking clubs and environmental organizations and 10,000 individuals dedicated to building and maintaining marked hiking trails and protecting related open space in the bi-state region. Our constituent clubs have a combined membership of over 100,000. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey, New York Northeast-Midwest Institute Northeast-Midwest Institute, http://www.nemw.org Description: The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont 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 Return to top of page 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 Return to top of page Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter Homepage, http://www.sierraactivist.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: Healthy Communities, 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 TransOptions TransOptions, http://www.transoptions.org/ Description: TransOptions is an alliance of business and government partnerships created to provide commute options to people traveling into northwestern New Jersey, regardless of where they reside. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New Jersey USDA Forest Service MFO - Mid-Atlantic Center for Urban & Community Forestry at Keystone College, http://www.fs.fed.us/na/morgantown/macucf/macucf.html Description: The Mid-Atlantic Center for Community and Urban Forestry addresses natural resource issues and opportunities and focuses its efforts to maximize the impacts of urban and community forestry programs in the Mid-Atlantic States. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, http://www.na.fs.fed.us/ Description: The mission of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area is to lead and help support sustainable forest management and use across the landscape to provide benefits for the people of the 20 Northeastern and Midwestern States and the District of Columbia. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia Return to top of page National Governors Assn Brownfields Projects to improve public health, www.nga.org Description: Benefits in health as well as improved active living. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachussetts 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 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Overcoming obstacles to Brownfield and vacant land redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: How brownfield redevelopment can occur. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, water, healthy communities, historic preservation Jurisdiction: New Jersey Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Permit coordination study, www.lincolninst.edu Description: This paper studies coordination of land use regulatory programs. It consists of an introduction and general observations, a review of current and recent literature, and two case analyses.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, water, historic preservation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey HUD Assessment of state brownfield initiatives, www.huduser.org Description: Study: gain a better understanding of current regulatory and economic development initiatives that can help promote economic revitalization.. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New Jersey DVRPC Regional Indicators: Measuring our progress to 2025, www.dvrpc.org Description: Presenting 26 indicators which track the regioins progress toward the adopted goals. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania DVRPC Horizons: 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan for Delaware Valley, www.dvrpc.org Description: A comprehensive vision for the DE valley region. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania DVRPC MAP: Mobility Alternatives Program, www.dvrpc.org Description: Brochure describing MAP program . Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania DVRPC Watershed guide to Gloucester County, www.dvrpc.org Description: Comprehensive teachers guide to watershed and water in Gloucester County. Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania DVRPC Horizons 2025 Implementation: Municipal tools and techniques, www.dvrpc.org Description: Overview of tools and techinques available for local govts for implemetation of long range plans. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey 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 #2: Main Street America, www.dvrpc.org Description: Basic information about Main street programs and Business Improvement Districts. Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities 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 #6: Parking Management strategies, www.dvrpc.org Description: Balancing the supply and demand for parking. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, housing, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #7: Historic preservation, www.dvrpc.org Description: Protection and maintenance of important & integral places from our past. Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, 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 Natural Resource Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Define and delineate standards for natural resource protection. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey DVRPC Cluster Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Design standards for conditional uses. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey 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 DVRPC Recreational Open Space needs analysis, www.dvrpc.org Description: Three different methods of needs assessment of recreational open space. Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania, New Jersey 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 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 US EPA Review of Statewide Watershed Mgmt Approaches, www.epa.gov Description: Identify and describe different models of watershed mgmt; looking at different states; make recommendations. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Massachussetts, New Jersey EPA State Brownfields & Voluntary Response Program:Region 2, www.epa.gov Description: Region 2: NJ and NY. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New Jersey , New York
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