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Long Island University The Institute for Sustainable Development, http://www.liu.edu/sustain/sustain.html Description: The mission of the Institute for Sustainable Development is to promote Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) on Long Island through research, education, and structural reform. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: New York 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 Audubon New York Audubon New York, http://ny.audubon.org/index.htm Description: Audubon New York, is the state program of the National Audubon Society that promotes conservation of bird habitats, forests, wetlands, Long Island Sound, and wildlife and supports the ideas of smart growth. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New York Department of Environmental Conservation Bureau of Private Land Services, http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dlf/privland/index.html Description: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) forestry professionals are dedicated to maintaining the long-term health and productivity of our forests. Services foresters provide assistance to landowners to sustain healthy ecosystems, protect soil and water resources, improve wildlife habitat, and provide recreational opportunities and wood products. Foresters work with private landowners, communities, the forest industry, schools and others to promote good forest stewardship. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Bureau, http://www.dot.state.ny.us/pubtrans/bphome.html Description: Providing information to bicyclists, pedestrians and those who share our roads with them. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Department of Transportation Context Sensitive Solutions, http://www.dot.state.ny.us/design/css/css.html Description: Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) is a philosophy wherein safe transportation solutions are designed in harmony with the community. CSS strives to balance environmental, scenic, aesthetic, cultural and natural resources, as well as community and transportation service needs. Context sensitive projects recognize community goals, and are designed, built and maintained to be sustainable while minimizing disruption to the community and the environment. Topics: Healthy Communities, 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 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 Governor's Office for Small Cities Governor's Office for Small Cities, http://www.nysmallcities.com/ Description: The Governor's Office for Small Cities administers the Community Development Block Grant Program for the State of New York. The Community Development Block Grant Program provides grants to eligible cities, towns, and villages with a population under 50,000 and counties with an area population under 200,000 to revitalize neighborhoods, expand affordable housing and economic opportunities and or improve community facilities and services. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York 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 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 Hudson River Watertrail Association Hudson River Watertrail Association, http://www.hrwa.org/index.html Description: The Hudson River Watertrail Association is a coalition of small boaters, primarily human and wind powered, who are actively interested in the Hudson River as a treasure of natural and human history. The HRWA was formed in 1992 as an all-volunteer, non-profit environmental and recreational action group, with the specific goal of building a river trail from the Atlantic Ocean to Canada and promoting a low impact approach to the river. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page 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 Lake Champlain Bikeways Lake Champlain Bikeways, http://www.champlainbikeways.org/ Description: With growing national interest in bicycle tourism, Lake Champlain Bikeways, a public/private partnership, is quickly expanding its bicycle route network while serving as the information clearinghouse on bicycling opportunities in the Champlain Valley. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont 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 Progressive Coalition Long Island Progressive Coalition, http://www.lipc.org/index800x600.html Description: The Long Island Progressive Coalition is a community-based organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development, revitalizing local communities, enhancing human dignity, creating effective democracy, and achieving economic and social justice. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page Natural Resource Conservation Service - USDA New York NRCS, http://www.ny.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 York New York Bicycling Coalition New York Bicycling Coalition, http://www.nybc.net/ Description: NYBC's Mission is to provide a coherent, credible voice for the interests of all bicyclists in the state, on- or off-road, recreational or racer. We achieve this by working with existing cycling clubs in New York and interested individuals. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York 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 Return to top of page New York Physical Activity Coalition Be Active New York State, http://nysphysicalactivity.org/site_beactivenys/# Description: The mission of the New York Physical Activity Coalition is to unite the strengths of public, private, nonprofit, and citizen efforts; to enhance the means and opportunities for physical activity, and to inspire citizens of New York State to be physically active in their daily lives. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: New York New York Planning Federation New York Planning Federation, http://www.nypf.org/ Description: The mission of the New York Planning Federation is to promote sound planning, land use and zoning practice in New York State so that orderly growth and development may occur balanced with necessary resource conservation. Topics: Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do 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 Return to top of page 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 Norwalk River Watershed Association Norwalk River Watershed Association, http://www.norwalkriver.org/ Description: Working and partnering to improve the water quality and quality of life in the Norwalk, Silvermine, and Comstock watersheds. Topics: Healthy Communities, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, 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 Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/scorp/ Description: The Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) is prepared periodically by New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) to provide statewide policy direction and to fulfill the agency's recreation and preservation mandate. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page Parks and Trails New York Parks and Trails New York, http://ptny.logical.net/index3.shtml Description: Parks & Trails New York is a non-governmental, not-for profit, statewide membership organization. Our mission is to work to expand, protect and promote a network of parks, trails and open spaces throughout the state for the use and enjoyment of all. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York 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 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 Transportation Alternatives Transportation Alternatives, NYC, http://www.transalt.org/ Description: Transportation Alternatives is a 5000-member NYC-area nonprofit citizens group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars. We work for safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation Jurisdiction: New York USDA Forest Service Northeast Center for Urban & Community Forestry, http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/index.shtml Description: The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry is a cooperative partnership among the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, and the seven states of New England and New York. The Center responds to Urban and Community Forestry needs, facilitates and supports new and existing research, and coordinates the exchange of information among the states in the region in order to contribute to healthy and sustainable communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont Return to top of page 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 Vision Long Island Vision Long Island, http://www.visionhuntington.org/vli_index.htm Description: Vision Long Island's mission is to join with others to promote livability and economically sustainable and environmentally responsible growth on Long Island. We believe that through Smart Growth planning concepts, we can reduce the negative economic and environmental impacts of suburban sprawl on Long Island while improving our quality of life and sense of community. Topics: Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New York Western New York Land Conservancy WNYLC, http://www.wnylc.org Description: Western New York Land Conservancy is a private, nonprofit land trust dedicated to preserving our region's irreplaceable natural environments, farms, forestlands and open space in order to maintain wildlife habitat, economic resources, public recreation areas and the unique scenic character of Western New York. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: New York Return to top of page Cornell Coop Extension Comprehensive economic development strategy, www.stcplanning.org/ Description: Regional Community Development Plan--Executive Summary. Topics: land preservation, ag&rural change, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities 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 Statewide water resources mgmt program, www.stcplanning.org Description: A description of the water mgmt program and the diverse projects it encompasses. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, transportation, housing, healthy communities 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 workbook - Ch 1-, www.stcplanning.org Description: Why do we need better design?. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New York Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Workbook - Ch 2, www.stcplanning.org Description: Conservation Design Method - how to design site with conservation in mind. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation, 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 Rural Design Wkbk Ch5, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Stuart Site 120acre hilltop site. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New York Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch 10, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Clarke site - 600 acre bicentennial farm. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New York Cornell Coop Extension Intro to chapters 12-13, www.stcplanning.org Description: Properties in Watershed areas. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, ag&rural change, housing, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New York Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch 12, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Janiak site - 273 acres in watershed area . Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, ag&rural change, housing, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New York Cornell Coop Extension Rural Design Wkbk Ch 13, www.stcplanning.org Description: Good Design - Rautine site -240 acres watershed. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, ag&rural change, housing, healthy communities 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 Ag Visioning Pilot Project Rept summary, www.cardi.cornell.edu Description: What agriculture provides in the non-farming community. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New York Cornell Coop Extension Small business education & leadership development, www.cdtoolbox.org/community_planning Description: Importance of small business; and the changing trends. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, water, healthy communities, ag&rural change 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 CaRDI Smart Growth -more choices-better places, www.cardi.cornell.edu Description: Power Point presentation- Smart growth principles and trends. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, water, housing, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New York 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 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 Estimating the external effects of subsidized housing investment on property values, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Subsidized housing investments can produce substantial sustainable external benefits. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New York Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land assembly, Land readjustment, and Public-private redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: What is applicability of land re-adjustment, and case study. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New York Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land market understanding is the basis for smart change, www.lincolninst.edu Description: A comprehensive study of land use policies, financial strategies that influence capital markets, conservation, smart growth etc.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: New York Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Adoption and repeal of 2 rate property tax in NY, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Successes and failures of two rate property tax rate. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, 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 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The location of non-profit facilities in urban areas, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Theoretical considerations that distinguish location behavior of non profits from service providers. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: New York HUD Homeowing: social outcomes, tenure choice and US housing policy, www.huduser.org Description: The pupose of this paper is to look at the links between policies and outcomes. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change 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 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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