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Penn State University Costs and Revenues of Residential Development, http://cax.aers.psu.edu/residentialimpact/ Description: This website is intended to help local officials and citizens use a basic Per Capita Multiplier model to examine potential residential developments in their own community. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, http://www.10000friends.org/ Description: 10,000 Friends is an alliance of organizations and individuals committed to promoting land use policies and actions that will enable Pennsylvania to strengthen its diverse urban, suburban, and rural communities and reduce sprawl. 10,000 Friends seeks growth and development that will support the economic and social viability of Pennsylvania's cities and towns, conserve fiscal resources, and protect our state's exceptional natural landscapes, environmental quality, and heritage resources. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation 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 Department of Community and Economic Development Invent PA : Building Places, http://www.inventpa.com/default.aspx?id=161 Description:Building Places affects our homes, our businesses and the personal feelings we have for particular areas across Pennsylvania. The Department of Community and Economic Development works for the betterment and growth of these places. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Return to top of page Department of Community and Economic Development Invent PA : Community Resources, http://www.inventpa.com/default.aspx?id=192 Description:Links to and information about the state's economic and community development financial assistance programs. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Invent PA : Legacy Lasting Projects, http://www.inventpa.com/default.aspx?id=197 Description:Breathing new life into communities, Pennsylvania's Legacy Lasting Projects are multiple-funded projects that include funding and/or technical support from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), along with other state, federal, and local agencies, and private entities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Genesis Housing Corporation Genesis Housing Corporation, http://www.genesishousing.org/ Description: Genesis Housing Corporation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community development corporation dedicated to the development of affordable housing and education of consumers on housing and financial issues in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Topics: Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Governor's Green Government Council Governor's Green Government Council, http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/default.htm Description: The governor established the Governor's Green Government Council by executive order in 1998 to help state government embed environmental sustainability throughout its policymaking and operational processes. The council works in partnership with agencies throughout the Commonwealth and by extension with their constituencies, as a catalyst to stimulate the development and continuous improvement of environmentally sustainable practices in planning, policymaking and regulatory operations. It operates opportunistically, nurturing champions where it finds them in targeted areas. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Return to top of page Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, http://www.housingalliancepa.org/ Description: The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania was formed in 1985 for the purpose of ensuring that all Pennsylvanians, particularly those who are low income, have access to decent, safe and affordable housing. Topics: Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance, http://nepa-alliance.org/# Description: The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA) is one of seven sub-state regional agencies that helps to coordinate economic development activities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Alliance carries out its mission within a seven county region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Topics: Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Office of Governor Ed Rendell Growing Greener 2, http://www.growinggreener2.com/ Description: Growing Greener means creating new jobs while revitalizing communities and reclaiming our most treasured natural resources for a better quality of life. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy Sustainable Pennsylvania Program, http://www.paconsortium.state.pa.us/programs/SustainablePennsylvania.htm Description: The Sustainable Pennsylvania Program reviews the State of Pennsylvania's sustainablity programs and look at barriers to and opportunities for moving Pennsylvania toward a sustainable future. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Return to top of page 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 Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations, http://www.pacdc.org/ Description: PACDC is dedicated to advocacy, policy development and technical assistance for CDCs and other organizations in their efforts to rebuild communities and revitalize neighborhoods. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Rural Opportunities, Inc. Rural Opportunities - Programs and Services, http://www.ruralinc.org/index.asp Description: Begun in 1969, Rural Opportunities, Inc. (ROI) is a private, not-for-profit regional community development and human service organization providing services to farmworkers, low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Puerto Rico. Topics: Housing Jurisdiction: New Jersey, New York, 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 Return to top of page Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County Smart Growth, http://www.smartgrowthpa.org/ Description: The Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County is a community-based private nonprofit located at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. We believe that the land we use today is being borrowed from our children and our children's children. Therefore we are guided by the principle that communities need to make good long-term decisions about where, when and how they should grow. We seek to encourage growth that improves the quality of life for our current residents and businesses, but will also insure vibrant, high quality growth for future generations in Westmoreland County. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania South Central Assembly for Effective Governance South Central Assembly, http://www.southcentralassembly.org/ Description: The South Central Assembly for Effective Governance is an eight-county regional nonprofit organization working with local governments to foster planned growth. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania USDA Rural Development PA Rural Development, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/pa/ Description: USDA Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural Pennsylvania. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD in Pennsylvania, http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=pa Description: HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level. Topics: Housing Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Return to top of page 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 Smart Growth Network Economic benefits of walkable communities, www.lgc.org Description: balance of pedestrian/vehicle traffic to benefit communities. Topics: planning&zoning, transportation, housing, What You Can Do, Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Center for Rural PA Socio-demographics of rural pennsylvanians, www.ruralpa.org Description: Socio demographic trends of rural pennsylvanians. Topics: planning&zoning, housing, ag&rural change, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Center for Rural PA A rural economy reality check, www.ruralpa.org Description: How rural economy is faring using labor force, jobs and economy data of last decade. Topics: planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania PA Game commission PA game commission strategic plan 2003-08, www.pgc.state.pa.us Description: Defines what are the agencys priorities; how that work will be carried out; and how we intend to monitor its progress.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania DEP Land Recycling Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/ Description: Explanation of Environmental Remediation Standards Act Program Enhancements . Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension Economic Impact Model -CIM:PSU, cimpsu.aers.psu.edu Description: Understanding economic structure and how changes in every facet e.g govt,educ affect each other. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Lincoln Institute of Land Policy In search of new life for smaller cities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Small cities struggling for relevance. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Lincoln Institute of Land Policy The price elasticity of the demand for residential land, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Estimation and implications of tax code related subsidies on urban form. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Roles of community based organizations in brownfield redevelopment and other vacant property redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Case studies of CBO's: barriers, successes and key factors. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change 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 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 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 #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 Wetlands management ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Permitted uses where water hazard soils occur. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: 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 Residential Clusters, www.dvrpc.org Description: Allowance of cluster development-where and how. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania DVRPC Performance Zoning, www.dvrpc.org Description: Planned residential development requirements. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change 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 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 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 Spatial allocation of PA's major economic development programs, www.brookings.org Description: A study: fact gathering project involving collection and organizing data describing allocation of DCED funds among different types of municipalities. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Brookings Institute Economic development subsidies: Do they fuel sprawl?, www.brookings.org Description: The extent to which business subsidies [in PA] contribute to sprawling land use patterns and job redistribution.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, water, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension Economic & Community Development Resources for Citizens & Local Officials, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Highlights variety of PSCE economic & community development educational programs and resources... Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension Community conflicts over Agriculture, Land Use and Natural Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Collaborative approaches to resolving conflict.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension Fiscal Impacts of Different Land Uses- The PA experience, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Identifying the impact of land use affects taxes and quality of life. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension Food System Planning: A guide for county and municipal planners, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Research assessment of involvement of planners in food system planning. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension From the Woods: Watersheds, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: PA's Water cycle and how forests protect the quality of the water... Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS How Real Property Tax is distributed among Land Uses, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How fairly is real property tax distributed in your community. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Planning in PA - Inventory - #1, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Comprehensive study of municipal/county planning and land use regulations. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, 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 - Subdivision and Land Development Regulations #6, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Subdivision & land develoment ordinances--most common form of land use regulation. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Collaboration & Communiction #9, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How much collaboration and communication occurs in land use planning. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Local Taxes and our Community #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Overview of community's population and use of services in relation to the tax base. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, transportation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Sustainable Community Development: Quality of life in PA, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Views and hopes for the future of PA community members. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Costs and Revenues of Residential Development: A workbook for citizens, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Conduct an economic analysis of proposed residential development in your community. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Understanding School Tax change Under Act 50, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Understanding the context of Act 50.what is it, what will it do.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension -CAS Valuing PA's Water Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: All issues about water in PA.its value, use and management . Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania Penn State Extension The Joy of Farm Watching: A Roadside Guide to Pennsylvania Agriculture, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Guide: Helps people identify crops, farm machinery, buildings that they don't recognize. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water. ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
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