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Smart Growth Network Smart growth& cultural resource planning, www.wisconsinhistory.org Description: Planning ahead for historic preservation. Smart Growth Network Economic benefits of walkable communities, www.lgc.org Description: balance of pedestrian/vehicle traffic to benefit communities. Center for Rural PA Recreational Issues in PA small municipalities, www.ruralpa.org Description: Survey, findings, and data analysis about recreational facilities in municipalities. Center for Rural PA Socio-demographics of rural pennsylvanians, www.ruralpa.org Description: Socio demographic trends of rural pennsylvanians. 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. 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.. National Park Service Rehabilitating historic storefronts, www2.cr.nps.gov Description: Historical overview, evaluating bldg, deciding on course of action. National Park Service Preservation of historic barns, www2.cr.nps.gov Description: Historic value, understanding, and repair of barns. National Park Service Protecting cultural landscapes, www2.cr.nps.gov Description: Preservation planning and strategy for cultural landscapes. Reclaim PA Green Remaining and reclamation technology, www.dep.state.pa.us Description: Update on green remining technology. DEP PA Abandoned Mines , 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp Description: Benefits of reclamation; how to fund; what can you do. DEP Environmental Good Samaritan Act, 164.156.71.80/VWRQ.asp Description: Encouraging landowners to reclaim old mines without fear of liability. DEP Land Recycling Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/ Description: Explanation of Environmental Remediation Standards Act Program Enhancements . DEP Stream Re-Leaf, www.dep.state.pa.us/ Description: Restoring and Conserving Streamside buffers. DEP BioSolids , 164.156.71.80/WXLogin.aspx Description: Fact Sheet about bioSolids and their impact on environment . Penn State Extension Sewage Sludge in PA: It's regulations, cropsoil.psu.edu Description: A plain english tour of sewage sludge regulations. Penn State Extension BioSolids Quality, cropsoil.psu.edu Description: Changes in biosolids; are they harmful to humans. Penn State Extension A Forest Stewardship Plan, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: What is stewardship, how can I develop a plan; resources. Penn State Extension Best Mgmt Practices for PA Forests, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Sustainable Forestry--need and objectives--comprehesive discussion. Penn State Extension Forest Stewardship Program, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: What is it, how can it help, how can I participate. Penn State Extension Forest watershed management, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: What is forested watershed? Protecting it,impact etc. Penn State Extension Forest Stewardship and wildlife, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Wildlife Habitat Incentive Programs. Penn State Extension Using employment data to better understand your economy, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: 6 Tools w/explanation to understand your economy. Penn State Extension Analysis of recent trends in rural PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu Description: Population growth/decline; employment and unemployment; earnings and income. Penn State Extension Road to 2004: Update on PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu Description: Report targeting economic change-primarily employment in PA. 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. Penn State Extension Farmland protection and GIS, lal.cas.psu.edu/ Description: How GIS helps PA prioritize farmland for preservation. National Governors Assn Brownfields Projects to improve public health, www.nga.org Description: Benefits in health as well as improved active living. National Governors Assn Attacking sprawl by revitalizing older communities, www.nga.org Description: Benefits of Brownfield redevelopment of older communitites. National Governors Assn Fixing It First: Improving present infrasturcture, www.nga.org Description: Build/maintain present assets before creating new ones. Heritage Conservancy Growing with Green Infrastructure, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: What is green infrastructurehow to create and sustain. Heritage Conservancy Open Space is a community investment, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: The case for open space as a huge community asset. Heritage Conservancy Implementing a municipal open space progam, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: A guide for Pennsylvania municipalities. Heritage Conservancy Public Finance for Open Space:Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: Why invest in open space; ways to fund the investment. Heritage Conservancy Regional Open Space priorities report, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: Identifies, prioritizes, recommends protection strategies for natural resources, agricultural, recreational lands in southeastern PA. Heritage Conservancy Using conservation easements to preserve open space: Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: All about easements; how to acquire an benefits. Heritage Conservancy Landowners options for protecting family lands, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: Four common strategies for preserving land. Heritage Conservancy Conservation easements: Q & A, www.heritageconservancy.org Description: Commonly asked questions about easementsf. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy In search of new life for smaller cities, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Small cities struggling for relevance. 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. 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. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Urban vacan lot redevelopment, www.lincolninst.edu Description: Challenges and progress... DCNR Greenways: An action plan for creating connections, www.dcnr.state.pa.us Description: Coordinated and strategic approach to creating connections throughs greenways in the state. FindLaw Municipal groundwater supply regulation, library.findlaw.com Description: Limitations of existing management framework. Smart Growth Network Smart growth audit of zoning code and subdivision regulations, www.sgli.org Description: Final report,analysis and proposed recommendations. DVRPC Regional Indicators: Measuring our progress to 2025, www.dvrpc.org Description: Presenting 26 indicators which track the regioins progress toward the adopted goals. DVRPC Horizons: 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan for Delaware Valley, www.dvrpc.org Description: A comprehensive vision for the DE valley region. DVRPC MAP: Mobility Alternatives Program, www.dvrpc.org Description: Brochure describing MAP program . DVRPC Watershed guide to Gloucester County, www.dvrpc.org Description: Comprehensive teachers guide to watershed and water in Gloucester County. 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. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #2: Main Street America, www.dvrpc.org Description: Basic information about Main street programs and Business Improvement Districts. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #3: Multi-municipal planning, www.dvrpc.org Description: Neighboring communites developing shared vision and coordinating planning in many areas. 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. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #5: Impact Fees, www.dvrpc.org Description: Finding creative and equitable funding fees. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #6: Parking Management strategies, www.dvrpc.org Description: Balancing the supply and demand for parking. DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #7: Historic preservation, www.dvrpc.org Description: Protection and maintenance of important & integral places from our past. 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.. DVRPC Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Riparian corridor conservation overlay- definition and use. DVRPC Wetlands management ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Permitted uses where water hazard soils occur. DVRPC Steep Slope Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Permitted uses for slopes of 25% or higher. DVRPC Transfer of development rights , www.dvrpc.org Description: Procedural requirements for voluntary TDR. DVRPC Residential Clusters, www.dvrpc.org Description: Allowance of cluster development-where and how. DVRPC Performance Zoning, www.dvrpc.org Description: Planned residential development requirements. DVRPC Open Space Design, www.dvrpc.org Description: Open space requirements and regulations. DVRPC Flexible Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org Description: Flexible development options. DVRPC Agricultural Zoning, www.dvrpc.org Description: Definitions, design and development of agricultrual zones. 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. 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. DVRPC Recreational Open Space needs analysis, www.dvrpc.org Description: Three different methods of needs assessment of recreational open space. National Assn Realtors Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey . Brookings Institute Diagnosing Cities: Lessons from America, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit. Brookings Institute Toward a new metropolis: The opportunity to rebuild America, www.brookings.org Description: This paper examines projected trends to determine the estimated demand for new housing, commercial and industrial space over the next 25 years.. Brookings Institute Back to Prosperity: A competitve agenda for renewing PA-Exec Summary, www.brookings.org Description: Outlining the challenges for PA's revitalization . 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. Brookings Institute Development trends in the Commomwealth -Section 2, www.brookings.org Description: PA is barely growing.and aging fast!. 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.. Brookings Institute Behind the trends: Historical & political influences Section 4, www.brookings.org Description: Fragmented governance; weak planning; haphazard investments; shifting economy.. Brookings Institute Pulling it all together: Section 5, www.brookings.org Description: Numerous conclusions to rebuild a new PA. 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.. Brookings Institute Conclusion - section 7, www.brookings.org Description: PA needs to look back in order to move forward!. Brookings Institute Pennsylvania's Brownfields program, www.brookings.org Description: An overview of the brownfields challenge in PA. 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. 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.. Brookings Institute Redefining urban and suburban America, www.brookings.org Description: Power Point: General demographic trends in the US and how they affect metropolitan areas. Metro Institute at VA Tech The Edgeless City and Philadelphia, www.mi.vt.edu Description: Article [book]: Philadelphia is and edgeless city???. Penn State Extension Calculating a cost of community services ratio for your PA community, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Land Use as it relates to the cost of providing services through tax/non-tax revenues.. 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... Penn State Extension Community conflicts over Agriculture, Land Use and Natural Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Collaborative approaches to resolving conflict.. 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. 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. 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... 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. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Planning - Municipal Commissions #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: The role of municipal commissions in land use regulation. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - County Planning Agencies #3, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Role of county planners in land use decisions. 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. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Zoning #5, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How zoning regulations control different uses of land in community. 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. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Training Local Govt Officials, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Why training for local officials is imperative. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - Barriers to Effective Planning #8, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: What are the barriers to effective land use planning. 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. Penn State Extension -CAS Land Use Plan - How effective is land use planning in PA? #10, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: How effective is the land use planning process in PA?. 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. Penn State Extension -CAS Managing your restored Wetland, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Where and How wetland restoration is possible; ecological concepts etc. Penn State Extension -CAS PA Wildlife #16:Riparian Buffers for Wildlife, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Creating riparian buffers for wildlife while protecting our water quality. Penn State Extension -CAS PA Wildlife #1: Wildlife-Habitat Relationships, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Most important wildlife-habitat relationships and management techniques . 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. Penn State Extension -CAS Sustainable Development: Non-farm attitudes, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Southeastern PA - growth and attitudes toward farming. 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. 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.. 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 . Penn State Extension -CAS Water Quality Research in the CAS, pubs.cas.psu.edu Description: Importance of water quality research in effective policy making. Penn State Extension -CAS Cleaner Water for PA, paimpact.cas.psu.edu Description: Different facets of water pollution management... EPA State Brownfields & Voluntary Response Program:Region 3, www.epa.gov Description: Region 3: DE; DC; MD; PA; VA; WVA. Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al. Chesapeake Bay Program DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority... 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.
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