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Conference of Municipalities
Connecticut
Conference of Municipalities,
http://www.ccm-ct.org/
Description: The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is Connecticut's association of cities and towns. CCM provides member cities and towns with a wide array of other services, including management assistance, individualized inquiry service, assistance in municipal labor relations, technical assistance and training, policy development, research and analysis, publications, information programs, and service programs such as workers' compensation, liability-automobile-property, risk management, energy cost containment, and revenue collection assistance.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
Housing Finance Authority
Connecticut
Housing Finance Authority,
http://www.chfa.org/mainpages
Description: For over 34 years, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) has provided affordable homebuyer programs and rental housing opportunities for Connecticut families and the elderly.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Housing
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
Main Street Center
Connecticut
Main Street Center,
http://www.ctmainstreet.org/index.html
Description: Connecticut Main Street Center is a non-profit organization devoted to the revitalization of Connecticut's downtown districts. We believe that by spurring economic development within the context of historic preservation, we can help Connecticut's Main Streets once more become thriving centers of commercial and social activity.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
State Judicial Branch
Court
Opinions,
http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/aro.htm#Supreme
Description:
The Connecticut Judicial Branch website provides public access to Supreme
Court and Appellate Court opinions prior to their publication in the Connecticut
Law Journal. The "officially released" date that appears near
the beginning of each opinion is the date the opinion will be published
in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it was released as a slip opinion.
A searchable archive of court opinions is also available.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
State Library
General
Statutes of Connecticut,
http://www.cslib.org/psaindex.htm
Description:
The Legislative Commissioners' Office is responsible for compiling the
General Statutes of Connecticut and publishing a printed edition every
other year. The browseable version of the General Statutes of Connecticut
is the electronic version of the printed volumes and is also prepared
under our direction.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Department
of Economic and Community Development
Department
of Economic and Community Development,
http://www.ct.gov/ecd/site/default.asp
Description: The Department of Economic and Community Development is the state's lead agency for the development and implementation of policies, strategies and programs all of which are designed to enhance Connecticut's communities and business and housing environments. The Department of Economic and Community Development develops and implements strategies to attract and retain businesses and jobs, revitalize neighborhoods and communities, ensure quality housing and foster appropriate development in Connecticut's towns and cities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Sierra
Club
Connecticut
Chapter Homepage,
http://connecticut.sierraclub.org/
Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Smart
Growth Network
Connecticut
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=CT&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: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut
MAGIC:
Map and Geographic Information Center,
http://mapserver.lib.uconn.edu/magic
Description: MAGIC is an on-line library of digital geo-spatial data. MAGIC is the University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library's Map And Geographic Information Center.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut
NEMO:
Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials,
http://nemo.uconn.edu/
Description: An educational program for local land use officials that addresses the relationship of land use to natural resource protection.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
U.
S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
in Connecticut,
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=ct
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: Connecticut
CT Dept of Environmental Protection
Environmental Land Use Restrictions, www.dep.state.ct.us
Description: Guidelines for Environmental Land use.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, water, housing, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
American Farmland Trust
Conservation options for CT farmland, www.farmland.org
Description: A guide for landowners, land trusts and municipalities.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, water, housing, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Trust for Public Land
Protecting land to safeguard CONN water , www.tpl.org
Description: All about water and protecting it, a tool box for Conn.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Trust for Public Land
Connecticut: A legacy of land, www.tpl.org
Description: Annual report on protection of open space.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, transportation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Schools and housing markets, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: This paper examines the relationship between house price levels, school performance, and the racial and ethnic composition of Connecticut school districts..
Topics: land preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Delaware
Delaware
Housing Coalition
Delaware
Housing Coalition,
http://www.housingforall.org/
Description:
The mission of the Delaware Housing Coalition is to advocate for safe,
decent, and affordable housing throughout the state. Our goal is to affect,
impact, and shape the environment relating to housing.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
State Courts and Orders
Court
Opinions and Orders,
http://courts.state.de.us/Opinions/(1233arvs105twzvg51mz0g30)/List.aspx
Description: A listing with links to court decisions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
State Government
Delaware
Administrative Code,
http://www.delcode.state.de.us/
Description: The Delaware Administrative Code is a topically oriented compilation of all regulations in effect. Administrative regulations have the force and effect of law. They effect each Delawareans daily life from the water we drink, to the air we breathe as well as many other topics.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Department
of Transportation
Subdivision
Manual,
http://www.deldot.net/static/pubs_forms/manuals/subdivision/toc.html
Description:
The purpose of the subdivision manual is to set forth the requirements
of the state of Delaware, Department of Transportation for the planning,
design, construction, and acceptance for maintenance of subdivision streets.
Topics: Housing, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Office
of State Planning Coordination
Livable
Delaware,
http://www.state.de.us/planning/livedel/
Description: Livable Delaware is a positive, proactive strategy that seeks to curb sprawl and direct growth to areas where the state, counties and local governments are most prepared for it in terms of infrastructure investment and thoughtful planning. It builds on the foundation laid by the Strategies for State Policies and Spending, which were adopted in 1999.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Smart
Growth Network
Delaware
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=DE&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: Delaware
University
of Delaware
Center
for Community Research and Service,
http://www.udel.edu/ccrs/
Description: The Center for Community Research and Service provides usable knowledge, education, training and services that enhance the ability of organizations and communities to promote social and economic justice.
Topics: Housing, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Delaware
U.
S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
in Delaware,
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=de
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: Delaware
USDA
Rural Development
Delaware
Rural Development,
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/de/
Description: USDA Rural Development's goal is to help all rural Delaware residents improve their quality of life. We do this by offering a variety of programs to assist rural leaders, business owners and citizens address important issues their community is facing.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Delaware
DVRPC
Preliminary Land Use Plan: 21st century vision, www.dvrpc.org
Description: A vision of revitalization, renewal and recentralization.
Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware
DVRPC
Issues and choices: Planning the regions future, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Global and regional issues for the future ..
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware
DVRPC
The Shape of Things to Come, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Key questions to provide a context for planning.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware
DVRPC
Transportation Conformity of the DVRPC FY2005 Transportation Improvement program , www.dvrpc.org
Description: Report documenting conformity of DVRPC transportation improvement program and long range transportation plan.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware
DVRPC
Horizons: 2025 year plan for Delaware valley, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Summary of 4 workshops presented to elicit public assessment regarding needs in DE valley ..
Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Delaware
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 #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
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
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
American Farmland Trust
Regional Economic Development Strategy For Resource Based Industries on MD' s Eastern Shore, www.farmlandinfo.org
Description: Comprehensive report: sustainable resource based industries threatened by increasing land costs, fragmentation of agricultural land .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Maryland, Virginia, Delaware
Maine
Department
of Economic and Community Development
Community
Development Block Grant Program,
http://www.meocd.org/
Description: Maine's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides funding and technical support for projects that achieve local community and economic development objectives, while principally benefiting low-moderate income persons. These programs are only available to Maine towns, cities and counties for the benefit of Maine residents. Check out the link to Frequently Asked Questions.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Maine
Department
of Economic and Community Development
Office
of Community Development Grant Programs,
http://www.meocd.org/grants/
Description: A listing of grant programs available through the Office of Community Development.
Topics: Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Maine
Department
of the Secretary of State
Online
Rules of Maine State Government Agencies,
http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/rcn/apa/depts.htm
Description: Rule chapters in the Code of Maine Rules (CMR) are arranged by unique numbers which identify the department, departmental unit, and chapter. For example, 01-015 CMR Chapter 1 represents Chapter 1 of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Maine Milk Commission. Click on the highlighted departmental designation to reach a complete list of its current chapters.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
GrowSmart
Maine
GrowSmart
Maine,
http://www.growsmartmaine.org/
Description:
We are working to create an organization that can engage, inspire and
mobilize the people of Maine to protect our communities, our environment
and our economy from the potentially devastating effects of sprawl. We
hope to build a new kind of organization to take on this problem, one
that combines citizen involvement with technical sophistication and that
attacks the many facets of the sprawl problem - in public policy, planning,
public attitudes and the marketplace - in an integrated way.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Downtown Center
Maine
Downtown Center,
http://www.mdf.org/downtown/index.html
Description:
The Maine Downtown Center is a program of the Maine Development Foundation
devoted to fostering new vitality at the heart of Maine Communities. The
mission of the Maine Downtown Center is to foster downtown development
that is dynamic and community-based, and results in economic development,
business growth, job creation, housing revitalization, historic preservation,
and cultural enhancement.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Environmental Policy Institute
Maine
Environmental Policy Institute,
http://www.meepi.org/
Description:
The mission of the Maine Environmental Policy Institute (MEPI) is to help
Mainers understand the importance of healthy ecosystems to their families
and communities. The Institute, an independent nonprofit organization
based in Hallowell, Maine, is dedicated to researching environmental challenges
facing the state and reporting this research to policy makers and the
public.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Island Institute
Maine
Island Institute,
http://www.islandinstitute.org/
Description:
We are a membership-based community development organization focusing
on the Gulf of Maine, particularly the fifteen year-round island communities
off the Maine coast. We provide our services directly to communities and
through research and publications. The Island Institute is a learning
organization, operating at different scales throughout the region, annually
reshaping its programs to respond to changing conditions and challenges.
It assists in fund-raising for other groups and organizations that are
better positioned than the Institute to deliver local services.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Judicial Branch
Supreme
Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.me.us/opinions/supreme/index.html
Description: The opinions of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court have been published on this site since January 1, 1997. The permanent official version of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's opinions is that published in Atlantic Reporter, 2d Series, which has been Maine's Official Reporter since 1966.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Real Estate and Development Association
Maine
Real Estate and Development Association,
http://www.mainehousing.org/
Description: MEREDA's mission is the same today as it was at its founding - to promote fair and responsible development and ownership of real estate throughout the State of Maine. MEREDA remains firmly committed to vigorously presenting the views and concerns of its members on issues that affect them to state lawmakers and other government officials, and advocating effectively on their behalf.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing
Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
State Housing Authority
Maine
State Housing Authority,
http://www.mainehousing.org/
Description: The Maine State Housing Authority assists the people of Maine to obtain and maintain decent, safe, affordable housing and services suitable to their unique housing needs. MSHA provides leadership, maximum resources, and promotes partnerships to develop implement sound housing policy.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing
Jurisdiction: Maine
Smart
Growth Network
Maine
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=ME&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: Maine
U.
S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
in Maine,
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=me
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: Maine
Maryland
City
of Gaithersburg
Smart
Growth Policy,
http://www.ci.gaithersburg.md.us/documents/smartgrowth.pdf
Description: The Smart Growth Policy document is general in nature but provides clear guidance for the community and gives incentives for development to be in a manner consistent with the policies that are set forth.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Code
of Maryland Regulations
Code
of Maryland Regulations,
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/
Description: Maryland State agency regulations are compiled in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR). COMAR contains 33 Titles, with each Title usually corresponding to a department or agency. Each regulation is assigned a unique four-part codification number.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Housing and Community Development
Community
Revitalization Programs,
http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/nav_revit/index.asp
Description:
Information about programs for revitalizing communities.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Housing and Community Development
Housing
Development Programs,
http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/nav_housing/index.asp
Description:
Information on programs related to housing development.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Planning
Department
of Planning,
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/#
Description:
MDP coordinates the plans and programs of government agencies, private
enterprises, and the citizens of Maryland to support State Planning Policy;
works to ensure livable communities that retain their value over time;
serves as the lead agency for land preservation and recreation planning;
and maintains and develops resources necessary for the State's planning
needs.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Live
Baltimore Home Center
Live
in Baltimore,
http://www.livebaltimore.com/index.html
Description: Live Baltimore Home Center is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to promote the benefits of city living. As the single source for information about living in Baltimore City, Live Baltimore provides comprehensive information about city neighborhoods, real estate professionals and home buying incentive programs.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Maryland
Judiciary
Maryland
Appellate Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.md.us/opinions.html
Description: Only reported opinions are available here. Reported opinions appearing on this website may not be the final, official version of the text of Appellate Court opinions/orders. Only the bound volumes of the Maryland Reports and Maryland Appellate Reports contain the final, official texts of the reported opinions of the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Office
of Smart Growth
Office
of Smart Growth,
http://www.smartgrowth.state.md.us/
Description:
The Office of Smart Growth will continue and build upon its mission to
coordinate the Priority Places efforts of state agencies, work with developers
and local officials to help them bring smart growth projects to fruition,
and educate and inform the public.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Potomac
River Association
Potomac
River Association, Inc.,
http://www.p-r-a.org/
Description:
PRA, incorporated in the State of Maryland, is a tax-exempt nonprofit
environmental, educational, civic, and charitable group. PRA advocates
the responsible stewardship, or land ethics, of our planet by enlarging
the boundaries of concerns beyond soils, water, plants, animals, air,
and functional coexistence without unnecessary harm.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
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