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Agriculture & Rural Change Fiscal Impact/Taxation Healthy Communities Historic Preservation Housing Intergovernmental Cooperation Land Preservation Planning/Zoning Transportation Water/Sewer You and Your Community - What You Can Do You and Your Community - What You Can Do with Others Agriculture & Rural Change University of the District of Columbia Agriculture and Natural Resources, http://www.universityofdc.org/detail.php?sid=19&aid=159 Description: Information about several programs offered through Cooperative Extension Service related to agriculture and natural resources, includins Agriculture in the Classroom and Project Learning Tree. Topics: Ag & Rural Change Jurisdiction: Washington, DC US Geological Survey Baltimore-Washington Regional Collaboratory Land-Use History Research Program, http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap5.html Description: The Baltimore-Washington Regional Collaboratory (the Collaboratory) is developing innovative ways to create user-friendly Internet web sites, useful map products, and advanced visualization tools to portray the dynamic nature of the region's historic land-use and landcover patterns and trends. The scientific goals of this research program are: to provide a clearinghouse from which citizens and scientists alike can obtain useful historic and current information for the Chesapeake region in the form of maps, satellite images, and field collection data; to use these data for understanding the impacts of human activities in the past and projecting the trends of human impacts for the future; and to study the processes for interactions among the social, physical, and ecological components of the region. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Forest Service Ecosystem Matters , www.fs.ged.gov Description: Activity & Resource guide for Environmental Educators. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Threatened/Endangered species and the landowner, www.usda.gov Description: Answers numerous questions from landowners about endangered wildlife. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Ecologically Based Forest Mgmt on Private Land, www.fs.fed.gov Description: Review ecological principles and suggest management alternatives. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Forested Wetlands: Functions, Benefits and Best Management practices, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Providing an understanding of environmental Junctions and societal values of wetlands and to present an array of Best Management Practices. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Urban & community forestry outreach service strategies for communities, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Working with diverse populations to become involved in urban forestry programs. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Urban forest health: Identifying issues and needs in the NE, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Brief facts sheets about survey, findings and recommendations. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Urban forest health: Needs/assessment survey results&recommendations, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Comprehensive results and recommendations . Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Sustainability assessment highlights for Northern US, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Snapshot of todays forest and a baseline for tracking future trends. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Role of Forest Svc & state forest agencies in the NE in sustainable forest mangement, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Brief discussion of sustainability & sustainable forest management. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC DCNR State Forest Resoource Mgmt Plan, www.dcnr.state.pa.us Description: Comprehensive overview of Forest resource mgmt plan. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC CRS report -Library of Congress Wetland Issues, cnie.org Description: What is a wetland..policies; programs. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, housing Jurisdiction: Washington DC NRCS - USDA Rehabilitation of aging watershed dams-overview, www.nrcs.usda.gov Description: Fact sheet about watershed dams and what needs to be done. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, housing Jurisdiction: Washington DC NRCS - USDA Implementation of watershed rehabilitation, www.nrcs.usda.gov Description: Question and Answer sheet. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, housing Jurisdiction: Washington DC NRCS - USDA Reinvesting in America's watersheds, www.nrcs.usda.gov Description: Fact sheet about what needs to be done about watersheds. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, housing Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Rural transportation at a glance, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Significant changes in rural transportation. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Agri-environmental Policy at the Crossroads, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Looking at past ag-environ policies and future policy options. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Ag Resources & Environmental Indicators-Land Use, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Major land uses; changes and conflicts. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Water quality impacts of Agriculture, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Nations water quality; agricultural impact;reducing damage. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Wetlands - Status and Trends, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Trends of declining wetlands; and challenge to save them. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Wildlife resource conservation, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Tradeoffs of agriculture and conservation. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Partial interests in Land:Policy tools for resource use and conservation, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Property ownership interests and conservation. Topics: land preservation presevation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Table of Contents and acknowledgements. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov Description: General information of partial land ownership. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Partial interests in three policy settings, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Farmlands, conservation and wetlands. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Markets for partial interests in Land, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Outlines different markets for partial land use. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Valuation of partial interests in Land, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Analysis of markets for partial interest in land. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Lessons for resource use and conservation policy, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Ways partial land use balance resource use and conservation. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA References for Partial interests in land report, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Reference list. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, ag&rural change, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC AFT & CBF Conserving Washington-Baltimore Green network, www.farmland.org Description: Mapping a coordinated green network in the region. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Maryland, Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing in the Nations Capital 2004: Executive Summary, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Report: General overview. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Introduction, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Rept cont.Intro: Analyze most recent data on housing in DC and surrounding suburbs. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 1, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 1: Economic strength and Growth. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 2, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 2: Housing Production Shortfalls. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 3, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 3: Booming Home Sales. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 4, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 4: Rental Market Challenges. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 5, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 5: Housing Hardship & Housing Assistance. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 7, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 7: Strategic Opportunities. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Back Matter/Endnotes/References, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Wrap up with references. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia 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... Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Return to top of page Fiscal Impact/Taxation Brookings Institution Revitalizing Washington's Neighborhoods, http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/gwrp/publinks/2003/rivlinrevitalizing.htm Description: Revitalizing Washington's neighborhoods and boosting the city's population can make the District of Columbia a better place to live and work for all the city's groups-but only if they work together. To promote such unity, this paper provides a framework for a broad-based dialogue about how best to enhance the future of Washington's neighborhoods. Above all, the paper concludes that: improving the District's economic and fiscal viability depends on attracting and retaining more residents and focusing development resources in target neighborhoods will increase the effectiveness of revitalization efforts. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Coalition for Smarter Growth Coalition for Smarter Growth, http://www.smartergrowth.net/ Description: The Coalition for Smarter Growth is dedicated to preserving quality of life in the Washington Region for current and future generations. We believe that suburban sprawl is contributing to higher taxes in developing jurisdictions and to disinvestment and blight in older communities. We oppose public spending for an Outer Beltway which will contribute to sprawl without reducing traffic gridlock; destroy farmland, open space, and the environment; and subsidize the continued movement of jobs and residents from our Nation's Capital and older suburbs. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Maryland, Washington, DC Department of Housing and Community Development Department of Housing and Community Development, http://dhcd.dc.gov/dhcd/site/default.asp Description: The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) facilitates the production and preservation of housing, community, and economic development opportunities. DHCD fosters partnerships with for-profit and nonprofit organizations to: create and maintain stable neighborhoods; retain and expand the city's tax base; promote economic opportunities through community empowerment and retain and create job and business opportunities for the benefit of Washington, DC, residents. DHCD's major priorities are to increase homeownership opportunities and expand economic development efforts throughout the city. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Greater Washington Board of Trade Greater Washington Board of Trade, http://www.bot.org/html/index.asp Description: The Greater Washington Board of Trade provides business and civic leadership on key issues facing the region. The Board of Trade aims for meaningful achievement in the following key areas: expanding the regional economy, promoting effective government, improving regional mobility and enhancing regional livability and community. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities, http://www.washingtonregion.net/ Description: WRN's mission is to create and sustain a network of diverse, walkable communities linked by quality transit, laced with parks, and surrounded by forests and farms, with the District of Columbia as the hub of the region. Through targeted education, outreach and policy advocacy, WRN promotes transportation investments, land use policies and designs that enhance neighborhoods and protect the environment of the Washington, DC region. WRN helps urban communities capture the benefits of smart, equitable growth. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Washington, DC USDA Forest Service Sustainability assessment highlights for Northern US, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Snapshot of todays forest and a baseline for tracking future trends. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Role of Forest Svc & state forest agencies in the NE in sustainable forest mangement, www.na.fs.fed.us Description: Brief discussion of sustainability & sustainable forest management. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC DCNR State Forest Resoource Mgmt Plan, www.dcnr.state.pa.us Description: Comprehensive overview of Forest resource mgmt plan. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Ag Resources & Environmental Indicators-Land Use, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Major land uses; changes and conflicts. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Wildlife resource conservation, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Tradeoffs of agriculture and conservation. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov Description: Table of Contents and acknowledgements. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Partial interests in Land: Contents, www.ers.usda.gov Description: General information of partial land ownership. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, ag&rural change, healthy communities, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC AFT & CBF Conserving Washington-Baltimore Green network, www.farmland.org Description: Mapping a coordinated green network in the region. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, ag&rural change, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Maryland, Washington DC Smart Growth Network Washington, DC open space in jeopardy, www.smargrowth.org Description: Article: Developers bulldoze up to 43 sq miles daily. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC Washington Post Region's Green Space going fast, www.washingtonpost.com Description: Article: Loss of green space continues to accelerate. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation Jurisdiction: Washington DC Brookings Institute The Sprawl of the Wild:Now is the right time to revive our cities, www.brookings.org Description: Now is the time for PA to reevaluate its wasteful-destructive growth trends.. Topics: land preservation presrevation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, historic preservation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC Urban Land Institute Transportation woes fuel re-emergence of downtowns and transit villages, www.uli.org Description: Article: demand for transit systems, along with housing close to transportation is increasing around the country.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC Urban Land Institute Infrastructure Policy affects Land Use , www.uli.org Description: Commentary: Developing a regional vision is critical to effective transportation planning. Topics: land preservation, transportation, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing in the Nations Capital 2004: Executive Summary, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Report: General overview. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Introduction, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Rept cont.Intro: Analyze most recent data on housing in DC and surrounding suburbs. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 1, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 1: Economic strength and Growth. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 2, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 2: Housing Production Shortfalls. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 3, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 3: Booming Home Sales. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 4, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 4: Rental Market Challenges. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 5, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 5: Housing Hardship & Housing Assistance. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 6, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 6: Unbalanced patterns of employment and housing opportunity. Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, transportation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Housing/Nations Capital 2004: Chapter 7, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Chap 7: Strategic Opportunities. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC Fannie Mae Foundation Back Matter/Endnotes/References, www.fanniemaefoundation.org Description: Wrap up with references. Topics: land preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC EPA State Brownfields & Voluntary Response Program:Region 3, www.epa.gov Description: Region 3: DE; DC; MD; PA; VA; WVA. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, Jurisdiction: Delaware, Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia 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... Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, historic preservation, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Return to top of page Healthy Communities Brookings Institution Revitalizing Washington's Neighborhoods, http://www.brookings.edu/Es/urban/gwrp/publinks/2003/rivlinrevitalizing.htm Description: Revitalizing Washington's neighborhoods and boosting the city's population can make the District of Columbia a better place to live and work for all the city's groups-but only if they work together. To promote such unity, this paper provides a framework for a broad-based dialogue about how best to enhance the future of Washington's neighborhoods. Above all, the paper concludes that: improving the District's economic and fiscal viability depends on attracting and retaining more residents and focusing development resources in target neighborhoods will increase the effectiveness of revitalization efforts. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Coalition for Smarter Growth Coalition for Smarter Growth, http://www.smartergrowth.net/ Description: The Coalition for Smarter Growth is dedicated to preserving quality of life in the Washington Region for current and future generations. We believe that suburban sprawl is contributing to higher taxes in developing jurisdictions and to disinvestment and blight in older communities. We oppose public spending for an Outer Beltway which will contribute to sprawl without reducing traffic gridlock; destroy farmland, open space, and the environment; and subsidize the continued movement of jobs and residents from our Nation's Capital and older suburbs. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Maryland, Washington, DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Neighborhood Stabilization Program, http://dcra.dc.gov/dcra/cwp/view,a,1342,q,601093,dcraNav_GID,1691,dcraNav,\|33420\|.asp Description: The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ) builds healthy neighborhoods throughout the District. Under the program, the city is divided into two sectors and 39 neighborhood clusters. A neighborhood stabilization officer monitors each cluster for housing code violations and works with citizen groups to improve the neighborhood. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Department of Housing and Community Development Department of Housing and Community Development, http://dhcd.dc.gov/dhcd/site/default.asp Description: The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) facilitates the production and preservation of housing, community, and economic development opportunities. DHCD fosters partnerships with for-profit and nonprofit organizations to: create and maintain stable neighborhoods; retain and expand the city's tax base; promote economic opportunities through community empowerment and retain and create job and business opportunities for the benefit of Washington, DC, residents. DHCD's major priorities are to increase homeownership opportunities and expand economic development efforts throughout the city. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Washington, D.C Department of Parks and Recreation Department of Parks and Recreation, http://dpr.dc.gov/dpr/site/default.asp Description: The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) presents quality leisure services to District residents and visitors of the District of Columbia. The agency supervises and maintains area parks, community facilities, and neighborhood recreation centers and provides adaptive programs and facilities for challenged customers. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Department of Transportation Department of Transportation, http://ddot.dc.gov/ddot/site/ Description: The District of Columbia government's Department of Transportation's (DDOT) mission is to enhance the quality of life for District residents and visitors by ensuring that people, goods, and information move efficiently and safely, with minimal adverse impacts on residents and the environment. DDOT manages and maintains transportation infrastructure. The Department: plans, designs, constructs, and maintains the District's streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, traffic signals, and street lights; manages and makes improvements to the street system to facilitate traffic flow through the District of Columbia; and coordinates the District's mass transit services, including the reduced-fare program for students using MetroBus and MetroRail. Topics: Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Greater Washington Board of Trade Greater Washington Board of Trade, http://www.bot.org/html/index.asp Description: The Greater Washington Board of Trade provides business and civic leadership on key issues facing the region. The Board of Trade aims for meaningful achievement in the following key areas: expanding the regional economy, promoting effective government, improving regional mobility and enhancing regional livability and community. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Greater Washington Urban League Housing and Economic Development, http://www.gwul.org/dchouse.html Description: The League has long been involved in housing, community development and banking issues as an advocate for public policies, and as a partner in a number of housing and commercial development projects. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Greater Washington Urban League Urban Environmental WALL, http://www.gwul.org/proggwul/wall.htm Description: The Urban Environmental WALL (Water, Air, Land, and Legislation) program introduces youth to a spectrum of environmental issues affecting the quality of health and life in their urban community. Youth are challenged and encouraged to explore how water and air quality are affected by land use and legislation. Program activities include: Career Training Experience, Mentor Program, Leadership Skills Training, Boat Building Project, Potomac River Program and Water Festival. The theme for this First Annual Urban Water Festival was "Educating Our Youth to Save Our Environment." All of the activities focused on the important role our youth play in protecting natural resources. Topics: Healthy Communities, What You Can Do With Others, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Green Spaces for DC Green Spaces for DC, http://www.greenspacesfordc.org/ Description: Green Spaces for DC believes that great public spaces are the hallmark of great cities-places where people can gather for rest, recreation and the enjoyment of the outdoors. Green Spaces for DC is helping to make the nation's capitol a truly great city by creating, protecting and improving public parks and other open spaces. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, http://www.mwcog.org/home.asp Description: COG is a regional organization of Washington area local governments. COG is composed of 19 local governments surrounding our nation's capital, plus area members of the Maryland and Virginia legislatures, the U.S. Senate, and the US House of Representatives. COG provides a focus for action and develops sound regional responses to such issues as the environment, affordable housing, economic development, health and family concerns, human services, population growth, public safety, and transportation. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Office of Planning Office of Planning, http://planning.dc.gov/planning/site/default.asp?planningNav=\| Description: The DC Office of Planning (OP): works with residents in every neighborhood in the District to identify (or confirm) neighborhood priorities, develop a plan of action, and move to implementation; develops thoughtful plans for revitalizing long-neglected neighborhoods in our city; rebuilt the Development Review Department (which works with developers, large institutions, and the community to identify and resolve problems before a decision has to be made) to respond in a timely manner; incorporated Historic Preservation into Planning; and utilizes state-of-the-art technology (including Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis, computer-aided design (CAD), graphic design, and information technology development) on all Planning Initiatives. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Sierra Club Washington, DC Chapter Homepage, http://www.dc.sierraclub.org/index.html Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Smart Growth Alliance Smart Growth Alliance, http://washington.uli.org/sga/ Description: In recent years, smart growth has gained national attention as a solution to the challenges associated with growth. Successful smart growth initiatives have relied on a simple but powerful formula based on collaboration. Here in the Washington, DC region, five distinct groups representing developer, civic, and environmental interests, and which often sit on opposite sides of table when it comes to growth issues, have elected to put aside their differences and work together on common goals for smart growth. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Washington, DC University of the District of Columbia Community Resource Development, http://www.universityofdc.org/detail.php?Sid=19&aid=160 Description: The purpose of the Community Economic Development Program is to equip District residents, interested in business, with the skills to perform their duties as a business owner/manager in an effective and efficient manner through improved, business techniques. Topics: Healthy Communities Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities, http://www.washingtonregion.net/ Description: WRN's mission is to create and sustain a network of diverse, walkable communities linked by quality transit, laced with parks, and surrounded by forests and farms, with the District of Columbia as the hub of the region. Through targeted education, outreach and policy advocacy, WRN promotes transportation investments, land use policies and designs that enhance neighborhoods and protect the environment of the Washington, DC region. WRN helps urban communities capture the benefits of smart, equitable growth. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation Jurisdiction: Washington, DC Forest Service Ecosystem Matters , www.fs.ged.gov Description: Activity & Resource guide for Environmental Educators. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Threatened/Endangered species and the landowner, www.usda.gov Description: Answers numerous questions from landowners about endangered wildlife. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Ecologically Based Forest Mgmt on Private Land, www.fs.fed.gov Description: Review ecological principles and suggest management alternatives. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Washington DC USDA Forest Service Forested W