| General |
| Mass Smart Growth Toolkit at http://www.mass.gov/envir/smart_growth_toolkit/ |
| Mass Smarth Growth Alliance at http://www.ma-smartgrowth.org/ |
| Smart Growth Network at http://www.smartgrowth.org/ |
| Form Based Codes Institute at http://www.formbasedcodes.org/ |
| "Growth Management Tools: A Summary for Planning Boards in Massachusetts", Metropolitan District Commission at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/waterSupply/watershed/documents/growthmanagementtools.pdf |
| "What is Smart Growth: A Smart Growth Fact Sheet", EPA at http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/whtissg4v2.pdf |
| "Local Tools for Smart Growth: Practical Strategies and Techniques to Improve our Communities" Smart Growth Network at http://www.naco.org/Content/ContentGroups/Programs_and_Projects/Environmental1/Sources/ 1528LocalTools.pdf |
| "Getting to Smart Growth: 100 Policies for Implementation", Smart Growth at http://www.smartgrowth.org/pdf/gettosg.pdf |
| "Community Rules: A New England Guide to Smart Growth Strategies", Vermont Forum on Sprawl at http://www.vtsprawl.org/Resources/publications/communityrulesmain.htm |
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| Housing |
| Mass Housing Partnership at http://www.mhp.net/ |
| Citizens Housing and Planning Association at http://www.chapa.org/ |
| Department of Housing and Community Development http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/ |
| Equitable Development Toolkit at http://www.policylink.org/EDTK/default.html |
| "Taking the Initiative: A guidebook on Creating Local Affordable Housing Strategies", by Citizens' Housing and Urban Development at http://www.huduser.org/publications/pdf/smartcodes.pdf |
| "Smart Codes in your Community: A Guide to Building Rehabilitation Codes", US Department of Housing and Urban Development at http://www.huduser.org/publications/pdf/smartcodes.pdf |
| "Toolkit for Affordable Housing Development", Washington Area Housing Partnership, at http://www.mwcog.org/store/item.asp?PUBLICATION_ID=254 |
| "The Community Preservation Act and Affordable Housing in Massachusetts: Learning from the First Five Years," Massachusetts Housing Partnership, at http://www.mhp.net/uploads/resources/cpa_affordable_housing_in_ma.pdf |
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| Economic Development |
| Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council at http://www.westernmassedc.com/ |
| Plan for Progress http://www.planforprogress.org/ |
| National Center for Eco-Industrial Development at http://www.usc.edu/school/sppd/research/NCEID/Menu.html |
| "The New Models Project for Commercial and Industrial Development", Vermont Forum on Sprawl at http://www.vtsprawl.org/Pdfs/Newmodels.pdf |
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| Open Space and Recreation |
| Community Preservation Act at http://www.communitypreservation.org/index.cfm |
| Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/ |
| American Farmland Trust at http://www.farmland.org/default.asp |
| "Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails, and Greenway Corridors", National Park Service at http://www.nps.gov/pwro/rtca/econindx.htm |
| "Economic Benefits of Park and Open Spaces", Trust for Public Land at http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cdl.cfm?content_item_id=1145&folder_id=727 |
| "Open Space Zoning: What it is and Why it Works", by Randall Arendt at http://ulct.org/ULCTLeg.nsf/vmultilevellookup/a67d09ca4930d568872570d70063bcb0/$FILE/ Open%20Space.pdf |
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| Natural/Cultural/Historic Resources |
| Urban Watershed Forestry Manuals at http://www.cwp.org/forestry/index.htm Part 1: Methods for Increasing Forest Cover in a Watershed Part:2 Conserving and Planting Trees at Development Sites Part 3: Urban Tree Planting Guide |
| Cultural Resources Network at http://www.eculturalresources.com |
| Scenic America at http://www.scenic.org/ |
| Massachusetts Historical Commission at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcidx.htm |
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| Energy and Sustainability |
| Massachusetts Technology Collaborative at http://www.mtpc.org/ |
| Smart Communities Network at http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/ |
| US EPA: Clean Energy at http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/ |
| US Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) at http://www.usgbc.org/ |
| The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design at http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/greenHouse2/greenHouse/glideHouse.html |
| Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at http://www.ceere.org/ |
| Community Energy Opportunity Finder at http://www.energyfinder.org |
| Go Solar Mass at http://www.gosolarmass.org/ |
| Mass Climate Action Network at http://www.massclimateaction.org/ |
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| Transportation |
| MassBike at http://www.massbike.org/ |
| Surface Transportation Policy at http://www.transact.org |
| Smart Growth America: Transportation at http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/transportation.html |
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| Public Facilities and Infrastructure |
| Low Impact Development Urban Design Tools: http://www.lid-stormwater.net/ |
| "Building for Tomorrow: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions", National Homebuilders Association at http://www.nahb.org/publication_details.aspx?publicationID=861 |
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| Education |
| 21st Century School Fund at http://www.21csf.org/ |
| EPA Smart Growth and Schools at http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/schools.htm |
| Linking Education and Economic Development at http://www.leed.org/ |
| Smart Growth, Smart Schools Initiative at http://www.smart-schools.org |
| "Schools for Successful Communities: An Element of Smart Growth" at http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/SmartGrowth_schools_Pub.pdf |
