LOCAL
LINKS
Town
of Canaan
Town of Enfield
City
of Lebanon
Town of Hanover
Town of Hartford
Town
of Norwich
Twin Pines Housing Trust
Rockingham Area Community Land Trust
Upper
Valley Habitat for Humanity
Upper
Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
Two
Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
Southern
Windsor County Regional Planning Commission
Upper Valley Home Energy Action Team
Upper Valley Land Trust
Hanover
Area Chamber of Commerce
Hartford
Area Chamber of Commerce
Greater Lebanon Chamber of Commerce
Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce
VermontChamber of Commerce
Woodstock Community Trust
HOUSING/DEVELOPMENT
IDEAS, INITIATIVES and MODEL ORDINANCES
Affordable Housing Design Advisor
Austin Smart Growth Matrix
California Housing and Community Development
Good collection of information,zoning and NIMBY tools.
California
Smart Growth Initiative
City of Austin - Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability Department
Community Based Environmental Programs
from the EPA
Land Use Law Online
Municipal Codes & Ordinances
Massachusetts Citizen Planner Trainer
Massachusetts
Citizen Planning Example Bylaws
Model
Community by National Association of Homebuilders
Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
Information about laws, regulations, and policies affecting the development,
maintenance, improvement, availability, and cost of affordable housing.
Smart
Communities Network
Model Land Use Codes & Ordinances from the US (part of DOE)
SMART
GROWTH and SPRAWL: ORGANIZATIONS and INFORMATION
1000
Friends of Wisconsin & The Land Use Institute
Congress for the New Urbanism
Greenbelt Alliance -Bay
Area land conservation and urban planning nonprofit.
Innovative Housing Institute-Promoting
affordable housing in a mixed income environment
NRDC Smart
Growth & Urban Sprawl
Smart Growth- EPA
Smart Growth
Online- Resource Library
Smart
Growth page from HBNA
Smart
Growth Online-Recent News From Around the US
Smart
Growth Strategies for New England- EPA
Urban
Ecology -Bay Area
Urban
Land Institute
Vermont
Forum on Sprawl
HOUSING
ORGANIZATIONS and WORKFORCE COALITIONS
1000
Friends of Oregon
Burlington/UVM
Community Outreach Partnership Center
Envision
Utah
Minnesota Housing Partnership
Preservation
and creation of affordable housing to low- and moderate-income
Minnesota
State Housing Campaign
National
Homebuilders Association
New
Hampshire Housing Awareness Project
New
Hampshire Seacoast- Workforce Housing Coalition
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
Focusing on affordable housing
San
Francisco Housing Coalition and Criteria
Sierra
Business Council-Terrific
searchable Resource Database
Silicon
Valley- Housing Trust of Santa Clara County
Silicon
Valley Manufacturing Group Website
Vermont
Housing Awareness Campaign
Vision
2020-SE
Mass
PLANNING,
STATE and FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS
American
Planning Association
Chicago-
Metro Planning Council- Housing
Cyburbia-
The urban planning portal
Environmental
Protection Agency
Lincoln
Institute of Land Policy
Local
Initiatives Support Corporation
MAPA
- Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association
New
England Chapter of the APA
New England Public Policy Center
New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
New
Hampshire Office of State Planning
PLANETIZEN-
Planning & Development News, Jobs, & Events
Planning
Commissioners Journal – PlannersWeb (City
and Regional Planning Resources)
Southeastern
Regional Planning & Economic Development District
-SE Mass.
US
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Vermont
Association of Planning and Development Agencies (VAPDA)
Vermont
Environmental Board-
Act 250 Info
Vermont
Environmental Board -Home
page
Vermont
Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB)
Vermont
Nonprofit Housing & Conservation Organizations-On
VHCB site
Vermont
State Home Page
MARKETING,
IMAGES, REPORTS and EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Affordable
Housing and Smart Growth Making the Connection
-Large PDF report
California
Housing and Community Development-Good
collection of tools and information
CommunityViz
-From
the Orton Family Foundation
Nelessen
Associates-Visioning,
Planning, Community Design
New England Public Policy Center - Policy Brief 2007
NIMBY
report: Smart Growth and Affordable Housing-Report
in PDF format
NIMBY
Resources- California Housing Policy Development
-Excellent Source of Outreach Materials
Pedestrian,
Bike and Housing Image Library
Picture
Smart Growth
Property
Values and Relationship to Affordable Housing-
Links and Documents
Rural
Smart Growth-Report
in PDF format
Save
our Lands, Save out Towns-Great
film about Sprawl
Smart
Growth- 100 policies-
In PDF format
Smart
Growth Online- Housing Resources -Links to reports and info about Smart Growth, Affordable housing, Financing,
etc.
Vermont
Department of Libraries
HOUSING
FUNDING RESOURCES
CDFA
Home Page-
Housing and economic opportunities for low and moderate income NH resident
Clearinghouse
for Affordable Housing and Community Finance Resources
Funding
Sources -EPA Smart Growth
New
Hampshire Community Development Block grant program
New
Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Welcome Page
Smart
Growth funding resources
USDA
Rural Housing Assistance ProgramsVermont
Housing Finance Agency (VHFA)
HOUSING
and ENERGY
DSIRE-Database
of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
Efficiency
Vermont
Energy
and Efficiency Links
Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) home page
Green
Power Network-Links
to Green Power and Renewables Information
Home
Power magazine Home Page
IPCC
Data Distribution Centre Visualization Pages
Million
Solar Roofs
NH
Governor’s Office of Energy and Community Services -Info on the "core" energy efficiency programs
Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association
NY
Energy Research
Real
Goods - learn everything about renewable energy
Real
Goods 2- Your Renewable Power Partner
Renewable
Energy Policy Project
Renewable
Energy Vermont
Rocky
Mountain Institute
Solar
Energy Industries Association
Vermont
Department of Public Service
GIS
INFO
ESRI GIS.com-Internet
Guide to GIS
LandViewer
- GIS-Maps
NH
Granite
NHC
Home Page
Space
Imaging
Vermont
Geographic Information System
VT
AOT- On-line map center
