This workbook series is a guide for communities seeking to create a greenprint conservation program.
The report series, Local Greenprinting for Growth, focuses on Greenprinting, a strategic use of land conservation to shape growth. The reports offer practical information to local leaders thinking about growth strategies that link land conservation with land use regulation, water quality protection, and community interest in protecting quality of life.The four-part publication series includes:Volume I:Using Land Conservation to Guide Growth and Preserve the Character of our CommunitiesVolume II: Defining a Conservation VisionVolume III: Securing Conservation FundsVolume IV: Acquiring and Managing Park and Conservation Land
Thanks to Matthew Shaffer
Read the full story: Report: Local Gvt. Guide to Greenprinting
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Northwest rail fans eager for Sept. 30 debut of Amtrak’s Airo fleet
Get ready for that new train smell and more seats. But they won’t go faster or run more frequently on the Cascades route in Washington and Oregon.
Record-breaking wildlife overpass in Colorado brings 91% reduction in animal collisions
Prior to the overpass, vehicles were hitting one deer per day on Colorado’s Interstate 25.
Detroit to transform waterfront with $2.2 billion investment
Developers will convert about 18 acres of unused parking lot space into civic spaces.
‘Going backwards:’ Baltimore mayor, students rally against state's transit funding plan
Maryland's proposed six-year plan provides no funding for Baltimore’s BMORE bus program and reduces its road maintenance funding.
Trump wants to cancel nearly 98% of funding for HUD housing support program
Multiple housing groups are suing the administration in an effort to preserve the funding.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello