Last updated: 4 Dec 2007
National Planning Sites
American Planning Association
APA online newsletter for involving youth in Planning
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
National Housing Conference
Planning Commissioners’ Journal
Planetizen
Cyburbia
Smart Communities Network
Smart Growth America
- Measuring Sprawl and its Impact
Smart Growth Network
Student Planning Network
Geographic Information Systems
Utopia
The Alliance for Regional Stewardship
The Congress for the New Urbanism
Florida Regional Planning Councils
Apalachee
East Central Florida
North Central Florida
Northeast Florida
South Florida
Southwest Florida
Tampa Bay
Treasure Coast
West Florida
Withlacoochee
Federal Government
Bureau of Historic Preservation
(Department of State)
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
Department of Transportation
Economic Development Administration
Emergency Management Institute
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Grants for Urban Parks
- from the National Park Service
HUD report: "The Practice of Low Impact Development"
- 11/20/03
National Hurricane Center
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Information booklets
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Tampa Bay National Estuary Program
U.S. Census Bureau
CFRPC Census Data
State Government
Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
Comprehensive listing of all State agencies' web sites
Department of Community Affairs
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Florida Administrative Weekly Online
Florida Communities Trust
Florida Government Information Locator
Florida Greenways and Trails Council
Florida Humanities Council
Florida State Forest Trails
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
Florida Wetland Restoration Information Center
Florida Legislature
Florida Division of Emergency Management
State Emergency Response Commission
State of Florida's Park System
University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Local Government
Avon Park Police Department
Bartow Chamber of Commerce
Central Florida Development Council
City of Bartow
Desoto County
Hardee County
Highlands County Government
Highlands County Local Links
Lake Alfred Chamber of Commerce
Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce
City of Lakeland
Polk City
Polk-County.com
Polk Property Appraiser Data
- FTP Site
Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce
City of Winter Haven
Polk County Board of County Commissioners
Zolfo Springs
Visioning
MyRegion
OneBay
Water Management Districts
SouthWest Florida Water Management District
St Johns Water Management District
Resource Sites
American Planning Association
Building Inclusive, Multicultural Communities (Brookings Institution)
- 11/20/03
Brookings Institution Primer on Gentrification and Policy Choices
Center for Green Space Design
Central Florida Development Council
CUTR: Center for Urban Transportation Research, at USF-Tampa
Central Florida Geographic Information systems
"Disconnected Urbanism" (Metropolis Magazine)
- 11/20/03
Florida Chapter American Planning Association
(FAPA)
Florida Forever grant application (Florida Communities Trust)
Florida Green Building Coalition
Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse
Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative
Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan
Links between Brownfields and Transportation
National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
"November Election Results: Growth Boundaries Approved in Solano County"
- 11/20/03
The Physical Fitness of Cities
- a Winter Olympics exhibition
Polk Atlas Water Resource Page
Profiles of Community Foundation Leadership
The Shimberg Center
Urban Land Institute
2001 Report Card for "The Infrastructure"
2001 Urban Mobility Study
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a nonprofit org. in Cambridge, Mass,
www.lincolninst.edu
. Curriculum materials and more than 500 working papers, newsletter articles, and other reports can be downloaded as complete documents from this website.
Local Interest
Archbold Biological Station
Cypress Gardens
Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Heartline Library Cooperative
IMCA-Ona-Pine Level DRI
Lakeland Ledger newspaper
, reporting on all of Polk County
Lakeland Net
Polk County Democrat newspaper
, reporting on the cities of Bartow and Fort Meade
PolkPartners
Housing Links
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act
Fair Housing Act Design Manual Revised
HUD: Affordable Housing Reports
KnowledgePlex Housing Web Site
Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing - University of Florida