Toolkit

This innovative and useful toolbox contains numerous techniques for public participation that communities can use to get organized, to turn their vision into a reality, and to work together to improve their parks, rivers, open spaces and special places.

This toolkit helps communities put an economic value to amenities such as rivers, trails and greenway corridors.

This toolkit provides a collection of links and tools that support equitable development in communities.

A tool to identify local citizen's talents and help groups become active in making the necessary connections to mobilize their capacities.

This dynamic database is a resource for communities (their professional planners, public agencies and concerned citizens) to identify tools and processes for better community design and decision making.

A collection of tools to help guide participatory planning tools.

A web-based resource to assist local government officials in their efforts to protect the environment and public health. A collection of tools are designed to help users perform operations and calculations necessary to fulfill environmental reporting requirements or guide the development of a helpful environmental program.

MAPP is a community-wide strategic planning tool for improving community health. It helps communities prioritize public health issues and identify resources for addressing them.

A resource for state and local officials interested in a range of ideas and models for managing growth. Includes an index of growth management documents and resources by state.

Actions undertaken by states, regions and localities to achieve smart growth are not always easy to learn about, nor are examples immediately available. This database highlights numerous policies and programs that states and localities nationwide have implemented to further smart growth. The policies in this database represent a variety of approaches ranging from formal legislative or regulatory efforts to informal approaches, plans, and programs.