Planning Links

American Planning Association (APA):  https://www.planning.org/

Area of City Impact Agreements in Idaho Report: U of Idaho College of Law published this document detailing the requirements for drafting an ACI agreement.  https://www.uidaho.edu/law/academics/practical-skills/clinics/econ-dev/city-impact-agreement

Association of Idaho Cities:  This site has several on-line videos focused on public hearing procedures and understanding legislative updates.  http://idahocities.org/?

Growing Smart Legislative Handbook (Created by APA)  https://www.planning.org/growingsmart/

Headwaters Economics: Non-profit research group working to improve community development and land management decisions in the West.  http://headwaterseconomics.org/

Idaho Association of Counties:  http://idcounties.org/

Idaho Chapter of the American Planning Association:  http://idahoapa.org/

Idaho Smart Growth:  http://www.idahosmartgrowth.org

Land Use Handbook: The Law of Planning, Zoning, and Property Rights in Idaho: A legal handbook on planning in Idaho published by the Givens Pursley Law Firm in Boise.  http://www.givenspursley.com/uploads/pdf/handbook-land-use-8-25-16.pdf

Lake Assist: Lake Assist provides assistance to Bonner County residents on water quality concerns and suggestions for reducing pollution to our waterways.    http://www.lakeassist.org/

National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Provides technical and cost share opportunities on land use improvements, forest and crop management, and more.  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/

Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Interagency collaboration providing information on federal programs and grants available to communities for projects that support livability principles.

Planner’s Resource Page (APA site):  http://idahoapa.org/best-practice/

Planners Web (News and Information for Citizen Planners):  http://plannersweb.com/

A Primer on Public Participation in Planning: https://www.oregon.gov/LCD/docs/publications/putting_the_people_in_planning.pdf

Project for Public Spaces: Resources for making vibrant public spaces categorized by place type.  http://www.pps.org/

Stewarding the Future of Our Communities: Case Studies in Sustaining Community Engagement and Planning In America’s Small Cities and Town:    https://www.orton.org/sites/default/files/resource/2104/Orton%20Byrne%20Case%20Study%204.27.12.pdf

Strong Towns:  http://www.strongtowns.org/

Successful Communities On-Line Toolkit: A searchable database of community design and planning best practices from across the western United States. http://www.scotie.org/ 

The Center for Applied Transect Studies: http://transect.org/

The Congress for the New Urbanism: Helping to create vibrant and walkable cities, towns and neighborhoods.  https://www.cnu.org/

Western Planner: Articles focused on rural communities in the West.  http://westernplanner.org/

Housing Development Toolkit: The Whitehouse developed this document to provide ten actions that local governments can take to promote functioning housing markets.  https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Housing_Development_Toolkit%20f.2.pdf