Links
Planning-Related Links within the Department of Local Affairs
- State Demography Office
- State GIS Coordination
- Division of Housing
- Division of Emergency Management
- Colorado Economic and Demographic Information System (CEDIS)
- Downtown Development Program
More Helpful Links
State Government and National Government Associations
- Colorado General Assembly
- Colorado Revised Statutes
- Municipal Code Corporation (select municipal codes online)
- National Association of Counties
- National League of Cities
- National Civic League
- Visit the state web site for more federal, state, and local government links
Planning Tools
- American Planning Association (national link) and Colorado Chapter
- Brownfield Redevelopment, Colo. Dept. Public Health and Enviro.
- Brownfield Remediation, EPA
- National Brownfield Associations
- Colorado Brownfields Foundation
- Colorado Walks
- Cyburbia
- EPA's Smart Growth Policy Database
- Firewise Communities
- ICMA's Local Government Environment Assistance Network
- Larimer County's Code of the West
- Larimer County's Rural Land Use Center
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- Planetizen
- Planning Commissioners Journal - Planners Web
- Planetizen and PC Journal's Planning Commissioner Online Course
- Rail-Oriented Development
- Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
- Smart Growth Network
- Surface Transportation Policy Project
- Urban Land Institute
- Visual Tools for Planners, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- Water Protection Toolkit for Local Officials: Connecting Land Use With Water Quality" (AWARE Colorado)
Community Development
- Active Living Network
- Colorado Community Revitalization Association (CCRA)
- Colorado Center for Community Development Services
- Colorado Rural Development Council
- CSU Cooperative Extension Rural Technical Assistance Program
- Two groups who work on citizen involvement and regional cooperation in planning: Shaping Our Summit efforts include citizen involvement in land use planning and see Healthy Mountain Communities' Smart Growth Scorecard and other excellent regional growth management efforts
- Colorado Walks
- Congress for the New Urbanism
- Livable Communities Support Center
- Local Government Commission
- Safe Routes to School National Partnership
- Sustainable Communities Network
- Smart Communities Network
- "Smarter Land Use Guidebook" by Karl Kehde
Energy Efficiency
- Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
- Built Green Colorado (Metro Homebuilders)
- Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
- Governor's Energy Office
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Solar Energy International (SEI) - Renewable Energy for Sustainable Future
- Find more at Colorado Renewable Energy Society Links...
Affordable Housing
- Division of Housing in the Dept. of Local Affairs
- Garfield County Housing Assessment (Feb 2006, includes summary of current inclusionary zoning regulation)
- ULI's "Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact"
Paying for Growth
- Paying for Growth: Impact Fees Under SB 15 (handout from Dec. 2001 CML workshop)
- Development Impact Analysis for Archuleta County
- Durango 9-R School Dist. School Land Dedication Study
- Economic and Social Effects of Second Homes in Mountain Communities
- Mancos Street Impact Fee (and study)
- Development Impact Analysis: 10 Year Outlook for Montrose County
- Open Space Dedication Survey
- Development Impact Analysis for Pagosa Springs
- Development Impact Analysis for Town of Rico
- Development Impact Analysis for Ridgway
- Rifle - Parks and Open Space Planning Standards
- San Miguel County Employee Housing Mitigation Support Study
- Transportation Impact Fee Report, North Front Range MPO
- American Farmland Trust's Cost of Community Services Studies
Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation
- American Farmland Trust
- Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust
- Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
- Colorado Natural Heritage Program
- Colorado Open Lands
- Colorado Open Space Alliance
- Governor's Commission on Saving Open Space, Recommendations
- Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)
- Land Trust Alliance
- Nature Conservancy
- Sonoran Institute
- Trust for Public Lands
Federal Agencies
- Bureau of Land Management, Colorado
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8
- Grants.gov
- National Park Service, Planning
- US Census Bureau
- US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- US Geological Survey
- USDA Forest Service
Local and Regional Government Links
- Colorado Counties, Inc.
- Colorado Municipal League
- Special District Association of Colorado
- Action 22
- Club 20
- Denver Regional Council of Governments
- Northeastern Colorado Economic Development Region
- Northwest Colorado Council of Governments
- Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments
- Region 10 - League for Economic Assistance and Planning
- San Luis Valley Development Resources Group
- Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments
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