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Community Outreach and Consensus Building
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Alabama Water Watch
Alabama Water Watch is dedicated to developing citizen volunteer monitoring programs for streams and lakes in Alabama and shared waterways of neighboring states for the improvement of water quality and policy. Water quality information from volunteer monitoring sites is updated regularly and can be viewed graphically for all watersheds in Alabama.
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Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund works to protect America’s legacy of land and water resources. Through land acquisition, sustainable programs, and leadership training, the Fund and its partners demonstrate effective conservation solutions emphasizing the integration of economic and environmental goals. Information on funding and services are available on the web page.
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Learning to Do It Together—A Review of New Tools for Regional Decision Making, Information Access and Improved Democracy
This paper presents a review of the assets of American communities and regions, including a taxonomy of efforts conducted in the name of regional strategy. New tools for enhanced participation and improved democracy are presented. A sample initiative, the Partnership for Regional Livability is used to illustrate the potential use of these tools in the issue areas of workforce development, clean air attainment, transportation planning, and capital access for communities of persistent poverty.
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Non Profit Risk Management Center
A source for tools, advice and training to control risks… so you can focus on your nonprofit's mission. Contains information and advice on liability, employment, fraud and volunteer management.
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Red Lodge Clearinghouse
Red Lodge Clearinghouse is an organization "committed to resolving resource use conflicts throughout the interior west." Their site contains many useful resources for funding and facilitation.
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St Johns River Water Management District
This web site houses information on water resources in Florida's Northeast (St Johns Watershed Management District). It contains information on monitoring programs, restoration work, regulation, outreach and maps as well as many other aspects of water resources in the St Johns Watershed.
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TALKING IN PUBLIC ABOUT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
This paper is for funders, citizens and organizations advocating better planning for the improvementf communities and regions. It contains communications guidelines, checklists and pointers which are based on nationwide focus group research, media analysis, consultation with philanthropic funders, and a series of regional meetings and follow-up work with advocates and policy makers.
Key findings from the research include:
Growth and development are understood in local and specific terms. Participants are eager to engage on these issues, but only in terms of the particularities of places they know.
Issues about growth are understood best when a picture with details is presented. Leading with statements of principles is largely unsuccessful, because reactions vary according to each individual’s needs, beliefs, and examples.
There is a widely expressed desire for choices and options for how communities are designed and for how people live. Which consumer choices individuals make vary according to age, income, and preferences; but there is wide agreement that people should have choices.
Voters blame local officials for problems that result from poor planning, and they don’t think officials are being held accountable. Participants are not satisfied. They believe elected officials have their own agendas, set largely by developers, and that they discourage meaningful public participation. Local officials are not trusted to consider long-term consequences of their development decisions.
Fairness to everyone in the community is a strong value. There is a strong consensus that everyone should be treated fairly, that everyone’s needs should be met – including those who already live in a specific place (NIMBY). There is agreement that maintaining and restoring older and poorer neighborhoods is important for the common good.
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Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
Community planning and design processes are continually evolving to meet new societal demands for sustainable development. Finding and utilizing tools and technologies that compliment the planning process has become a necessity in today's fast-paced world. Several companies have taken leadership positions in designing programs that assist both "citizen planners" and professionals in formulating sound community development plans that are both economically feasible and socially acceptable. The following four-part article by Cynthia Pollock Shea presents the best from a three-day workshop which provided an overview of decision support tools, their practical uses, examples of successful applications in specific planning projects and future expectations.
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Weather Reporting and Public Awareness of Smart Growth Issues and Solutions: Designing Smart Growth Training for Weathercasters
This document discusses the impact of sprawl, from increased driving times, cost of infrastructure and how weather forecasters can help educate the public. It identifies what the most powerful messages are and suggests what parts of smart growth people are most likely to connect with.
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