Development Excellence For the future of North Central Texas














State & Federal Resources

Smart Growth in Maryland
Site contains general and MD specific information and reference materials (some are available online, others must be ordered). Smart Growth neighborhoods has several goals that serve as development principles (www.op.state.md.us/planning/M&gs/01-21.htm)

Smart Growth has three straightforward goals:

  • to save our most valuable remaining natural resources before they are forever lost,
  • to support existing communities and neighborhoods by targeting state resources to support development in areas where the infrastructure is already in place or planned to support it, and
  • to save taxpayers millions of dollars in the unnecessary cost of building the infrastructure required to support sprawl.
 

U.S. Department of Energy's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
The site offers links to other organizations, case studies, publications, and ordinances. It is a menu of information and services on how communities can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being.

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Smart Growth Site
Information and links to other organizations. EPA is a participant and financial supporter of the Smart Growth Network. Sources of information include fact sheets, reports, and articles related to transportation, environment, etc available for download. Extensive report titled "Our Built and Natural Environments: A Technical Review of the Interactions Between Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality."