Idaho Smart Growth

Resources You Can Use

Get a head start by accessing a selection of key publications, and learn from the experience of others. Here you’ll find a set of best practices, useful publications, partner organizations in Idaho who can help, and a set of quick links to over 40 online resources.  If you have a link you think we should include, please send it to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Our Library

In our office we have a variety of hard-copy resources available.
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Online Resources

Idaho Links

Citizens for Smart Growth

Community Planning Association of SW (Treasure Valley)

Community Transportation Association of SW Idaho

Conservation Voters for Idaho

Greater Yellowstone Coalition (Eastern Idaho)

Idaho Conservation League

Idaho Green Expo

Idaho Planning Association

Idaho Rivers United

Idaho State Legislature

Idaho Transportation Department

Kootenai Environmental Alliance

Land Trust of the Treasure Valley

Moscow Civic Association

Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (Moscow)

Urban Land Institute - Idaho

Salmon Valley Stewardship

The Nature Conservancy

Valley Advocates for Responsible Development (Teton County)

Wood River Land Trust

State Statutes

Idaho’s Local Land Use Planning Act
Idaho’s Urban Renewal Law

Around the Country
Smart Growth and Community Design

Active Living by Design
American Planning Association
Community and Environmental Defense Services
Congress for the New Urbanism
Funders Network on Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Local Government Commission
National Trust for Historic Preservation

New Urban News
Planetizen
Planners Web and Planning Commissioners Journal
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth Leadership Institute
Smart Growth Network
Sonoran Institute
Urban Land Institute
Western Rural Development Center 

Transportation

Center for Transportation Excellence
Institute for Transportation Engineers’ searchable Traffic Calming Library
National Center for Biking and Walking
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center Image Library
US Safe Routes to School
Surface Transportation Policy Project
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Walkable Communities, Inc.
 

Other

American Farmland Trust
Institute for Local Self Reliance
Sustainable Northwest
Land Trust Alliance