MPO Re-Certification

Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (2001)

Preparing for TEA-3

Visiting Elected Officials

Effective Program Resources

Paratransit Guide
City Rights, City Routes -- Intro to Chapter 11 (Conservation Law Foundation, 1998, Word Documents)
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Good practice examples from the Surface Trasportation Policy Project (new window)

Affordable Housing/Development Use Resources

Affordable housing doesn’t lower property values
Affordable rental housing in the suburbs has little or no effect on the property values of surrounding neighborhoods, according to a report published by the Family Housing Fund, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Minneapolis. The study examined 12 neighborhoods in the Twin Cities where a tax-credit rental housing development for families was located in a dense district of owner-occupied residences. Researchers compared the sales price per square foot, the percentages of sales to asking price, and time on the market, both before and after the rental properties were constructed, and between neighborhoods with and without rental properties. They found no significant or long-lasting differences among the neighborhoods studied. (http://www.fhfund.org/educational_materials_reports.asp)

Development strategies that work
Successful cities share similar economic development strategies, according to "Strategies for Success: Reinventing Cities for the 21st Century," a new HUD report. The study highlights eight promising strategies based on case studies in 10 US cities: downtown redevelopment, housing and neighborhood revitalization, creating destinations, upgrading old economy enterprises, capitalizing on clusters - concentrations of a specific industry - and collaborations, workforce development, attracting high-tech investment, and creating new economy spinoffs. (Requires Ordering the Publication)