The APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, advance the art and science of planning to meet the needs of people and society. Look under Research, Projects, and Legislation and Policy

In addition to the many resource areas (bibliographies, documents, etc.) in the Smart Growth Network website, specific topics of smart growth are organized into 7 issue areas that each contain overviews and on-line resources.    

Dedicated to increasing the visibility of what has worked for other communities, and to promote a lively exchange of information to help create community sustainability in both urban and rural areas. 

Promotes well-managed, protected farm and ranch land that provides open space, clean water, healthy food, wildlife habitat and a renewed connectedness between the farm community and the rest of America.

The Farmland Information Center is a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust. 

 

Provides information services, advice, publications, training courses, seminars, research programs and policy recommendations to engage and empower environmental leaders the world over. ELI’s audience is leading environmental professionals in government, industry, public interest groups and academia.  

The NRDC describes itself as "the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things."   

 

 This federal agency has was created in 1970. the EPA is "working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people."
EPA on smart growth,   www.epa.gov/smartgrowth
EPA Brownfields site,   www.epa.gov/brownfields

In response to public concerns, EPA created the Office of Environmental Justice in 1992, and implemented a new organizational infrastructure to integrate environmental justice into EPA's policies, programs, and activities.  

 

The original Growing Greener legislation was signed into law in December, 1999. "Called the Environmental Stewardship and Protection Act, funds were allocated for farmland preservation, state park and local recreation projects, waste and drinking water improvements and watershed restoration programs. Growing Greener II will continue and expand the important programs that tie together economic and community development with environmental initiatives."

a Washington-based, private, non-profit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Formed in the mid-1970's, it conducts research and analysis, develops policy, provides evaluation of key federal programs, disseminates information, highlighting sound economic and environmental technologies and practices. The Institute is unique among policy centers because of its ties to Congress through the Northeast-Midwest Congressional and Senate Coalitions.