Links

► NEWSPAPERS
Baltimore Sun
Delaware Newspapers 1
Delaware Newspapers 2
Frederick-News Post
Howard County Times
Maryland Newspapers
Pennsylvania Newspapers
The Star Democrat, Easton, MD
US Newspapers
Virginia Newspapers 1
Virginia Newspapers 2
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Washington Times
West Virginia Newspapers

► BUILDERS
Advantage Homes
Beazer Homes
JST Builders
K Hovnanian Homes
Natelli Communities
Miller and Smith
Mitchel & Best
• NV Homes
Pulte
• Ryan
Seawright Homes LLC
Selfridge Builders
Trinity
• Winchester Homes

► ORGANIZATIONS
American Farmland Trust
American Institute of Architects
• Americn Society of Landscape Architects

• APA – American Planning Association
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Center
The Center for Neighborhood Technology
• CNU – Congress for New Urbanism
• The Form Based Code Institute
Maryland Municipal League
• National Association of Home Builders
National Main Street Center at the National Historic Trust
• Urban Land Institute
• US Green Building Council
MNCBIA
APA, Delaware Chapter
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
Greater Sandy Spring Green Space
Institute of Transportation Engineers
National Charrette Institute
National Town Builders Association
Rails to Trails Conservancy

► PLACES
• Bay Forest at Bethany Beach
• Town of Easton, MD

• Town of Milton, DE

• Town of Ocean View, DE
Ridgewood, NJ
• Villages of Urbana

► STREETS, PLANNING & TRANSPORTATION

• Surface Transportation Policy Project
• Transportation Library Database
• United States Dept. of Transportations
• Bicycle Transportation Institute
• National Center for Bicycling and Walking
• Urban Transit Options database
• Pedestrian Facilities Engineering
• Model Street Sections
• Victoria Transport Policy Institute

► ONLINE MEDIA
• American City and County Magazine
• Planning Commissioners Journal
• The Next American City Newsletter
• Planners Network
• Planetizen
• An Economic Development web log
• Otis White’s Urban Notebook
• Developing Creative Urban Villages
• New Urban News
• Metropolis Mag
• A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments
• Tidepool Bioregional News Service

► IMAGE BANKS
• Metropolitan Design Center  
Carfree Cities  
Library of Congress Map Collection
Skyscrapers
Great Buildings Collection
Model Commercial Development

► NEW URBANIST COMMUNITIES
• Haile Plantation, FL
• Kentlands, MD
• Magnolia

Maple Lawn, MD


Mashpee Commons, MA


Rockville Town Center, MD

• Seaside, FL

Vickery, GA

• Watercolor, FL

► RESEARCH
ADA
• American Legal Publishing
Answers.com – Townscape
• E-Codes
English Village Reference
FedStats home page
Green Roofs
Maryland State Data Center
• Project for Public Spaces
• Terra Galleria

Therapeutic Gardens
TND Neighborhoods
• University of Maryland, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
The USGBC, LEED-ND
Institute of Transportation Engineers - Context Sensitive Solutions
UC Berkeley’s City & Regional Planning Research database

 

► STREETS

• America’s Byways
• Great Streets
Highland Scenic Byway
Merritt Parkway

► GOVERNMENT
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Query
Parkways, Wikipedia

• Business.gov

City of Frederick, Maryland
• City of Gaithersburg, Maryland

• Frederick County Maryland
• DE, Sussex County
• DE Dept. of Natural Resources
• DE Dept. of State Planning
• DE Dept. of Regulation
Local Government Commission
Local Government Assistance Network
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network
• Maryland Codes
Maryland-National Capitol Park & Planning Commission
• Montgomery County MD Planning Board
• USDA
National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
US Census Department
• US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns
• US Small Business Administration
• US Dept. of Justice ADA
• US Fair Housing

► PLANNING TOOLS & DATABASES
Aerial Views
Economic Information Database
Maryland Real Property Search
Maryland Career and Workforce Information
MIT OpenCourseWare for Urban & Regional Planning
Planning and Public Participation tools database
Preservation Planning database
University of North Carolina’s Links for Planners

► DESIGN RESOURCES
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation design advisor
• Sustainable Communities Design Manual
• DOE Sustainable building guide

The Charrette Center
Traditional Home Plans
Project for Public Spaces
DOE Joint Genome Institute
Low Impact Development
Pedestrian Oriented Street Design
Dark Sky lighting
Energy Efficient Building Technologies
Urban Ecology

► INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS
Waterford Development
JBG Companies
K2 Urban Corporation
Saul Centers
Streuver Brothers, Eccles & Rouse
William Jackson Ewing