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A database of community planning methods, scenarios, projects and further resources, this website hopes to provide accessible, universal advice to a diverse range of community members and encourage more widespread involvement in planning initiatives.

An interactive web document, this guide explains how storytelling can help communities reach a greater understanding and work together towards planning their future.

This Heart & Soul Community Planning Implementation Guide provides methods to increase affordable, accessible housing for all members of the community, increasing diversity, improving relationships, and encouraging growth.

An online research library featuring practical and scholarly entries on innovative land use laws, regulations, and practices.

Rural Sites Network provides a resource for rural educators to inspire place-based teaching in the classroom. The programs and sites of RSN celebrate the stories of students and teachers in a diverse array of rural towns throughout America.

Local businesses are vital for long-term prosperity in any community. This resource gives communities the tools to build a strong local economy and promote jobs in their town.

The Environmental Simulation Center offers the application of multidimensional, digital, place-based decision-support software such as GIS and Community Viz in creating interactive visualizations of cities, towns, and landscapes.

These papers review issues relating to Smart Growth, such as sprawl, protection of open land, affordable housing and transportation.

To build a strong sense of community, towns must understand and build on relationships between people. This resource outlines steps communities can take to increase their social capital and build community.

Cyburbia, the web's oldest forum for urban planners and others interested in cities and the built environment, contains an extensive list of discussion boards, forums, resources, mailing lists and newsgroups.