The Smart Growth Network’s online database of relevant news, events, resources and funding information relating to sensible and livable development in small towns, urban centers, suburbs, and wilderness areas.
This online information network organizes services, legal and technical data such as maps and photos, organizations, and articles relating both to Californian and national land use and environmental planning issues and initiatives.
Planetizen is a clearinghouse for news stories, opinion pieces, book and website reviews, courses, blog posts, announcements and job listings all relating to planning, design, and development. Users can also post their own news, job announcements.
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.
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.
This chapter in the Heart & Soul Community Planning Handbook explains how the Heart & Soul Community Planning process differs from other planning programs and how it can help engage residents and allow towns to identify and protect what matters most.