Sustainable CommunitiesTask force ReportFall 1997 Dedication We dedicate this report to the memory of the late Ronald H. Brown, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and a Co-Chair of the Sustainable Communities Task Force. Table of Contents.......................................................................................MEMBERSHIP PREFACE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS CHAPTER 2: COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING
Priority-setting, and Implementation Recommendation 2: Open and Inclusive Decisionmaking Recommendation 3: Access to Information on Sustainable Communities Recommendation 4: Cooperation Among Communities
Recommendation 6: Community Design Recommendation 7: Decreased Sprawl and Smarter Growth
Recommendation 9: Basic Education, Job Training, and Lifelong Learning Recommendation 10: Brownfields Recommendation 11: Financing Sustainable Communities
Recommendation 13: Pilot Community Environmental Protection Projects Recommendation 14: Pollution Prevention Partnerships Recommendation 15: Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation APPENDIX A:DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES APPENDIX B: CASE STUDIES Brownsville, Texas Chattanooga, Tennessee Cleveland, Ohio Denver, Colorado New Bedford, Massachusetts Northampton County/Cape Charles, Virginia Pattonsburg, Missouri Piney River, Virginia Sarasota, Florida Seattle, Washington APPENDIX C: Community Profiles in the Fifty States Alabama: Land Assistance Fund Alaska: Alaska Citizen Initiative Arizona: Civano-Tucson Solar Village Arkansas: Meadowcreek Local Food Project California: Santa Monica Sustainable City Program Colorado: Boulder County Healthy Communities Initiative Connecticut: Vision for a Greater New Haven Delaware: Northern Delaware Greenway Council District of Columbia: Marshall Heights Community Development Organization Florida: Quality Indicators for Progress Georgia: Carver Hills Neighborhood Project Hawaii: Wai'anae Backyard Aquaculture Project Idaho: Tri-State Implementation Council Illinois: Buckwheat Growers of Illinois Indiana: Clean Cities Recycling, Inc. Iowa: Iowa Energy Programs Kansas: The Land Institute Kentucky: Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Louisiana: The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Maine: Sustainable Cobscook Maryland: Alliance for Sustainable Communities Massachusetts: Greenworks Michigan: Urban Resources Initiative Minnesota: The Green Institute Mississippi: Southern Echo Missouri: Farm-to-Farm Marketing Project — Patchwork Family Farms Montana: Beartooth Front Community Forum Nebraska: Center for Rural Affairs Land Link Project Nevada: UNLV Office of Energy and Environmental Education New Hampshire: The Community School New Jersey: Isles, Inc. New Mexico: Ironstone Gardens New York: Nos Quedamos/We Stay North Carolina: Sunshares North Dakota: Carrington Research Extension Center Ohio: Rural Action Oklahoma: Families First! Oregon: Applegate Partnership Pennsylvania: Green Harvest Program Rhode Island: Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project South Carolina: Sea Islands Preservation Project South Dakota: The Lakota Fund Tennessee: Highlander Research and Education Center Texas: Colonias Program Utah: Grantsville General Plan for a Sustainable Community Vermont: Vermont National Bank's Socially Responsible Banking Fund Virginia: Appalachian Regional Recycling Consortium Washington: Sustainable Community Roundtable West Virginia: Community Minigrants Program Wisconsin: The Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee Wyoming: Lander Valley 2020 APPENDIX D: STATE LEADERSHIP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Kentucky Sustainable Practices Initiative Minnesota Sustainable Development Initiative Colorado Sustainability Project Sustainable Maine Project Missouri Sustainability Projects Montana Consensus Council Sustainable North Carolina Project Virginia Task Force on Sustainable Development Delaware Estuary Program (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida NY Sustainable Development Initiative Southern California Council on Environment and Development Sustainable Wisconsin APPENDIX E: INDICATORS RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS APPENDIX F: RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES General Sustainable Communities Resources Sustainable Communities Awards Programs Resources for Community Capacity Building Resources for Partnerships for Design Resources for Economic Development and Jobs Resources for Safe and Healthy Communities APPENDIX G: COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PRINCIPAL LIAISONS ENDNOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ![[PCSD HOME]](../../home.gif){kind=small}
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