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2000 Census: 2000 Population of Centralina's Member Governments
http://72.249.34.149/www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html - 2000 Census Main Page
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en - National, state, county and municipal population, housing and economic data
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37025.html - Quick facts and various data for states and counties
Agriculture and Land Preservation
http://www.farmland.org/ - American Farmland Trust
http://www.alcnet.org/ - American Land Conservancy
http://www.ors.state.sc.us/ - SC Office of Research and Statistics
http://www.amrivers.org/ - American Rivers
http://www.palmettoconservation.org/ -The Palmetto Conservation Foundation
http://www.conservationfund.org/ - The Conservation Fund
http://www.landloss.org/ - An Organization Dedicated To The Preservation Of The Family Farm
http://www.lta.org/ - The Land Trust Alliance
http://www.nature.org/ - The Nature Conservancy
http://www.tpl.org/ - Trust for Public Land
http://www.sccbank.sc.gov/ - SC Conservation Bank
http://www.scenichudson.org/ - An environmental organization and land trust working for outstanding quality of life for everyone in the Hudson River Valley of New York
Bicycle/Pedestrian Sites
http://www.americawalks.org/ - National coalition of local advocate groups promoting walkable communities
http://www.bikefed.org/ - National Center for Biking and Walking
http://www.bta4bikes.org/ - Bike and Transportation Alliance
http://www.scprt.com/ - SC Parks Recreation and Tourism
www.scdot.org/getting/BikePed/BP_default.shtml - SC Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
http://www.pccsc.net/ - Palmetto Cycling Coalition
www.ncdot.org/transit/bicycle - NC Bike and Walking Plan
www.nsc.org/walkable.htm - Partnership for a Walkable America
http://www.pedbikeimages.com/ - Great pedestrian and bicycling photos
www.pedbikeinfo.org - Bicycle and pedestrian information center
http://www.walkable.org/ - Helps communities become more walkable and pedestrian friendly
http://www.americabikes.org/ - America Bikes Coalition
http://www.apbp.org/ - Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped - Federal Highway Administration Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Office
http://www.bikeleague.org/ - League of American Bicyclists
http://www.bikewalk.org/ - National Center for Bicycling and Walking
www.sctrails.net/trails - SC State Trails Program
http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/ - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
http://www.railtrails.org/ - Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
http://www.transact.org/ - Surface Transportation Policy Project
http://www.thunderheadalliance.org/ - Thunderhead Alliance
http://www.house.gov/ - U.S. Congress
http://www.walkinginfo.org/ - Information on walking and sidewalks
Data Resources
http://www.ncatlasrevisited.org/ - Demographic and growth trends in North Carolina
http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/ - NC Center for Geographic Information Analysis
www.charmeck.nc.us/Governing/About+CharMeck/Home.htm - Information about Mecklenburg County and the surrounding municipalities
http://www.myscgov.com/ - SC information on government, education, health and business
http://www.ncgov.com/ - A good place to start for all information about the state of North Carolina
http://www.nclm.org/ - The North Carolina League of Municipalities lists information about the cities and towns in the state
www.ui.uncc.edu/services.asp - UNC Charlotte's Urban Institute. Local data sources such as the Census homepage and the NC State Data Center.
http://www.demog.state.nc.us/ NC Demographic Estimates
Examples of New Mixed Use/Walkable Neighborhoods
http://www.villageofwoodsong.com/ - Village of Woodsong, Shallotte, NC
http://www.southernvillage.com/ - Southern Village, Chapel Hill, NC
www.doverkohl.com/project_graphic_pages_pfds/Davidson%20NC%20project%20page.pdf - New neighborhood in old Davidson, NC
www.birkdalevillage.net/concept.htm - Birkdale Village, Huntersville, NC
www.aftonvillage.com/html/front_page.html - Afton Village, Concord, NC
http://www.harrisburgtowncenter.com/ - Town Center, Harrisburg, NC
http://www.villageofbaxter.com/ - Village of Baxter, Fort Mill, SC
http://www.gatewayvillage.com/ - Gateway Village, Charlotte, NC
General Planning Resources
http://www.plannersweb.com/ - Planning Commissioner's Journal with city and regional planning resources
www.unc.edu/depts/curs - Center for urban and regional planning - UNC Chapel Hill
http://www.ncmetros.org/ - NC metropolitan coalition
Historic Preservation
http://www.nthp.org/ - National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.achp.gov/ - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
www.state.sc.us/scdah - SC Department of Archives and History
http://www.presnc.org/ - Preservation North Carolina
Legislation, ordinances, etc.
http://www.amlegal.com/ - Online library of ordinances around the country
http://www.municode.com/ - Online library of ordinances around the nation
www.ncinfo.iog.unc.edu/pubsw/nclegisl - Online new legislation for last five years
Lighting:
http://www.darksky.org/ - Information to preserve/protect the night-time environment through quality lighting
Livable Communities/Smart Growth/Sustainable Development
http://www.livable.com/ - Partners for livable communities - restoring and renewing communities
http://www.newurbannews.com/ - New urban news
http://www.ncsmartgrowth.org/ - The North Carolina Smart Growth Homepage encourages smart planning to avoid sprawl in our state.
http://www.smartgrowth.org/ - Smart growth network
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/ - A national coalition working towards better choices for our communities
http://www.sustainable.org/ - Sustainable community network, smart growth
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/ - Smart Communities Network - creating energy smart communities:
EPA
www.epa.gov/smartgrowth - EPA site for Smart Growth
www.epa.gov/livability - EPA site for livability issues
Natural Resources
http://nemo.uconn.edu/about.htm - (NEMO) Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials a University of Connecticut site for land use decision makers that addresses the relationship of land use to natural resource protection
http://www.lakesproject.org/ - The Yadkin-Pee Dee lakes project
NC Grant Programs
http://nemo.uconn.edu/about.htm Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF)
NC State Legislation
www.ncga.state.nc.us/Legislation/Legislation.html Current bills in General Assembly
http://www.scstatehouse.net/ - SC Legislature Online
www.ncga.state.nc.us/Statutes/Statutes.asp General Statutes
On-Line County GIS Maps and Tax Records
www.co.anson.nc.us/maps.php Anson County
http://public_gis.co.gaston.nc.us/website/ParcelDataSite/WelcomePage.html - Gaston County
www.co.iredell.nc.us/gismaps.asp Iredell County
www.lincolncounty.org/County/Departments/Tax/GIS.htm Lincoln County
http://polaris.mecklenburgcountync.gov/website/redesign/viewer.htm Mecklenburg County
http://arcims2.webgis.net/nc/Rowan/ Rowan County
www.yorkcountygov.com/department.aspx?deptID=60 - York County, SC GIS www.cas.sc.edu/gis/dataindex.html - University of South Carolina GIS Data Server http://www.stanlygis.net/ Stanly County
http://maps.co.union.nc.us/ Union County
Regional
http://www.regionalstewardship.org/ - National network of regional stewards sharing experiences and working collaboratively on innovative approaches to common regional challenges
Roundabouts
www.ksu.edu/roundabouts - Information, with photos, of roundabouts from the Center for Transportation Research and Training at Kansas State University
www.tfhrc.gov/safety/00068.htm - Federal Highway Administration - Roundabouts: An Informational Guide
www.odot.state.or.us/techserv/engineer/pdu/Modern%2520Roundabouts.pdf - Oregon DOT: Modern Roundabouts for Oregon. Discussion of Roundabouts and their design considerations.
www.roundaboutsusa.com/intro.html - Good basic information regarding roundabouts with an excellent links page to other resources
Town and Urban Design Resources
www.walkable.org/index.htm - Walkable Communities, Inc.
http://www.pps.org/ - Project for Public Spaces
http://www.dunnfoundation.org/ - The Dunn Foundation - grants for educational programs related to community appearance
http://www.cnt.org/ - Center for Neighborhood Technology - established to invent and implement new tools and methods that create livable urban communities for everyone.
http://www.scenic.org/ - Scenic America - discuss topics ranging from community design to sign controls
http://www.pennscapes.psu.edu/ - PennSCAPEs provides a model design code that shows municipalities the value of innovative development, while giving communities the tools necessary to achieve compact neighborhood development
Transportation
http://www.railvolution.com/ - Great links to all types of planning sites
www.tfhrc.gov/library/library.htm#r - Federal Highway Administration, Turner-Fairbank Highway Reasearch Center Library: An alphabetical listing of various research papers available from the research center. Resources include information and studies on roundabouts, traffic calming, crosswalks, roadway design, and safety
http://www.vtpi.org/ - Victoria Transportation Policy Institute
Trees
www.ci.rock-hill.sc.us/TreesForRockHill - City of Rock Hill, SC Trees for Rock Hill
http://www.americanforests.org/ - American Forests
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