Links | Planning Association of Washington

Listed below are links to other Web sites that might be of interest to PAW members and friends. Please contact us if you know of other sites we should add or if any of these links have “expired.” You can reach us by e-mail at vicky@planningpaw.org.

Planning Associations/Organizations

Academic

Government

Municipal Research & Services Center
Association of Washington Cities
Washington State Association of Counties
Washington State Home Page: Access Washington
Washington State Governor’s Office of Regulatory Assistance (ORA)
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD User Site
HUD Community Connections Information Center (of the Office of Community Planning and Development)
State and Local Government on the Net (a Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites)
State and Local Government on the Net: Tribal Governments
GovLinks – Governing Magazine’s Internet Resources for State and Local Government
Washington State Land Use Study Commission
Washington State Department of Commerce site

Other

Planning Resources on the Internet
Online Planners Forum
Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCED)
Cyburbia – The urban planning portal
Western Rural Development Center
National Association of Regional Councils (includes Links to Regional Councils of Governments and Metropolitan Planning Organizations)
Public Technology, Inc. (PTI)
High Country News
Casey Trees has developed an Innovative Tree Space Design webpage that provides guidelines and information about developing urban site designs that incorporate trees in a way that is appropriate and healthy for trees. While the document was developed for Washington, D.C., there are LOTS of great ideas that any town or city can use!