Related Links

Planning (general)
Community Planning (local)
Massachusetts Planning Commissions
Transportation
Environment
Economic Development
Information Services/Mapping/GIS
Berkshire County Cities and Towns
Local Media (a few common sources of articles about Berkshire planning projects)

Planning

National Association of Regional Councils
American Planning Association
APA, Massachusetts Chapter
Planning Commissioners Journal
Commonwealth of Massachusetts website
Massachusetts Coalition for Zoning Reform

Community Planning

Mass. Municipal Association
GASB 34 Online Forum for Public Officials
Citizen Planners Training Collaborative
National Main Street Program
National Center for Small Communities
Mass. Dept. of Housing & Community Development (includes grants & data profiles of each town)
Mass. Historic Commission (grants)

Massachusetts Planning Commissions

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Cape Cod Commission
Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Martha's Vineyard Commission
Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission
Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
Old Colony Planning Council
Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District

Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation
MassHighway Department
Berkshire Regional Transit Authority
Mass. Executive Office of Transp. & Construction
Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Surface Transportation Policy Project
Berkshire Bike Path Council
Massachusetts Bike Path Coalition

Environment

Housatonic River Initiative
Executive Office of Envir. Affairs (also see the general state site for other offices relating to environmental planning & grants)
Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1 - New England
Mass. Department of Environmental Protection
Center for Watershed Protection
Non-Point Education for Municipal Officials
Mass. Environmental Trust (grants)
Housatonic Valley Association
Lakes and Ponds Association of Western Massachusetts
Berkshire Taconic Landscape

Economic Development

Berkshire Connect
Berkshire Growth
Mass. Office of Business Development (grants)
National Association of Development Organizations
Mass. Alliance for Economic Development

Information Services/Mapping/GIS

Dept. of Local Services Municipal Data Bank
MassGIS
Highway traffic counts
U.S. Census Bureau
The American Factfinder

Berkshire County Cities and Towns

Adams
Alford
Becket
Cheshire
Clarksburg
Dalton
Egremeont
Florida
Great Barrington
Hancock
Hinsdale
Lanesborough
Lee
Lenox
Monterey
Mount Washington
New Ashford
New Marlborough
North Adams
Otis
Peru
Pittsfield
Richmond
Sandisfield
Savoy
Sheffield
Stockbridge
Tyringham
Washington
West Stockbridge
Williamstown
Windsor

Local Media

(a few common sources of articles about Berkshire planning projects)
Berkshire Eagle
The North Adams Transcript
The Pittsfield Gazette
The Advocate

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