• Fellow Minnesota Organizations

    • Land Of
      MCEA’s smart growth website LandOf.org offers a neat look at Smart Growth in Minnesota. Providing case studies and excellent examples for anyone wanting to learn about smart growth principles.
    • Strong Towns
      Strong Towns is an organization which supports model for growth that allows America's towns to become financially strong and resilient.
    • Minnesota 2020
      Minnesota 2020 is a progressive, new media, non-partisan think tank which provides daily reporting and research in public policy in Minnesota. Issues like education, health care, transportation and economic development.
    • Minnesota Land Trust
      a nonprofit conservation organization protecting natural and scenic land right here in Minnesota. Their mission is straightforward: To protect the natural and scenic heritage of our state through public and private partnerships.
    • GMHF Building Better Neighborhoods
      GMHF Building Better The goal of Building Better Neighborhoods is to foster the creation of safe, decent and affordable housing within cohesive, well-planned and economically balanced neighborhoods.
    • housingpolicy.org
      ULI/MHF housing policy site a policy toolbox developed by Urban Land Institute - Minnesota (ULI MN) and the Regional Council of Mayors (RCM) as part of their Housing Initiative launched in 2008.
    • Urban Land Institute Minnesota
      ULI Minnesota (Regional Council of Mayors) engages public and private sector leaders to foster collaboration, share knowledge and join in meaningful strategic action to create thriving, sustainable communities.

  • Nationwide Organizations

    • PPS
      a nationwide organization promoting good place-making techniques in cities across the country.
    • Smart Growth America
      an organization dedicated to researching, advocating for and leading coalitions to bring smart growth practices to more communities nationwide

  • Blogs

  • Resources

    • Walk Score
      website which scores your city or town based on walkability
    • The Governors Guide
      The Governors' Guide lays out a systematic approach to smart growth policymaking at the state level. It is designed to provide governors and their staff with hundreds of ideas about policies, administrative actions, and spending decisions.
    • The Smart Growth Handbook
      Booklet on smart growth from Smart Growth America
    • The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index
      Americans traditionally consider housing affordable if it costs 30 percent or less of their income. The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, in contrast, offers the true cost of housing based on its location by measuring the transportation costs
    • M3D Minnesota 3D Web Mapping
      M3D is a dynamic web mapping portal developed by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) to provide an express pathway to Local Employment Dynamics (LED), employment and economic development, as well as other factors.
    • Community Profiles
      In the community profiles, Minnesota Housing uses 24 housing indicators to identify communities that have seven types of housing needs. These needs assessments are test analyses that are open for discussion.
    • Smart Growth and Economic Success: Benefitsfor Real Estate Developers, Investors, Businesses and Local Governments
      Smart Growth and Economic Success is the first in a series of reports from EPA’s Smart Growth Program designed to inform developers, businesses, local government, and other groups about the benefits of smart growth development.
    • The National Conversation on the Future of Our Communities
      In summer 2012, the Smart Growth Network sponsored a call for papers on the development issues facing our communities in the next 15 years and the steps we will take to solve them. This compendium is from established thought leaders in the field.