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Sustainable Communities
Task force Report
Fall 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
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MEMBERSHIP
PREFACE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS
CHAPTER 2: COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING
Recommendation 1: Community-Based Public Dialogue, Planning,
Priority-setting, and Implementation
Recommendation 2: Open and Inclusive Decisionmaking
Recommendation 3: Access to Information on Sustainable Communities
Recommendation 4: Cooperation Among Communities
CHAPTER 3: PARTNERSHIPS FOR DESIGN
Recommendation 5: Building Design and Rehabilitation
Recommendation 6: Community Design
Recommendation 7: Decreased Sprawl and Smarter Growth
CHAPTER 4: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS
Recommendation 8: Creation of Strong, Diversified Local Economies
Recommendation 9: Basic Education, Job Training, and Lifelong Learning
Recommendation 10: Brownfields
Recommendation 11: Financing Sustainable Communities
CHAPTER 5: SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Recommendation 12: Public Safety
Recommendation 13: Pilot Community Environmental Protection Projects
Recommendation 14: Pollution Prevention Partnerships
Recommendation 15: Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
APPENDICES
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
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