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• - Works to improve the quality of life in the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area by creating comprehensive plans and promoting their implementation across political boundaries.
  
• - Cooperative effort among local Massachusetts state agencies to achieve effective transportation planning for Eastern Massachusetts; includes statistics and area traveler resources.
  
• - Provides information on planning, building, housing, the environment, transportation, and monuments for Berlin, Germany. [in German and English]
  
• - Provides planning services, programs, and outreach for county residents.
  
• - Virginia agency offers information on projects, transportation planning, demographics, and GIS services.
  
• - Provides a regional forum for transportation planning and air quality planning issues.
  
• - Metropolitan planning organization committed to intergovernmental long-range transportation planning.
  
• - Responsible for land use and development in Northern Ireland. Information on the agency, services, controls, and plans.
  
• - Information on the agency and its studies, plans, and rideshare program.
  
• - Seeks to leverage federal real estate actions in ways that bolster community efforts to encourage smart growth, economic vitality, and cultural vibrancy.
  
• - Department of Illinois village includes planning, building, and economic development divisions.
  
• - Provides transportation planning, grant administration, economic development, and rural transit planning.
  
• - Includes details of the Council's Local Plan, Local Development Framework, housing policy, and urban design information.
  
• - Includes ordinances, bylaws, and schedule, comprehensive plan, handbook of fees and charges, and zoning information for Oregon city.
  
• - Serves the western six counties of upper Michigan: Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon.
  
• - Covers policy and systems planning, transportation statistics, and environmental management.
  
• - Joint city-county agency charged with guiding growth and development for the City of Charlotte, North Carolina and the surrounding region. Includes information on plans, historic districts, and GIS resources.
  
• - Serves the Philadelphia-Camden-Trenton metropolitan area with regional planning, transportation planning, and data products and services.
  
• - Issues building and land use permits for unincorporated areas near Seattle. Includes information on properties and permitting, codes and policies, and current topics.
  
• - Information about the official planning agency for the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. Includes an overview of the agency and services plus news and event information, regional statistics, and publications.
  
• - Advises on issues affecting long-range planning. Features opportunities for public involvement and an extensive section on housing issues in the city.
  
• - Oregon's planning program is its emphasis on livability and sound land-use planning based on 19 statewide planning goals.
  
• - Assists in planning and development in in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  
• - Provides land use, zoning, development, and other planning services in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area.
  
• - Agency responsible for all planning and zoning issues in the city.
  
• - Regional planning organization for a nine county region including and surrounding Charlotte, North Carolina.
  
• - The metropolitan planning organization for Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina counties in Ohio.
  
• - A program designed to incorporate the public in the decision making process.
  
• - Research and data on the social and economic forces that affect the well-being of rural people and their communities.
  
• - Supports creative urban regeneration solutions in central London by forging and strengthening physical and social links between the two sides of the river.
  
• - Association of Central Ohio governments. Provides planning, programming, and brokerage services for housing, transportation, water, land use, zoning, environmental, and technology issues.
  
• - Addresses and defines policies for cooperative economic and regional planning between municipalities and county governments in the Treasure Coast region of Florida.
  
• - Provides information on land use issues, growth management, comprehensive neighborhood planning, and census data.
  
• - Department responsible for zoning, demographics, and planning issues.
  
• - Carries out appeals and holding inquiries under planning and environmental legislation in England and Wales.
  
• - Developing and pursuing the implementation of a multi-modal transportation plan for an 18 municipality Vermont region.
  
• - Group of business and civic leaders committed to promotion and implementation of sensible planning and development policies in the Chicago region.
  
• - Information about the official planning agency for Peoria-Pekin, Illinois metropolitan area.
  
• - Creates public/private partnerships providing solutions for regional transportation, environmental concerns, and economic development in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area.
  
• - Created in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, the LMDC is charged with planning and coordinating the rebuilding and revitalization of Lower Manhattan and the World Trade Center site.
  
• - Includes news, press releases, strategic plan, directory of business resources, and information on programs such as development incentives for housing and small business, development areas, and the DC Enterprise Zone.
  
• - Planning agency for Curitiba, Brazil, a city often identified as a model of successful sustainable development. In Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
  
• - Provides planning for federal land and buildings in the District of Columbia and surrounding jurisdictions. Includes overview of agency, schedule of meetings, listing of activities, and press releases.
  
• - Regional planning entity for southern West Virginia. Provides comprehensive planning, funding coordination, and technical assistance.