Overview
Across the West, communities are working hard to find practical ways to be more sustainable and resilient - and succeeding!
The Successful Communities Online Toolkit information exchange (SCOTie) is a repository of best practices and resources from model western communities created by Western Lands and Communities, a joint venture of Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Sonoran Institute. At its foundation, SCOTie combines years of planning experience and recognized leadership in capacity building, planning and visioning efforts of the Sonoran Institute with the expertise of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. SCOTie empowers planners and community advocates with tools to make important changes in their communities.
SCOTie is a database of active model smart growth and resource protection plans and policies from rural, amenity, and urban communities across the West. The information contained within the toolkit is designed to inform planners of best practices from peer western communities to preserve local identity, stimulate a healthy economy, safeguard natural and cultural resources, and empower communities to craft policies that fit their local circumstances. For a copy of our project flyer click here.
Contact:
Erika Mahoney
Program Associate
Western Lands and Communities Program
Sonoran Institute
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www.sonoraninstitute.org
Now in its seventh year, Western Lands and Communities, a joint venture of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Sonoran Institute, works to shape growth, sustain cities, protect resources, and empower communities in the Intermountain West. We address these challenges through research, tool development, demonstration projects, engagement of policy makers, and education programs.
The Sonoran Institute inspires and enables community decisions and public policies that respect the land and people of western North America. The Institute contributes to a vision of a West with healthy landscapes, vibrant communities, and resilient economies. The nonprofit Sonoran Institute, founded in 1990, works across the rapidly changing West to conserve and restore natural and cultural assets and to promote better management of growth and change. The institute’s community-based approach emphasizes collaboration, civil dialogue, sound information, local knowledge, practical solutions, and big-picture thinking.
Contact:
Susan Culp
Program Manager
Western Lands and Communities Program
Sonoran Institute
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www.sonoraninstitute.org
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a private operating foundation whose mission is to improve the quality of public debate and decisions in the areas of land policy and land-related taxation in the United States and around the world. The Institute’s goals are to integrate theory and practice to better shape land policy and to provide a nonpartisan forum for discussion of the multidisciplinary forces that influence public policy. The Institute seeks to inform decision making through education, research, demonstration projects, and the dissemination of information through publications, our web site, and other media. Lincoln Institute programs bring together scholars, practitioners, public officials, policy advisers, and involved citizens in a collegial learning environment.
Contact:
Anthony Flint
Directory of Public Affairs
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
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www.lincolninst.edu
