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Western Lands and CommunitiesNow 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. |
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Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyLincoln 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. Lincoln Institute programs bring together scholars, practitioners, public officials, policy advisers, and involved citizens in a collegial learning environment. |
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Sonoran Institute
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. |
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Livable Cities CoalitionThe Livable Communities Coalition (LCC), is a coalition of non-profits and government agencies that network, share resources and educates policy makers on ways communities can transform themselves from being disconnected, car centric, energy consumptive and unhealthy to vibrant, resilient communities that provide live/work alternatives for a range of income levels with accessible transportation options and a community focused environment. |
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Sustainable Cities NetworkThe Sustainable Cities Network provides practitioners with knowledge, resources, and innovations to accelerate the valley toward national leadership in sustainability. Through the Network, partners, the steering committee, and workgroups collaborate to streamline city operations, advance solar energy, mitigate the urban heat island, design sustainable neighborhoods, and secure water supplies in a changing climate. Working together, Network partners are making sustainability a core value in city planning, policy, and operations. |
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American Planning Association Arizona ChapterThe American Planning Association, Arizona Chapter is a 1,200-plus member organization of professional planners and planning officials who serve Arizona’s communities in many ways, at all levels of government, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations. |
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Idaho Smart GrowthAs more people call Idaho home, Idaho Smart Growth brings Idahoans together to keep our communities vibrant and lands healthy. Through consulting, sharing best practices, and training, Idaho Smart Growth provides professionals inspiration and knowledge to build more vibrant, healthier communities that include parks, stores, restaurants, schools, and businesses you can walk to from your home |
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American Planning Association Idaho ChapterThe American Planning Association, Idaho Chapter is an organization of rural and urban planners and planning officials who serve Idaho's communities in many ways, at all levels of government, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations. As a chapter we strive to bring the best information on planning to use in our respective communities. |
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American Planning Association Colorado ChapterAPA Colorado, a chapter of the American Planning Association, is an organization of professionals and citizen planners providing vision and leadership for the future development of Colorado communities. |
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Arizona Cooperative ExtensionArizona Cooperative Extension, an outreach arm of the University of Arizona and a department of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is "taking the university to the people." Extension serves as a statewide network of knowledgeable faculty and staff that provides lifelong educational programs throughout the state in agriculture, youth development, natural resources, family, consumer and health sciences, community and economic development for all Arizonans. The University of Arizona is part of a nationwide educational network of scientists and educators who help people solve problems and put knowledge to use. Arizona Cooperative Extension provides a crucial link between the University and the citizens of Arizona. |
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Western PlannerThe Western Planner was established in 1979 and is an affiliation of 13 Western state planning associations. The WPR Board consists of representatives from the 13 planning organizations. The individual state organizations select representatives to represent their association on the WPR Board. The board also appoints an Editorial Board who reviews all feature articles and proofs each issue. The state representatives and editorial board members volunteer their time and efforts to produce a journal that concentrates on planning issues in the West and that addresses the unique needs of planners in the West. |
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ULI ArizonaThe mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. The ULI Arizona District Council was formed in the early 1980s, as a direct response to the need for educational forums and events at a local level. ULI Arizona has been a statewide convener for dialogs among change-agents and industry leaders in providing an unbiased and non-partisan exchange of ideas relevant to Arizona communities. ULI Arizona boasts nearly nine hundred members, and has one of the highest member participation rates of any ULI District Council. |
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Global Cool Cities AllianceThe Global Cool Cities Alliance is non-profit dedicated to advancing policies and actions that increase the solar reflectance of our buildings and pavements as a cost-effective way to promote cool buildings, cool cities, and to mitigate the effects of climate change through global cooling. |
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PANDOPando is an international online community with a professional focus, where researchers, academics, and public and private-sector practitioners focused on local sustainability challenges can share knowledge, network, and collaborate. By sourcing the most innovative communication principles from other social media, Pando offers a one-stop shop for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. Pando is a collaboration between Simon Fraser University's Centre for Sustainable Community Development, the BC Climate Action Secretariat, the journal Local Environment, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. |
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American Planning Association Western Central ChapterWestern Central Chapter (WCC), an official chapter of the American Planning Association (APA), has one of the largest geographic areas of the association encompassing Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota. WCC is a 300-plus member organization that advocates excellence in community planning. As we work with the challenges of growth, the environment and our changing world, we look to the best of planning practices to help us make responsible decisions that leave a lasting impact on our communities. WCC provides professional training, a semi-annual newsletter, an informational website, and participates in an annual conferences within our region. |
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Intermountain West Funders NetworkThe mission of the Intermountain West Funder Network (IMWFN) is to inspire and expand funding and philanthropic leadership to engage people in strengthening communities and serving as good stewards of natural resources. The IMWFN is committed to supporting authentic community engagement that leads to environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically prosperous regions and communities in the Intermountain West. |
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American Planning Association New Mexico ChapterThe vision of the New Mexico Chapter of the American Planning Association is to be a catalyst for the innovative stewardship of local, regional and statewide resources in order to support healthy New Mexico communities. |
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Western Rural Development Center
The Western Rural Development Center is a regional catalyst for capacity building in the West. The Center collaborates with its public and private sector partners to promote excellence in research, education, and Extension for the prosperity of western rural communities. |
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Community Food and Agriculture Coalition of Missoula County
CFAC is a multi-stakeholder coalition that addresses community needs related to food and agriculture in a comprehensive and creative way. The dedicated involvement of citizens, public officials, and people with a range of interests, such as farmers and anti-hunger advocates, is essential to securing the health of our local food and farming system. |
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Practitioners' Network for Large Landscape Conservation
The Practitioners' Network for Large Landscape Conservation is an alliance of professionals and citizens engaged in leading, managing, researching, advocating, funding, educating or setting policy to advance large landscape conservation initiatives. |
Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
ASLA's Mission is to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environments.
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Sustainable Cities Institute at the National League of Cities
The Sustainable Cities Institute is a dynamic online platform to assist city leaders identify, plan for and implement holistic, long-term approachesto community-wide sustainability. Part of the National League of Cities' Sustainability Program, SCI provides a range of tools to support both elected officials and city sustainability professionals, including: case studies, model policies, reports and guides, communication tools, city profiles, and more.
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Audubon International
Audubon International is a 501(c)(3) environmental not-for-profit organization that uses education, technical assistance, certification, and recognition to facilitate the implementation of sustainable natural resource management practices. The organization works with a diversity of partners and other stakeholders in the U.S. and throughout the world to positively impact environmental health at multiple geographic scales, including individual sites, campuses, communities, and regions. Through its Sustainable Communities Program, Audubon International also publicly recognizes the accomplishments of participating communities and helps them actively communicate their environmental successes and other positive strides being taken to collectively enhance and protect each community's natural, economic, and social capital.
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Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association
The Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association is an official Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). It is a member organization of professional planners and planning officials who serve Nevada communities in many ways, at all levels of government, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations.
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