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MASSACHUSETTS
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| American Planning Association - Massachusetts Chapter |
The American Planning Association is a nonprofit public interest and research organization dedicated to encouraging planning that will contribute to public well-being by developing communities and environments that meet the needs of people and society more effectively. |
| Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod |
The mission of the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod is to promote policies and programs that foster the preservation of the natural resources of Cape Cod. |
| Berkshire Regional Planning Commission |
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is the official area-wide planning agency in the Berkshire region. |
| Cape Cod Commission |
The Cape Cod Commission is a regional planning and regulatory agency created to prepare and implement a regional land use policy plan for Cape Cod, review and regulate Developments of Regional Impact, and recommend designation of certain areas as Districts of Critical Planning Concern. |
| Center for Rural Massachusetts |
The Center for Rural Massachusetts is a research center of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst that focuses on ways to manage and control growth through actions of rural communities. |
| Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission |
The Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission is a planning partnership serving the interests of its 40 member communities. |
| Environmental League of Massachusetts |
The Environmental League of Massachusetts is dedicated to protecting the air, water, and land for the people of the commonwealth. |
| Franklin Regional Council of Governments |
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is a regional municipal services and planning organization based in the upper Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. |
| Massachusetts Citizen Planner Training Collaborative |
The Massachusetts Citizen Planner Training Collaborative empowers local officials serving on Planning Boards and Zoning Boards of Appeals to make effective and judicious decisions regarding development, transportation, natural resources and the environment by providing them with educational opportunities, access to information and resources and by encouraging the cooperation and integration of land use boards within local government |
| Merrimack Valley Planning Commission |
The Merrimack Valley Planning Commission is a regional planning agency providing professional planning services to fifteen communities in Northeastern Massachusetts. |
| Metropolitan Area Planning Council |
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is a regional planning agency representing 101 cities and towns in the metropolitan Boston area. |
| Montachusett Regional Planning Commission |
The Montachusett Regional Planning Commission is a regional advisory board for twenty communities whose purpose is to carry out comprehensive regional planning in the Montachusett area. |
| The Nantucket Comprehensive Community Plan |
The Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission was established to plan for the orderly and coordinated development and protection of the physical, social, and economic resources of the Island of Nantucket. |
| Northern Middlesex Council of Governments |
The Northern Middlesex Council of Governments works with the communities of the Greater Lowell region to support and enhance a wide range of land use planning objectives. |
| Old Colony Planning Council |
The Old Colony Planning Council was established to prepare plans for the physical, social and economic development of the District. |
| Pioneer Valley Planning Commission |
The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is the regional planning body for the Pioneer Valley Region. |
| Regional Planning Program |
The goal of the Regional Planning Program is to stimulate creative and systematic approaches for addressing and resolving the physical, economic, and social problems of towns, cities, and larger regions. |
| Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District |
The Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District is a public agency authorized to plan for the future of southeastern Massachusetts which includes expansion of economic opportunity, protection of natural and historic resources, and development of excellent physical and cultural amenities. |
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NEW ENGLAND/NORTHEAST
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| New England Association of Regional Councils |
The New England Association of Regional Councils works to increase the effectiveness of regional councils in New England. |
| Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development |
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is one of four regional rural development centers in the nation and serves as a unique regional and national network to catalyze, initiate, facilitate and evaluate research and educational programs that have the potential to improve the social and economic well-being of individuals in small towns and rural places. |
NATIONAL
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| Congress for the New Urbanism |
Congress for the New Urbanism works with architects, developers, planners, and others involved in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism. |
| Lincoln Institute of Land Policy |
The mission of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is to study and teach land policy, including land economics and land taxation. |
| National Association of Regional Councils |
The National Association of Regional Councils is a nonprofit membership organization serving the interests of regional planning councils nationwide. |
| National Center for Smart Growth |
National Center for Smart Growth deals with a broad range of growth, preservation, and development issues. |
| Smart Communities Network |
The Smart Communities Network suports communities national in the promotion of sustainable development. |