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Portland, OR, Digital Equity Action Plan
Adopted April 2016This functional plan presents a strategy to increase digital inclusion and equity in Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon. -
Seattle, WA, Digital Equity Initiative Action Plan
2016This functional plan presents a strategy to help the city close its digital divide. -
From Connectivity to Community
November 2018This guide is designed to help communities use their broadband infrastructure to promote economic development, build social cohesion, and improve quality of life. -
New York, NY, Guidelines for the Internet of Things
2018This guide is designed to help city agencies and partners deploy Internet of Things (IoT) projects. -
The Digital Inclusion Coalition Guidebook
May 2018by: Bill Callahan, Tianca Crocker, Angela SieferThis guide is designed to help community stakeholders form coalitions to promote digital equity. -
Intelligent Communities Forum
2018This website provides information about a global network of cities and regions using information and communications technology to improve their economic competitiveness, promote social equity, and improve quality of life. -
Making Sense of Smart Cities: Addressing Present Short Comings
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 8: 131-136, 2014by: Rob KitchinThis article analyzes shortcomings in the academic literature on smart cities and provides suggestions for future research. -
Ways to Fail at Form-Based Codes 03: Misapply the Transect
Placemakers, May 2, 2013by: Hazel BorysThis blog post discusses a major way form-based codes can fail which is when a municipality misapplies the Transect that helps guide form-based development. -
Ways to Fail at Form-Based Codes 04: Don’t Capture the Character
Placemakers, May 16, 2013by: Hazel BorysThis blog post discusses a major way form-based codes can fail which is when a municipality fails to capture local character within the code’s basic metrics. -
A Delaware Guide to Form-Based Codes
December 2013This fact sheet discusses the four common factors all form-based codes are comprised of as well as form-based code benefits. -
Ways to Fail at Form-Based Codes 02: Make It Mandatory Citywide
Placemakers, April 22, 2013by: Hazel BorysThis blog post discusses a major way form-based codes can fail which is when a municipality adopts an all-new replacement code without having adequate local support. -
Ways to Fail at Form-Based Codes 01: Don't Articulate a Vision
Placemakers, February 21, 2013by: Hazel BorysThis blog post discusses a major way form- based codes can fail and that is the failure to establish a community vision that can then be codified. -
Current Trends in Smart City Initiatives: Some Stylised Facts
Cities, 38: 25-36, 2014by: Paolo Neirotti, Alberto De Marco, Anna CaglianThis article analyzes international trends in smart city initiatives. -
Form-Based Codes: Implementing Smart Growth
June 2005This fact sheet discusses what form-based codes are and why they are effective. -
Urban Planning and Building Smart Cities Based on the Internet of Things Using Big Data Analytics
Computer Networks, 101: 63-80, 2016by: M. Rathore, Awais Ahmad, Anand PaulThis article examines how Internet connected devices and the analysis of big data may shape urban planning. -
Smart Cities: Definitions, Dimensions, Performance, and Initiatives
Journal of Urban Technology, 3(1): 3-21, 2015by: Vito Albino, Umberto Berardi, Rosa DangelicoThis article examines the meaning of the term "smart city" and analyzes various metrics used to measure city "smartness." -
Innovative Zoning Techniques: Form-Based Zoning
Community Planning Fact Sheet #8This fact sheet discusses what a form-based code is and why other municipalities have started adopting this innovative regulatory tool. -
Form-Based Codes
September 2006This fact sheet discusses what a form-based code is and the advantages it brings to a municipality if adopted. -
Form-Based Codes: Lessons Learned from a Mount Holly, NJ Case Study
March 2012This case study examines the development of Mount Holly’s form-based code and a list of lessons learned that can be applied to other municipalities. -
Case Study: Transforming Marquette, Michigan's Waterfront with Form-Based Code
August 2015This case study examines how the City of Marquette, Michigan redeveloped their waterfront using form-based codes as a regulatory tool. -
Hillsboro, OR, Smart City Strategy
December 2017This functional plan explains how the city conceptualizes "smart city" and presents a smart city framework. -
What Are the Differences Between Sustainable and Smart Cities?
Cities, 60: 234-245, 2017by: Hannele Ahvenniemi, Aapo Huovila, Isabel Pinto-SeppäThis article analyzes the overlap between concepts of the "smart" and "sustainable" city. -
Ottawa, ON, Smart City 2.0
Adopted November 2017This functional plan presents a strategy to help the city select and prioritize smart city intiatives. -
Edmonton, AB, Smart City
2018This web page provides information about the city's smart city strategy and initiatives. -
Smart Cities: A Conjecture of Four Forces
Cities, 47: 95-106, 2015by: Margarita AngelidouThis article examines two separate strands of thought that inform contemporary discussions of smart cities. -
Bellevue, WA, Enterprise Technology Strategic Plan
August 2018This functional plan details a strategy for how the city will use information and communications technology to advance city goals. -
West Hollywood, CA, WEHO Smart City Strategic Plan
Adopted February 2018This functional plan details a strategy to help the city organize, prioritize, and implement smart city initiatives. -
Developing Under a Form-Based Code
June 2018This recorded webinar examines how form-based codes guide development to support smart growth principles. -
Form-Based Codes in 7-Steps: The Michigan Guidebook to Livability
January 2010by: Leslie Kettren, Christina Anderson, AICP, James BedellThis guide is designed to inform municipalities in Michigan on what a form-based code is and how it can be implemented. -
Wisconsin Planning, Housing and Transportation Statutes
Government Code §66.1027., Amended 2017These statutes preempt certain local regulations for traditional neighborhood development. -
Form-Based Codes for Big-Box Retail
October 2007This guide is designed to help municipalities in Delaware Valley understand form-based codes and how they can use it to regulate big-box retail stores. -
Form-Based Code Handbook
August 2008This guide is designed to help municipalities understand what a form-based code is as well as how to develop it with the help of tips and graphics. -
Form-Based Codes: A Step-by-Step Guide for Communities
October 2014This guide is designed to inform municipalities in the Chicago metropolitan region on what a form-based code is and the methods that can be used for implementation. -
Form-Based Codes: A Primer for Delaware Municipalities
April 2014by: William DeCoursey, Tyler Berl, Jeremy RothwellThis guide is designed to help municipalities understand what a form-based code is and to show how to examine if this regulating tool is a good fit for their area. -
GVMC, MI, Form Based Code Study
September 2005This model ordinance provides a template to help cities and counties in the Grand Valley metropolitan area create their own form-based code to regulate development. -
Template Form-Based Code for Centers & Corridors Along the Wasatch Front
April 2013This guide is designed to help municipalities in Utah with code calibration while providing a final code document template for their use. -
Distinguishing Capital Projects from Maintenance Needs
Finance Officer’s Desk, May 17, 2016by: Charlie FrancisThis blog post provides four tips to help local officials decide whether a project belongs in the capital improvements program (CIP) or the operating budget. -
Prioritizing Capital Investments; Capital Improvement Program: Part 2
MSU Extension News, March 21, 2014by: Kurt Schindler, AICPThis blog post discusses the importance of project prioritization to the capital improvements programming process. -
Financing Capital Investments; Capital Improvement Program: Part 3
MSU Extension News, March 21, 2014by: Kurt Schindler, AICPThis blog post discusses funding options for capital projects included in the capital improvements program (CIP). -
4 Tips for Aligning Capital Planning Across the Organization
Finance Officer’s Desk, May 24, 2016by: Charlie FrancisThis blog post provides four tips for interdepartmental coordination on capital improvements programming. -
Capital Improvement Program
Vermont Land Use Planning Implementation Manual Topic Paper 4, April 2007This fact sheet provides an overview of the capital improvement program (CIP) for Vermont communities. -
10 Ways to Strengthen Your Government's Capital Improvement Plan
OpenGov, June 8, 2017This blog post provides 10 tips to improve local capital improvements programming processes. -
Massachusetts Capital Improvement Planning Guide: Developing a Comprehensive Community Program
August 2016This guide is designed to help municipalities in Massachusetts develop a capital improvement program. -
New Hampshire Planning Board Handbook
December 2017This guide includes a section to help municipalities in New Hampshire develop a capital improvements program. -
Capital Planning Policies
September 2013This guide is designed to help cities and counties develop policies for capital planning. -
Planning and Zoning*A*Syst #11: Capital Improvements Review
May 2018by: Bradley Neumann, AICP, Kurt Schindler, AICP, Jasneet SharmaThis guide presents a tool to help planning commissions in Michigan audit their capital improvement review procedures. -
Planning and Zoning*A*Syst #9: Capital Improvement Programming
May 2018by: Jasneet Sharma, Bradley Neumann, AICP, Kurt Schindler, AICPThis guide presents a tool to help planning commissions in Michigan audit their capital improvement programming processes. -
New York Local Government Management Guide: Multiyear Capital Planning
2009This guide is designed to help municipalities in New York develop and implement a capital improvements program. -
Utah Capital Improvement Planning: An Introduction for Local Leaders
August 2018This guide is designed to help cities and counties develop capital improvements programs. -
Washington Capital Facilities Planning Guidebook
October 2014This guide is designed to help cities and counties in Washington develop the capital facilities element of their comprehensive plan.