Beach Berm

National Health Beaches Campaign 
NOAA Coastal Services Center
 

 

Sense of Community

Active Living Communities
Creating a Sense of Community
A Plan for Tomorrow: Stronger and Healthier Communities
Schools as Centers of Community

  Walking

Walkable Communities
Streets for People
Make Your Community Walkable
Pedestrian Policies and Design Guidelines 2005
Planning Walkible Communities

Bicycling

Bike Lane Design Guide
Whatcom County Bike Plain

Automobiles

Traffic Calming Resources 
Download Parking Spaces / Community Places
Housing and Transportation Affordability Index
More Traffic Calming
Bike Lane Design Guide
Mental Speed Bumps

Housing

National Housing Market With Map

 
Density

Density and Livability PDF
Learning from Abroad
Higher Density & Higher Water Quality
Report Examines Higher Density
Healthier Communities Today (PowerPoint)

 

Sprawl

Endangered by Sprawl
Forum on Sprawl
Economic Consequences of Sprawl
Urban Sprawl & Health
The Tangle of Growth
Growth Facts of Life
The Economic Costs of Development on Government

Beyond Sprawl

Five  acre lots

Birch Bay Community Plan

• Subarea Plan - Final Plan 9/28/04
• Birch Bay Capital Facilities
• Birch Bay Shoreline Enhancement
• Birch Bay Stormwater Management Plan
• WWU Studio Design Class:  Birch Bay Town Center
• Birch Bay Design Guidelines and Standards

Organizations Involved with
Growth Issues,

Smart Growth America
Smart Growth Online
Smart Growth News Online 
Smart Growth Birch Bay
EPA Smart Growth
Sustainable Comminutes Network
Michigan Land Use Institute
Smart Growth News Online
Puget Sound Action Team
Public Places & Spaces
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
People For Puget Sound
ImpactFees.Com
Smart City Radio (Past Shows)
Municipal Research Center
 

Affordable Housing

Making Housing Affordable
Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up
 

Miscellaneous

Study Finds U.S. Manufactured-Home Owners
Face 'Quasi-Homelessness'
The future of homes and housing
Public Health and the Built Environment PDF
Architects Advocates for Livable Communities
Green Buildings
Development: Myth or Fact
Affordable Housing
 

Cost of Service

Cost of Growth
mpactFees.Com
A Plan for Tomorrow: Creating Stronger and Healthier Communities Today (PowerPoint)
Washington Utilities & Transportation Com.

 

 Population

Population Map
U S Census for Birch Bay
10 Year Population & Tax Growth at Birch Bay

Old Birch Bay In Postcards  
Old Birch Bay Map
Arial Photos of Birch Bay
Drainage Areas in Birch Bay
Birch Bay Urban Growth Area Map
 

Smart City Radio

Listen to Past Smart City Radio





 

Planning Primers
(Start By Reading These)*

Planning Principals & Practices *
Remembering Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006*
What Jane Jacobs Really Saw
Fake Towns

Planning Urban Design Guidelines     
 

City of Mankato
What Makes a Community Livable?

Storm Water

Birch Bay Shoreline Study
2002 Burm Draft for Birch Bay
Washington State Dept. of Ecology - Stormwater Program
The Practices of Watershed Protection
Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington
Drainage Areas in Birch Bay
Stormwater Magazine
The Practices of Watershed Protection
Using Smart Growth Techniques for Stormwater Management
Tour The Beach
Storm Water in Portand
Hawaii digs in to shore up Waikiki Beach -

Water Quality

Living Water 
Water Quality Tests (Thanks Jerry)
Higher Density & Higher Water Quality

Taxes

Annual tax book 2006
Annual tax book 2005
Annual tax book 2004
Annual tax book 2003
Annual tax book 2002
Annual tax book 2001
2004 Taxes for Washington State Cities of Similar Populations to Birch Bay
10 Year Population & Tax Growth at Birch Bay
2005 Property Tax for Birch Bay
2006 Property Tax for Birch Bay

Governance

Cities 101
Birch Bay Map-Utility Districts
The City Solution for Birch Bay?
Let's Outsource the Whole City
Sudden Valley as a city poses too many questions

Incorporation Studies

Liberty Lake Incorporation Study
Spokane Valley
Proposed City of Sammamish
City of Sammamish  Feasibility Study
Fairwood
West Hill Governance Alternatives  

Will one development have less impact on
the economic and ecological environment?