NADO.org » Land Use http://www.nado.org National Association of Development Organizations Mon, 13 May 2013 18:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=197 Connecting the DOTs http://www.nado.org/connecting-the-dots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=connecting-the-dots http://www.nado.org/connecting-the-dots/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:40:03 +0000 Carrie Kissel http://www.nado.org/?p=3010 The NADO Research Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new special report by David Cole, former commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation and the former CEO of the Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC).  CONNECTING THE D•O•T•S, A Guide for Connecting with Your Department of Transportation (PDF, September 2011) is an entertaining yet highly informative guidebook for creative problem solving, building stronger state and local partnerships, and understanding the unique opportunities that transportation and economic development projects bring to regions and communities.

Report cover showing Penobscot Narrows Bridge in MaineCole uses his personal experiences from the state DOT and regional economic development worlds to tell a story and to share several important life lessons and takeaways.  As Cole quotes from a Maine DOT engineer, “all it takes is ‘one angry man with a laptop’ to significantly impede forward progress.”  We hope this new special report will help policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders think differently about the challenges and opportunities ahead for the nation and our local communities.

View the report at http://www.nado.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Cole_ConnectDOTs.pdf.

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]]> http://www.nado.org/connecting-the-dots/feed/ 0 Regional Approaches to Sustainable Development http://www.nado.org/regional-approaches-to-sustainable-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regional-approaches-to-sustainable-development http://www.nado.org/regional-approaches-to-sustainable-development/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:58:22 +0000 Kathy Nothstine http://www.nado.org/?p=2989 The NADO Research Foundation has released a new report, Regional Approaches to Sustainable Development: Linking Economic, Transportation, and Environmental Infrastructure in Rural and Small Metropolitan America.  Regional development organizations (RDOs) working in all types of communities across the country are designing and implementing strategies to create stronger, more dynamic, more resilient regional economies that are based on quality of place.  Featuring case studies from California, Michigan, North Carolina, and Utah, this report highlights the opportunities available to RDOs to undertake sustainable development initiatives using a systems-based approach.  View the report here (PDF).

]]> http://www.nado.org/regional-approaches-to-sustainable-development/feed/ 0 Integrating Land Use, Transportation and Economic Development in Pennsylvania http://www.nado.org/integrating-land-use-transportation-and-economic-development-in-pennsylvania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=integrating-land-use-transportation-and-economic-development-in-pennsylvania http://www.nado.org/integrating-land-use-transportation-and-economic-development-in-pennsylvania/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:10:04 +0000 Kathy Nothstine http://www.nado.org/?p=893 ...Pennsylvania initiated a statewide effort to integrate land use, transportation and economic development at the regional level through a process known as LUTED, under which the state’s regional planning and development organizations developed regional visions and strategies to identify projects]]> NADO LUTED ReportPennsylvania initiated a statewide effort to integrate land use, transportation and economic development at the regional level through a process known as LUTED, under which the state’s regional planning and development organizations developed regional visions and strategies to identify projects related to multiple issue areas.

In April 2010, the NADO Research Foundation held a Peer Exchange event in Pennsylvania to learn more about this effort. At this event, a group of transportation planning practitioners from rural and small metropolitan regions across the nation visited three regional planning and economic development organizations based in Pennsylvania: the Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission, SEDA-Council of Governments and Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. This proceedings report describes the background of regional planning and the LUTED process in Pennsylvania, and provides case studies of how the three organizations observed on the Peer Exchange approached the integration of land use, transportation and economic development planning in their regions.

NADO LUTED Report (PDF)

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