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Massachusetts
Blackstone
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Encourages business and industrial growth in the Blackstone Valley in
Massachusetts while helping to preserve the unique community characteristics
of the area.
Central
Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
Assists local governments of the communities of Central and Southern Worcester
County in transportation, community development, and geographic information
systems.
Community
Preservation Initiative, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Tools and techniques to assess the effect of sprawl and achieve growth
that is protective of natural resources and consistent with the traditional
community character. Includes buildout analyses, Community Development
Plans, the Community Preservation Act, and the Green Neighborhoods Project.
Citizen
Planner Training Collaborative
Provides local officials serving on Planning Boards and Zoning Boards
of Appeals with educational opportunities and access to information and
resources. Encourages the cooperation and integration of landuse boards
within local government.
Massachusetts
Geographic Information System (MASSGIS)
Geographic and environmental data for Massachusetts.
Rhode Island
Blackstone
Valley Tourism Council
Oversees development of a coordinated visitor industry in the Rhode Island
Blackstone Valley communities through partnerships with intrastate, state,
regional, and New England organizations. The visitor industry consists
of the Valley's public and private sectors, natural, historic, cultural,
ethnic, industrial, educational, special events, and commercial resources.
Department
of Environmental Management
To improve, maintain and preserve high environmental quality, DEM offers
a number of programs that benefit communities – from help in creating
wastewater management districts to providing grants for recreation.
Sustainable
Watersheds Office
Coordinates RI DEM’s involvement in the Rhode Island Watershed Approach.
The goal of the watershed approach is to preserve, protect, and restore
Rhode Island’s environment through collaboration and consensus building.
This is done by establishing broad-based partnerships, called watershed
teams, to include all the key stakeholders within a watershed. This office
also coordinates what have traditionally been separate government programs
in order to use existing resources more effectively.
Grow
Smart Rhode Island
A coalition of organizations and agencies convened by Grow Smart Rhode
Island has developed a new training program for local public officials.
Entitled “Making Good Land-Use Decisions,” the two-part program
is designed to help elected officials and board and commission members
carry out their responsibilities for shaping growth in their communities.
Statewide
Planning Program
Charged with preparing and maintaining plans for the physical, economic,
and social development of the state; encouraging their implementation;
and coordinating the actions of state, local and federal agencies and
private individuals within the framework of the state’s development
goals and policies.
Rhode
Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS)
Monitors and coordinates activities related to the use of geographic information
system technology in Rhode Island, supports initiatives to implement or
use this technology, and provides access to a comprehensive data base
of geographically referenced information.
