HomeMy WebLinkAboutLincoln Institute of Land PolicLINCOLN
INSTITUTE
OF LAND POLICY
May 2, 2006
To:
Montana Municipal Official
From:
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Citizen Plannere Resource Kit
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a nonprofit educational and research institute in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, is pleased to offer the planning board in your community a
complimentary Citizen Planners Resource Kit. We ask that you please forward this
letter and attachment to the chair of the citizen planning board for his/her review.
PaCe of the Lincoln Institute's mission is to reach out to citizen planning commissions
through its educational programs, publications, multi-media resources and Website. It is for
this reason we have developed the Citizen Planners Resource Kit for distribution to local
planning boards and commissions across the United States. To learn more about the Lincoln
Institute please go to www.lincolninst.edu.
The Citizen Planners Resource Kit (CPR Kit) has been designed for volunteer
planning commissions and planning boards. We recognize that planning commissions
and boards are made up of citizens from the community--volunteere who care deeply about .
their community and the planning precess but have limited time for professional planning
education. We also know that educational resources are often not readily available to citizen
planning commissions and that most resources are designed for professional plannere.
The CPR Kit includes publications on smart grewth, regionalism, and conservation
easements, as well as a copy of the Institute's quarterly magazine, Land Lines. The kit also
includes the Making Sense of Place DVD and free access to online courses designed
specifically for citizen planning officials. Please see the enclosed sheet for a complete list of
resources included in the CPR Kit. We ara offering the CPR Kit for free because we want
citizen planners to have access to recent research, relevant case studies and educational
materials that address local and regional planning issues across the United States. To learn
more about the CPR Kit please go to www. lincolninst e u and click on the red CPR Kit
icon on the right side of the screen and a link will take you to the CPR Kit page.
If you would like to receive a free Citizen Planners Resource Kit please contact the
Lincoln Institute at:
· c it I'nca~ .edu or
· 800-LAND-USE (800-52.6-3873)
Please include your name, mailing address, phone number and email and a CPR kit will be
sent to you approximately two to three weeks after you place your order.
We look forward to hearing frem you. If you have any questions about the Lincoln Institute
or the CPE Kit please feel free to contact us at corkitt~lincolninst.edu or visit our Website at
www.lincolnin~t.edu.
113 BRATTLE STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02188-3400
617/661- 3016 Fax 617/661-7235
L LINCOLN INSTITUTE
OF LAND POLICY
The CPR Kit includes the following resources:
Publications · Planning Policy and Politics: Smart Growth and the States (book)
· Smart Growth: Form and Consequences (book)
· Exploring Ad Hoc Regionalism (policy focus report)
· Regionalism on Purpose (policy focus report)
· Reinventing Conservation Easements (policy focus report)
· Land Lines, January 2006 (quarterly magazine)
· Property Tax Reform and Smart Growth (Land Lines reprint, January 2004)
Access to online courses · Valuing Land Affected By Conservation Easements
· Planning Fundamentals
· Planning Fundam.entals: Concepts in Land Use
· Introduction to New England Forests
· Vermont Planning Fundamentals (example of how a particular state
implements the concept of stewardship of land)
Multi-media resource
· Making Sense of Place: Phoenix-The Urban Desert (film)
For detailed information about these resources please go to
www.lincolninst.edu and click on the red CPR Kit icon on the right side of the
screen. The link will take you to the CPR Kit page.
To order your Citizen Planners Resource Kit
please contact the Lincoln Institute at
cor kit@lincolninst.ed u
800-LAND-USE (800-526-3873)
You will receive your CPR Kit approximately two to three weeks after placing your
order.
Brattle Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Phone 617-661-30:[6 Fax 6Z7-661-7235