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LINKS WE RECOMMEND:

GREAT DATA SOURCES

PLANNING LAW SOURCES

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT SITES

SOME OF OUR ASSOCIATES

OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

GREAT DATA SOURCES:
American Fact Finder A great Census Bureau starting point for basic facts.
Government Information Sharing Project A great site for extracting county-wide data and comparing years.
Bureau of Economic Analysis Good source of economic data by county and state.
USDA Economic Research Service Lots of data and information on the agricultural economy.
The Inflation Calculator An excellent little site that calculates the current value of money - lots of uses.
GolfWeb An excellent site for data on golf courses and their use.
Forest Inventory and Analysis The USDA Forest Service site for forest data by county.
U.S. Newspaper Links Links to newspapers across the U.S. with websites. Very useful.
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PLANNING LAW SOURCES:
American Law Institute An organization that gives special attention to land use law issues.
The Code of Federal Regulations More than you'll ever want to know about Federal red tape.
FindLaw A tool for searching out Federal law.
Selected PA Statutes Full texts of several key Pennsylvania laws applicable to municipalities and not available below.
PA Statutes (§53) Pennsylvania laws applicable to municipalities (does not include all - see above).
New York State Government Information Locator Less useful than it sounds, but good overall.
PACE University Land Use Law Center Good overall legal background on planning issues.
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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT SITES:
Sullivan County, New York The official County website, with links to a great deal more.
The Dilworthtown Inn A superb Brandywine Valley restaurant and a great website.
Catskill Watershed Corporation An exciting organization facing major challenges and great opportunities.
WEDCO The Wayne County Economic Development Corporation (PA) website. Well done.
Schoharie County Planning & Development Agency An excellent county planning agency and very useful website.
The Dime Bank A progressive small-town bank that "always remembers..it's your dime."
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County Located in the heart of the wine country. A great area!
The Nevele Grande Resort A Catskill resort refurbished with our help. A great spot and excellent website!
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SOME OF OUR ASSOCIATES:
HRG Consultants, Inc. A great heritage tourism planning firm with whom we associated on the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway project.
The Saratoga Associates An excellent economic development and GIS resource for larger projects.
American Farmland Trust - Northeast Region A great resource on conservation easement law.
Fairweather Consulting A Saratoga Associates affiliate with whom we have worked on several projects.
Thomas Point Associates A small but broad based firm specializing in economic development.
Allee King Rosen & Fleming A premier environmental and transportation firm.
Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Alschuler An economic consulting firm with expertise in public/private partnerships.
Woodland Design Associates Another environmental and landscape architectural firm with whom we have done extensive work..
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OTHER LINKS:
Wayne County Chamber of Commerce Our local Chamber. A very determined and active group.
Why You Should Locate Your Business in Downtown Honesdale A dozen reasons to come to Honesdale, our home town.
Planning Commissioners Journal - Planners Web A very practical, down to earth planning information source. Superb!
Cyburbia The ultimate planning information resource. Great!.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Some good material on emerging land use issues - a national thank tank.
The Center for the Study of Economics The real answer to most thorny planning issues - if only we had the guts to do it!
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