Publications

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities, by Jim Howe, Ed McMahon, and Luther Propst, Island Press, 1997.

Rise of the Creative Class and How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life, by Richard Florida, Perseus Books Group, 2002.

Rural Sustainable Development in America, Edited by Ivonne Audirac, J. Wiley and Sons, 1997.

Appalachia: Turning Assets into Opportunities, Appalachian Regional Commission, 2004.

Web Sites

American Planning Association
www.planning.org

Arts Business Institute
www.artsbusinessinstitute.org

The Conservation Fund
www.conservationfund.org

Handmade Institute
www.handmadeinamerica.org/institute/institute.php

National Endowment for the Arts
www.nea.gov

National Geographic Society Sustainable Tourism Resource Center
www.nationalgeographic.com

National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.nationaltrust.org

National Park Service, National Heritage Area program
www.cr.nps.gov/heritageareas/index.htm

Scientific Certification Systems
www.scscertified.com

University of Maryland, Community Wealth
www.community-wealth.org

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/brownfields