American Economic Development Council
The American Economic Development Council is a high-participation organization for people committed to economic development. The largest and oldest economic development society, AEDC serves close to 3,000 members and has been a home base for the profession since 1926. AEDC helps members create sustainable local economic development capabilities which are globally competitive; gives leadership in building knowledge, forming alliances, and managing key issues; and serves as a career anchor for economic developers who are--or wish to become--leaders in the profession.
American Planning Association/ American Institute of Certified Planners
This is the homepage of the American Planning Association (APA) as well as links to the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). This site also contains a lot of useful general information concerning planning issues and upcoming planning issues.
Council for Urban Economic Policy Program
Since 1967, CUED has grown over 30 years to become a wide ranging organization offering a variety of services to economic development practitioners and to other allied organizations as well
Cyburbia
This site is a general information site that covers many planning issues as well as architecture, and development. It also contains links to many different pages and sites that can be useful to planners and developers.
Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Communities
Contains information on Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Communities throughout the country.
Habitat for Humanity International
Provides a link to Habitat's Website. Learn all about how Habitat is helping thousands of families world wide.
Indiana Planning Association
The official website of the Indiana chapter of the American Planning Association.
Local Initiatives Support Commission (LISC)
LISC provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs for neighborhood redevelopment. When LISC begins a new program, National LISC matches locally-raised funds and gives that much more to the community for renovation. The CDC then designates the funds to a variety of projects that will best suit the neighborhood, and the renovation begins.
National Business Incubation Association
The purpose of this Web site is to provide a clearinghouse of information on the business incubation industry.
Neighborhoods Online
This site is aimed at providing fast access to information and ideas covering all aspects of neighborhood revitalization, as well as to create a national network of activists working on problems that affect us where we live.
Search the Indiana Code
This site contains the entire Indiana code. The code is searchable by keyword, title, section and article.
Terraserver
This site contains aerial maps and photographs for many US areas.
Urban Land Institute
This is the homepage of the Urban Land Institute. This site is useful when dealing with land use planning and zoning issues. Many interesting and useful links and information is on this page.
USA CityLink
This provides a link to many homepages for city and county governments. If you are looking for a city's homepage, go here first.
US Department of Agriculture
This is official page of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture and agriculture planning is an important part of the development of urban areas. Preservation and other issues can be addressed on this site as well as a lot of good data relating to agriculture.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
This is the homepage of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. As obviously stated by it's name, this department deals with housing and development issues. The site contains a lot of useful information, including consolidated plans for most cities throughout the country.
Village / Community Profile
This site provides some basic and general information on most incorporated areas throughout the country. Information such as area history, general profile, community life and commerce are all available.