Empowering Municipal Sustainability: A Guide for Towns, Cities, and Citizens (Paperback)

INTRODUCTION PART I: SETTING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS Chapter 1: Identifying Your Key Environmental and Financial Issues Chapter 2: Mapping Your Municipality (Key Assets and Players) Chapter 3: Encouraging Activist Involvement in Local Elections Chapter 4: Building Public-Private Partnerships PART II: EXTERNAL FINANCING SOURCES Chapter 5: Land Trusts Chapter 6: Municipal Bonds Chapter 7: Government Grants Chapter 8: Corporate and Private Foundation Grants Chapter 9: Using Resources Already Available PART III: TOOLS FOR CHANGE Chapter 9: Setting Budgets and Tax Rates Chapter 10: Passing Ordinances for Zoning (Industrial, Commercial, Residential), Density, and Preservation Chapter 11: Asserting Eminent Domain Chapter 12: Impact Fees, Annexation, and Other Tools CONCLUSION APPENDICES