• The Greenness of Cities
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
(PDF file) - March 10, 2008

• Citizen Action Update (Mass. Smart Growth Alliance) (PDF file) - March 4, 2008

• Shades of Green: The Patchwork of Wetlands Regulations in Massachusetts
Pioneer Institute of Public Policy Research
(PDF file) - February 2008

• Smart Growth Toolkit
Smart Growth Leadership Institute
January 2008

• Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change
Smart Growth America
November 2007

• Planning for the Future of Massachusetts: Six Key Recommendations to our Next Governor to Achieve Sustainable Growth in the Commonwealth (PDF file)
APA - MA Chapter; MA Association of Consulting Planners; MA Association of Planning Directors; and MA Association of Regional Planning Agencies
October 2006

• The Impacts of Commuter Rail in Greater Boston (PDF file)
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
September 2006

• Candidate Briefing Book on Smart Growth (PDF file)
MA Smart Growth Alliance
September 22, 2006

• Implementing Growth Management: The Community Preservation Act (PDF file)
Elisabeth M. Hamin, Margaret Ounsworth Steere and Wendy Sweetser
Journal of Planning Education and Research
September 1, 2006

• Building the Line to Equity: Six Steps for Achieving Equitable Transit Oriented Development in Massachusetts (PDF file)
Action for Regional Equity
August 2006

• Conservation Based Affordable Housing: Improving the Nature of Affordable Housing
Kendra J. Briechle, The Conservation Fund
July 2006

• Smart and Affordable: How Communities Have Achieved Affordable Housing in 'Smart' Locations (PDF file)
by Philip Herr for the Massachusetts Housing Partnership
June 2006

• On the Right Track: Meeting Greater Boston's Transit and Land Use Challenges (PDF file)
Urban Land Institute Boston District Council
May 2006

• House Rules: Can the state's new smart growth plans give would-be homebuyers a fighting chance? (PDF file)
by Michael Jonas, Commonwealth Magazine
January 6, 2006

• Growth Gamble: New England: New Century, New Game
by Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson
January 2006

• Shared Destinies: A Smart Growth Agenda for Massachusetts (MA Smart Growth Alliance) (PDF file)
December 13, 2005

• Affordable Housing and Open Space Presentation (PDF file)
December 6, 2005

• Open Space, Housing Construction and Home Prices: What's the Payoff from Smart Growth? (PDF file)
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
September 2005

• The Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing - Executive Summary (PDF file) - September 27, 2005

• New Transit Oriented Development Program, NOFA and Guidelines
September 22, 2005

• New Smart Growth Criteria for Housing Programs (PDF file)
September 13, 2005

• Affordable Housing & Smart Growth: A Case Study Series
Case Study #1: Wakefield Adopts Smart Growth Zoning(PDF file)
Case Study #2: Creating a New Mixed-Income, Sustainable Community: Pond View Village, Gloucester (PDF file)
Case Study #3: Bedford Builds Consensus Around Redevelopment of Deteriorated Downtown Site (PDF file)
Case Study #4: Envisioning the Transformation of an Old Mill Building and Its Neighborhood in Taunton's Weir Village (PDF file)

• Powerpoint presentations on Density
National MultiHousing Council
June 23, 2005

• The Practice of Low Impact Development (PDF file)
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
June 2005

• A Greener Plan for Affordable Housing: How States are Using the Housing Credit to Advance Sustainability (PDF file)
The Enterprise Foundation
May 2005

• CHAPA’s Recommendations for Smart Growth Criteria in
Chapter 40B (PDF file)
May 2, 2005

• From Abandonment to Opportunity: Redeveloping the Commonwealth's Brownfields (PDF file)
Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
May 2, 2005
Note: This document may take a while to download and may require Adobe Acrobat 7.0

• Final Regulations for Chapter 40R Smart Growth Zoning (PDF file)
March 22, 2005

• Fixing it First: Targeting Infrastructure Investments to Improve State Economies and Invigorate Existing Communities (PDF file)
NGA Center for Best Practices
March 2005

• Job Sprawl and the Spatial Mismatch Between Blacks and Jobs (PDF file)
The Brookings Institution
February 2005

• Regional Equity and Smart Growth: Opportunities for Advancing Social and Economic Justice in America (PDF file)
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities February 2005

• Wakefield By-Laws: Zoning for Affordable Housing and Smart Growth
January 6, 2005

• Final Smart Growth Zoning Legislation (PDF file) May 27, 2004

• Summary of New Smart Growth Zoning Legislation (Ch. 40R)
(PDF file) - August 3, 2004

• Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit
Urban Land Institute (PDF file)
August 2003

• Promise and Challenge: Achieving Regional Equity in Greater Boston (PDF file)
PolicyLink, May 2003

• Smart Communities: Curbing Sprawl at its Core (PDF file)
by Tony Proscio
Published by LISC
November 2002

• Affordable Housing and Smart Growth: Making the Connection
(PDF file)
National Neighborhood Coalition
2001