Land Use and Open Space
Now is the time to plan a better future. We are helping communities protect valuable parks and open spaces, and make better decisions about what, where and how to build next. We do this by providing open space preservation workshops, an annual bicycle "conference on wheels," and working to improve transportation choices in the metro region.
Citizens' Guide to Local Land Use Planning
Open the doors to your local planning process - check out the Citizens' Guide to Local Land Use Planning
- What is planning, anyway? Take a walk through Anytown, MN and to view a glossary of common planning terms.
- Search the metro area for your city to find out how your community development process works.
Land Use Library
Hardcopies of these resources are available by contacting at 612-659-9124 x307.
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Re:Focus: Making Decisions for Future Generations
The McKnight Foundation report highlighting the Twin Cities' outer-ring suburbs and the possibilities for their zone of growth and development. -
Conversations: Interviews with Open Space Activists
Read the stories of six citizens with first-hand experiences in successfully protecting threatened open spaces from destruction. -
An Activist's Guide to Land Use Planning (pdf, 611k)
A neat brochure on easy ways to get involved in the development of your community. -
Building Better: A Guide to America's Best New Development Projects
Exciting examples of the many sound alternatives to strip malls and sprawling subdivisions. Features a redevelopment in Hopkins, MN.
Our Land Use and Transportation Committee meets the first Monday of the month, 6:00pm, at the Sierra Club office. All are welcome! For more info contact at 612-659-9124 x307.
