Futurewise has compiled a directory of useful information about Smart Growth, Washington's Growth Management Act, as well as links to other good land use resources.

Washington's Growth Management Act

• An Introduction to Smart Growth
• About Washington's Growth Management Act
• Smart Growth Research on the Internet (PDF version)
  

Futurewise Smart Growth resources

• Tips for Effective Public Testimony
• A Citizen's Guide to the Five-Year Review (PDF version)
• Ten Questions to Ask About Your City or County Comprehensive Plan (PDF version)
• Ten Questions to Ask About Your City or County Development Regulations (PDF version)
  
• The Growth Management Act After More than 10 Years: Another Look and a Response to Criticisms (PDF version)
  
• Futurewise publications

Other Smart Growth resources

• Growing Cooler, a book authored by Smart Growth America, Urban Land Institute, and others
• A short video by the Congress for New Urbanism on the problems with urban spawl

Links to growth management resources

• State Office of Community, Trade & Economc Development - the state agency responsible for land use
  
• Washington's Growth Management Act - a copy of the law and revisions
  
• Washington Growth Management Hearings Boards - where decisions on Growth Management challenges are made
  
• Shorelines Hearings Board - regulates management of state shorelines
  
• Office of the Code Reviser - find state laws and regulations
  
• State legal opinions published in the past 90 days
  
• Washington local government links - county, city, and regional websites