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EnviroLink's Guide to The Built Environment

LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

America Walks
National Congress of Pedestrian Advocates
International Conference on Walking
Ellen Vanderslice
P.O. Box 29103
Portland, OR 97296-9103
503.222.1077
www.americawalks.org

American Planning Association
122 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60603
312.786.6386
www.planning.org

Asset Based Community Development Institute
John Kretzmann & John McNight
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
2040 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-4100
847.491.8712
www.nwu.edu/IPR

Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions
Florida Atlantic University
111 E. Las Olas Blvd. AT 709
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954.762.5255
www.jc.fau.edu

Center for a New American Dream
6930 Carroll Ave. Suite 900
Takoma Park, MD 20912
301.891.3683
www.newdream.org

Center for Livable Communities
1414 K St. Suite 600
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.448.1198
www.lgc.org/center

Center for Neighborhood Technology
2125 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.4800
www.cnt.org

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise
Bob McNutt
1301 South Market St. Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN 37402
www.cneinc.org

Chattanooga Greenway Project
Trust for Public Land
Bobby Davenport
1253 Market St. Suite 200
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.265.5229

Citizens for Sensible Transportation
1220 SW Morrison, Suite 535
Portland, OR 97205-2224
503.225.0003
www.cfst.org

City of Chattanooga
Dept. of Neighborhood Services
Kenardo Curry
1110 Market St. Suite 333
Chattanooga,TN 37402
423.757.5277

City Repair Project
Citizen-driven Community Spaces
P.O. Box 42615
Portland, OR 97242
503.235.8946
www.cityrepair.org

Co-housing Network
1460 Quince Ave. Suite 102
Boulder, CO 80304
303.413.9227
www.cohousing.org

Congress for the New Urbanism
Shelley Poticha
Five Third St., Suite 725
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.495.2255
www.cnu.org

Downtown Research & Development Center
28 West 25th St., 8th floor
New York, NY 10010
212.228.0246
www.downtowndevelopment.com
www.downtownideaexchange.com

Electric Transit Vehicle Institute
CARTA
1617-B Wilcox Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN 37406
423.629.1411
423.622.3884
Electric Vehicle Information Center
1398 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.756.5685
www.etvi.org

International Downtown Association
910 17th St. NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20006-2603
202.293.4505
www.ida-downtown.org

International Making Cities Livable
Suzanne H. Crowhurse Lennard
P.O. Box 7586
Carmel, CA 93921
831.626.9080
www.livablecities.org

Joint Center for Sustainable Communities
US Conference of Mayors
National Association of Counties
1620 I St. NW Suite 1600
Washington, DC 20006
202.861.6784
www.usmayors.org/sustainable

Mayor’s Institute on City Design
1620 Eye St. NW 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20006-4005
202.463.1390
www.micd.org

National Center for Bicycling & Walking
Centerlines bi-weekly newsletter
1506 21st St. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
202.463.6622
www.bikefed.org

National League of Cities
Nation’s Cities Weekly
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 550
Washington, DC 20004
202.626.3003
www.nlc.org

National Neighborhood Coalition
Betty Weiss
1030 15th St. NW Suite 325
Washington, DC 20005
202.408.8553
 
National Recreation & Parks Association
22377 Belmont Ridge Road
Ashburn, VA 20148
703.858.0784
SE Regional Service Center
Larry Zehnder, Regional Director
25 Cherokee Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN 37405
423.424.3880
www.nrpa.org
www.activeparks.org

Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute
1325 G St. NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
202.376.2642
800.438.5547
www.nw.org

Neighborhoods USA (NUSA)
P.O. Box 871
Chattanooga, TN
www.chattanooga.gov
bruce_c@mail.chattanooga.gov

New Urban News
“Covering Design and Development of Human-Scale Neighborhoods”
Robert Steuteville
P.O. Box 6515
Ithaca, NY 14851
697.275.3087
www.newurbannews.com

Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center
730 Airport Rd. Suite 300
Campus Box 3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430
919.962.2203
www.pedbikeinfo.org
www.walkinginfo.org
www.bicyclinginfo.org

Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety (PEDS)
Bill Dunkley
1447 Peachtree St. Suite 801
Atlanta, GA 30309
404.873.5667
www.peds.org

Project for Public Spaces
153 Waverly Place, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10014
212.620.5660
www.pps.org
www.urbanparks.pps.org

Rail-Volution
Building Livable Communities with Transit
P.O. Box 519
Selbyville, DE 19975
www.railvolution.com

RiverCity Company
Ken Hays/Ann Coulter
850 Market St., 2nd floor
Miller Plaza
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.265.3700
www.rivercitycompany.com

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Healthy Places, Healthy People Program
P.O. Box 2316
Princeton, NJ 08543-2316
www.rwjf.org

Seaside Institute
P.O. Box 4730
Seaside, FL 32459
850.231.2421
www.theseasideinstitute.org

Smart Growth Network
International City/County Management Association
777 North Capitol St. NE Suite 500
Washington, DC 20002-4201
www.sustainable.org

Southern Environmental Center
Annual Livable Cities Conference
Roald Hazelhoff
Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Road
Birmingham, AL 35254
205.226.4934
800.523.5793
www.bsc.edu/sec

Southern Environmental Law Center
Land and Community Project
201 West Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902-5065
434.977.4090
www.southernenvironment.org

Sustainable Communities Network
1794 Columbia Road NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.328.8160
www.smartgrowth.org

Transportation Action Network
Surface Transportation Policy Project
1100 17th St. NW, 10th floor
Washington, DC 20036
202.466.2636
E-mail: stpp@transact.org
www.transact.org

Trust for Public Land
660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Suite 401
Washington, DC 20003
202.543.7552
www.tpl.org

University of Miami School of Architecture
Knight Program in Community Building
Charles C. Bohl
P.O. Box 249178
Coral Gables, FL 33124-5010
305.284.4420
www.arc.maimi.edu

Urban Design Center
Karen Hundt
Development Resource Center
1250 Market St. Suite 3010
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.668.2262

Urban Land Institute
1025 Thomas Jefferson St. NW
Washington, DC 20007-5201
800.321.5011
410.626.7500
P.O. Box 7036
Atlanta, GA 30357-0036
770.489.6672
www.uli.org

Urbanists of the South
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Duany Palter-Zyberk & Co.
1023 SW 25th Ave.
Miami, FL 33135
305.644.1023
www.dpz.com

Walkable Communities, Inc.
Dan Burden
320 S. Main St.
High Springs, FL 32643
386.454.3304
www.walkable.org

Walk/Bike Nashville
Kibby Clayton, Chair
P.O. Box 198258
Nashville, TN 37219-8258
www.walkbikenashville.org

GREEN BUILDING DESIGN

American Institute of Architects
Committee on the Environment
1735 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20006
800.AIA.3837
www.aia.org

American Solar Energy Society
Solar Today Magazine
2400 Central Ave., Suite G-1
Boulder, CO 80301
303.443.3130
www.ases.org

Architects/Designs/Planners for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 9126
Berkeley, CA 94709-0126
510.273.2428
www.adpsr.org

Ecological Building Network
Bruce King
209 Caledoma St.
Sausalito, CA 94965
415.331.7630
www.ecobuildnetwork.org

Energy & Environmental Building Association
10740 Lyndale Ave. S., Suite 10 West
Bloomington, MN 55420-5615
952.881.1098
www.eeba.org

Environmental Building News
122 Birge St. Suite 30
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802.257.7300
www.buildinggreen.com

Environmental Design & Construction Magazine
Kristin Ralff Douglas
81 Landers St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
415.863.2614
www.edcmag.com

Equinox Environmental Consultation & Design
37 Haywood St.
Asheville, NC 28801
828.253.6856
www.equinoxenvironmental.com

Florida Design Initiative
School of Architecture
Florida A & M University
Tallahassee, FL 32307-4200
850.599.8773
www.fcn.sate.fl.us/fd./fd.-home

Florida Gulf Coast University’s Green Building
College of Arts and Sciences
10501 FGCU Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
941.590.7170

Florida Home Energy & Resources Org. (HERO)
15220 NW 5th Ave.
Newberry, FL 32669
352.336.2060

Georgia Institute of Technology
Institute for Building Science
Construction Resources Center
Atlanta, GA 30332-0680
404.894.2069
www.arch.gatech.edu/crc

Institute for Sustainable Technology & Development
404.894.7895
www.istd.gatech.edu

Green Design
www.greendesign.net

Jim Barna Log Systems at Lookout Mountain
15823 Hwy. 157 (Lula Lake Road)
Cloudland, GA 30731
877-521-8401
http://folsomforest.com

North Carolina Healthy Built Homes Program
North Carolina Solar Center
Campus Box 7902
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7902
919-515-3954
www.healthybuilthomes.org

Sequatchie Valley Institute
Rt. 1, Box 304
Whitwell, TN 37397
423.949.5922

Southface Energy Institute
241 Pine St.
Atlanta, GA 30308
404.872.3549

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
Ellen Larson
1331 H St. NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-4706
202.628.7400 x211
www.sbicouncil.org

U. S. Green Building Council
1015 18th St. NW Suite 805
Washington, DC 20036
202.828.7422
www.usgbc.org

University of Florida
Center for Construction & the Environment
P.O. Box 115703
Gainesville, FL 32611-5703
352.392.7502
www.bcn.ufl.edu/sustainable

University of Virginia
School of Architecture
Institute for Sustainable Design
206 Campbell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
434.924.3715
www.virginia.edu

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 809
Old Post Office Building
Washington, DC 20004
202.606.8503
www.achp.gov

Archaeological Conservancy
Southeast Regional Office
Alan Gruber
5997 Cedar Creste Road
Acworth, GA 30101
770.975.4344
www.americanarchaeology.com

Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites
Rob K. Edmiston
11 Public Square, Suite 200
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301.665.1400

Center for Historic Preservation
Middle Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 80
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615.898.2947
www.mtsu.edu/~histpres

Heritage Preservation Services
Technical Preservation Services
National Park Service
Kay Weeks
1849 C St. NW NC330
Washington, DC 20240
202.343.9593
E-mail: hps-info@nps.gov
www.nps.gov

National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Mass. Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.588.6219
www.nthp.org

National Building Museum
Blueprints magazine
401 F St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.272.2448
www.nbm.org

National Register of Historic Places
National Parks Service
1849 C St. NW NC400
Washington, DC 20240
202.343.9536
202.343.9500
www.cr.nps.gov

National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.588.6000
800.944.6847
Southern Field Office:
Lisa Burcham
202.588.6107
Southern Regional Office
John Hildreth
843.722.8552
www.nthp.org

Old House Interactive Network
Portland, Oregon
www.oldhouse.com

Preservation Trades Network
731 Hebron Ave.
Glastonbury, CT 06033-2457
860.633.2854
www.ptn.org

Restoration Trades Exchange
John M. Corbett
One Ferry St. Suite 10
Easthampton, MA 01027
413.529.1793
888.852.8202
www.restorationtrades.com

Society of Architectural Historians
Charnley-Persky House
1365 N. Astor St.
Chicago, IL 60610-2144
312.573.1365
www.sah.org

This Old House
WGBH Educational Foundation
125 Western Ave.
Boston, MA 02134
617.492.2777 x5400
This Old House Magazine 800.898.7237
www.pbs.org/wgbh/thisoldhouse

Revitalization Initiatives in the Southeast

Beaufort North Carolina Historical Association
P.O. Box 1709
Beaufort, NC 28516-0363
843.524.3163
800.638.3525
www.nccoastonline.com/BHA

Cartersville Downtown Development Association
Dixie Highway Association
Matt Schultz
www.dixiehighway.org

Cornerstones, Inc.
Ann Gray
850 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.265.2825
E-mail: Cornerstonesinc@hotmail.com
www.cornerstonesinc.com

Downtown Crossville, Inc.
Dr. Richard Bradley
72 S. Main St.
Crossville, TN 38555
931.484.6767

Downtown Greensboro, Inc.
Ray Gibbs
122 N. Elm St. Suite 500
Greensboro, NC 27401
336.379.0060
Florida Main Street
Bureau of Historic Preservation
R.A. Gray Building, 4th Floor
500 South Bronough St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
800.847.7278
www.flheritage.com

Florida Preservation News
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
P.O. Box 11206
Tallahassee, FL 32302
850.224.8128
www.floridatrust.org

Florida Sustainable Communities Network
2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahasee, FL 32399-2100
850.922.6070

Franklin Heritage Foundation
Mary Pearce
510 Columbia Ave.
Franklin, TN 37064
615.591.8500

Historic Gainesville, Inc.
P.O. Box 466
Gainesville, FL 32602
352.374.4252
352.371.4066

Historic Preservation Society of Durham, NC
John Compton
P.O. Box 25411
Durham, NC 27702
919.682.3036

Historic Savannah Foundation
Mark C. McDonald
P.O. Box 1733
321 E. York St.
Savannah, GA 31402
912.233.7787

Hub City Writers Project
Betsy Teter
P.O. Box 8421
Spartanburg, SC 29305
864.577.9349

Landmark & Historic Tree Register
Tennessee Urban Forestry Council
6820 Cloudland drive
Nashville, TN 37205
615.352.8985

Miami Dade Historic Preservation Trust
Becky Matkov
190 SE 12th Terrace
Miami, FL 33131
305.358.9572

Miami Design Preservation League
Herb Sosa
P.O. Box 190180
Miami Beach, FL 33119-0180
305.672.2014

1,000 Friends of Florida
926 E. Park Ave.
P.O. Box 5948
Tallahassee, FL 32314-5948
850.222.6277
www.1000friendsofflorida.org

RiverCity Company
Chattanooga Downtown Partnership
Ken Hays
Ann Coulter
850 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.265.3700
www.rivercitycompany.com

South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Commission
P.O. Box 307
South Pittsburg, TN 38380
National Cornbread Festival
P.O. Box 247
South Pittsburg, TN 37380
423.837.0022
423.837.7931
www.nationalcornbread.com

Tennessee Preservation Trust
Patrick McIntyre
P.O. Box 24373
Nashville, TN 37202
615.259.2289
www.tennesseepreservationtrust.org

UpState Forever
Brad Wyche
P.O. Box 2308
Greenville, SC 29602
864.250.0500
www.upstateforever.org

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