Links to Other Resources

On Cape Cod
Planning, Land Use, and Technical Resources
Other Regional Planning Agencies

On Cape Cod

• County:
  • Barnstable County - home page with information about each department (including ones not listed below)
  • Barnstable County - Assembly of Delegates
  • Barnstable County - AmeriCorps-Cape Cod Program - managed by the Barnstable County Resource Development Office
  • Barnstable County - Cape Cod Commission
  • Barnstable County - Cape Cod Economic Development Council
  • Barnstable County - Cape Light Compact
  • Barnstable County - Children's Cove: Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center
  • Barnstable County - Department of Health & the Environment
  • Barnstable County - Department of Human Services
  • Barnstable County - Fire and Rescue Training Academy
  • Barnstable County - Registry of Deeds
• Towns:
  • Town of Barnstable
  • Town of Bourne
  • Town of Brewster
  • Town of Chatham
  • Town of Dennis
  • Town of Eastham
  • Town of Falmouth
  • Town of Harwich
  • Town of Mashpee
  • Town of Orleans
  • Town of Provincetown
  • Town of Sandwich
  • Town of Truro
  • Town of Wellfleet
  • Town of Yarmouth
• Chambers of Commerce:
  • Brewster Chamber of Commerce
  • Cape Cod Canal Chamber of Commerce (Bourne and Sandwich areas)
  • Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
  • Chatham Chamber of Commerce
  • Dennis Chamber of Commerce
  • Eastham Chamber of Commerce
  • Falmouth Chamber of Commerce
  • Harwich Chamber of Commerce
  • Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce
  • Mashpee Chamber of Commerce
  • Nantucket Chamber of Commerce
  • Orleans Chamber of Commerce
  • Provincetown Chamber of Commerce
  • Provincetown Business Guild
  • Truro Chamber of Commerce
  • Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce
  • Woods Hole Business Association
  • Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce
• Newspapers and Journals:
  • Barnstable Patriot (weekly newspaper)
  • Cape Business (magazine)
  • Cape Cod Chronicle (weekly newspaper)
  • Cape Cod Life Magazine
  • Cape Cod Magazine
  • Cape Cod Times (daily newspaper)
  • Cape Cod Voice (twice-monthly news journal)
  • Community Newspaper Co. publications - The Cape Codder, The Harwich Oracle, The Register, and The Upper Cape Codder (weekly or twice-weekly newspapers) - NOTE: Once you are on the home page, use the "townonline Town Search" feature (left side of page) to find the town of interest.
  • Enterprise Newspapers - Four Upper Cape editions (weekly or twice-weekly newspapers)
  • Provincetown Banner and the Advocate (weekly newspaper)
• Libraries:
  • Brooks Free Library (Harwich)
  • Cape Cod Community College Library (West Barnstable)
  • Provincetown Library
  • Sturgis Library (Barnstable village)
  • W.B. Nickerson Cape Cod Collection - a special collection devoted to Cape Cod environment, culture, history and genealogy, at the Cape Cod Community College
• Organizations:
  • AmeriCorps Cape Cod
  • Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC)
  • Cape and Islands Census 2000 - US Census data presented by the Cape Cod Times
  • Cape Cod Bird Club
  • Cape Cod Center for Sustainability
  • Cape Cod Community College
  • Cape Cod Groundwater Guardians
  • Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee
  • Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization
  • Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
  • Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
  • Cape Cod Trails Conference (walking)
  • Center for Coastal Studies
  • Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts
  • Falmouth Association Concerned with Estuaries and Saltponds (FACES)
  • Heritage Museums and Gardens (Sandwich)
  • Housing Assistance Corporation
  • Indian Ponds Association (Barnstable)
  • Long Pond Watershed Association (Harwich and Brewster)
  • Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole)
  • Massachusetts Military Reservation - Installation Restoration Program (groundwater clean-up effort)
  • Nauset Light Preservation Society
  • Orleans Historical Society
  • Sea Education Association (SEA)
  • Silent Spring Institute
  • Spohr Gardens (Falmouth)
  • Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (East Falmouth)
  • Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Massachusetts Audubon Society)
  • Woods Hole Research Center
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

Planning, land use, technical resources

• American Planning Association - Massachusetts Chapter
• Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
• Coastal States Organization
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• EPA - Enviro$ense (EPA library)
• EPA - Pay As You Throw Program
• EPA - Office of Water
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Groundwater Guardian Foundation
• Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
• Hurricane Awareness Week
• Interactive Economic Development Network
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Martha's Vineyard Online
• Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions: Biodiversity Days
• Massachusetts Bays Program
• Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
• Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
• Massachusetts Estuaries Project
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - Buildout Maps and Analyses
• Massachusetts HIstorical Commission
• Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund
• Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research
• Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) - Sewage Outfall Information
• MassHousing Finance Agency (MHFA)
• National Park Service Links to the Past
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• National Wildlife Federation Issues Page
• Planning Commissioners' Journal
• Sprawl Resource Guide (Planning Commissioners Journal
• The Soundings Institute
• The Trust for Public Lands
• The Trustees of Reservations
• United States Census Bureau
• United States Census Bureau - Boston Regional Office
• United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - general information
• United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - regulations
• United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Massachusetts-Rhode Island District
• University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, including the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)

Other Regional Planning Agencies

In Massachusetts:

• Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
• Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
• Franklin Regional Council of Governments
• Martha's Vineyard Commission
• Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• Montachusett Regional Planning Commission
• Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission
• Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
• Old Colony Planning Council
• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
• Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District

In Other States:

• Central Pine Barrens Commission (Long Island, NY)
• Midcoast Regional Planning Commission (Maine)
• New Jersey Pinelands Commission

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- Last updated April 30, 2009.