Organizations:

American Land Institute, Henry Richmond, director (Portland, OR) - 503-228-9462. Richmond helped write Oregon's planning law and tracks growth management nationally.

American Planning Association, William Klein, director of research (Chicago) - 312-786-6344. APA's Growing Smart Project tracks growth management legislation nationally and provides model bills.
www.planning.org.

Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution, Bruce Katz, director (D.C.) - 202-797-6139. Concerned with sprawl's effects on central cities.
www.brook.edu.

Growth Management Leadership Alliance, Elizabeth Humphrey, Executive Director (D.C.) - 202-974-5137. The national association of state and regional growth management advocacy organizations.
www.gmla.org

National Trust for Historic Preservation, Richard Moe, president; or Constance Beaumont, director of state and local policy (D.C.) - 202-588-6000. Advocate curbing sprawl and revitalizing traditional downtowns and neighborhoods.
www.nationaltrust.org.

National Governor’s Association, Joel Hirschhorn, director, natural resources policy studies (Washington, D.C.) – 202-624-5300. Advocate their own take on smart growth, called “New Community Design”.
http://www.nga.org/center/topics/1,1188,D_404,00.html

Reason Foundation, Virginia Postrel, vice president; or Sam Staley, director, Urban Futures Program (Los Angeles) - (310) 391-2245. Critics of the anti-sprawl movement.

Smart Growth Network; Formed by U.S. EPA in 1996, made up environmental groups, historic preservation organizations, professional organizations, developers, real estate interests; local and state government entities. Monitors sprawl issues nationally and maintains comprehensive web site.
www.smartgrowth.org.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Development, Community and Environment Division; Geoff Anderson, director - 202-260-2750