Tools, Resources, and Links
In this section we provide tools and resources for communities wishing to learn more about the specific strategies available for planning and developing an urban riverfront revitilization project.
Funding
Brownfields Financial Resource Guide for Cleanup and Redevelopment [PDF]
Various State Agency River Grant Programs (WEDC, DNR, DOT)
Tools
Policy and Economic Development Tools [PDF]
Resources
Great Lakes Coastal Community Planning Resource
A Guide to Smart Growth and Cultural Resource Planning
A Guide to Planning for Coastal Communities in Wisconsin [PDF]
The Waterfront Center (http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/)
Project for Public Spaces – Waterfronts (http://www.pps.org/waterfronts/)
UW Stevens point Center for Land Use Education (http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/pubs.html)
Best Practices for Waterfront Revitalization
Urban River Restoration: A River Advocate’s Primer on Implementation Policies [PDF] from the River Alliance of Wisconsin, May 2009
Building the Livable Edge [PDF] from the BLUE Project of EcoCity Cleveland and the Cleveland Waterfront Coalition, May 2003
Conferences
Wisconsin Waterfront Revitalization Conference (2005)
NGA Center for Best Practices: Coastal Brownfields: At the Water's Edge Conference (2003)
Access to the Waterfront: Issues & Solutions Across the Nation [PDF]
Regulations
DNR Permit Information for Waterways & Wetlands
WHS National Historic Preservation Act (section 106) and Wis. Stats. 44.40 and 66.1111