The purpose of this section is to educate Charlton citizens as broadly as possible on comprehensive planning related issues and perspectives. The Comprehensive Planning Steering Committee and our townspeople will soon have to make choices about what type of measures, programs and policies we want to pursue in order to attain the vision and goals our townspeople have chosen. When the time for decision making arrives, all of us -- and of utmost importance, our townspeople -- should be as familiar a possible with comprehensive planning related concepts and procedures. We need to know all the potential options out there and the potential pros and cons of each in order to ultimately recommend what our townspeople feel is the best approach to attaining their vision and goals. Articles, the latest related happenings in the land use and other planning topics, examples of plans from other towns, and papers written on any relevant topic are the types of things we want posted. This section of the website is not meant to advocate a particular position, rather to educate us all, as much as possible, on as many perspectives and options we can. All Charlton citizens are invited to share an article or paper or anything else on this portion of the site. To do so, they would have to e-mail their input to our webmaster, John Kelly at mailto:webmaster@townofcharlton.org or take a disc to him, if it is a very large document. Most likely things should be forwarded in Word or PDF. Power Point could be used, by not everyone has it.

For information about planning for bicyclists:- 02-26-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
mailto: Ivan Vamos
Jesse Day
New York Bicycling Coalition

Conservation Subdivision Resources on the Web:NEMO project fact sheet - 02-26-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
City of Saratoga Springs - 02-26-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Town of Malta Chapter 167, Article XI - 02-26-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Town of Warwick Chapter 164- 02-26-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
New York State Rural Housing Corporation - 02-26-2005 [Deborah Herrin]

Historic Farmland Protected - 01-14-2004
Open Space - The Common Ground of Community- 12-09-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
Hydrology- 12-09-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
A Primer on Open Space Preservation- 12-09-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
Walkng and Biking Increasing Physical Activity Through Community Design- 12-09-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
Pedestrians are 15 times more likely to become victims of traffic accidents than motorists, according to the newest      ''Mean Streets'' report by the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP), which found the 2001 pedestrian fatality       rate per 100 million miles reaching 20.1 deaths, in contrast to 1.3 among car and truck travelers -- a disproportionate       risk mostly due to multi-lane streets, scarcity of crosswalks and sidewalks, and general lack of focus on pedestrians
- 12-14-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
Enhancing Real Estate Value through Conservation Design- 12-23-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
An Examination of Market Appreciation for Clustered Housing With Permanent Open Space-
12-23-2004 [Deborah Herrin]
Open Space Subdivision Ordinance to Identify Key Natural Features for Protection- 01-05-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Clifton Park Looks to Slash Growth- 01-05-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Field Guide to Modular Homes- 01-05-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Thinking Through Land Conservation, Development and Taxes in Massachusetts- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Implementing Strategic Conservation- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Preserving Rural Character through Cluster Development- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Wetlands: A Key Link in Watershed Management- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Ground Water Basics- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Why Watersheds? - 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
How Much Development is Too Much?- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Tax Incentives Make Easements More Attractive- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Keeping the Rural Vision
Protecting Rural Character and Planning for Rural Development- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Rural Character and Land Use Regulation- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Our Water Our Future - Educational Glossary- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Agricultural Easements - 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
New Farm Bill Will Change the Next Six Years of Land Protection- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Planning for the Better- 02-01-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
New York Agricultural Landowners Guide to Tax. Conservation and Management Programs- 02-03-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Understanding Zoning Ordinances- 02-03-2005 [Deborah Herrin]
Quality of Life- 02-03-2005 [Deborah Herrin]

Useful Comprehensive Planning Websites