American Planning Association
http://planning.dc.govOther APA Chapters in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Delaware Chapter
http://www.ipa.udel.edu
Maryland Chapter
http://www.marylandapa.org
Virginia Chapter
http://www.vaplanning.org
West Virgina Chapter
http://www.wvplanning.com
Planning Agencies in the Region
District of Columbia Office of Planning
www.dc.planning.gov
National Capital Planning Commission
www.ncpc.gov
Maryland Department of Planning
http://www.mdp.state.md.us
Prince George's County Planning Department
www.mncppc.org/pgco
City of Bowie Department of Economic Development
http://www.cityofbowie.org/governmt/Planning/planecon.asp
City of College Park Department of Planning
http://www.collegeparkmd.gov/Planning&Development.htm
City of Greenbelt Department of Planning
http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/planning_code/index.htm
City of Laurel Planning Department
http://www.laurel.md.us/plan.htm
Montgomery County Department of Parks and Planning
http://mcparkandplanning.org/planning/index.shtm
City of Gaithersburg
http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/
City of Rockville
http://www.rockvillemd.gov/government/cpds.htm
City of Takoma Park
http://www.takomaparkmd.gov/hcd/index.html
National Job Links
Hurricane Katrina: Temporary employment opportunities for impacted planners
http://www.planning.org/katrina/tempjobs.htm
APA Job Database
http://www.planning.org/jobsonline/ads.htm
GIS Careers.com
http://giscareers.com
GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
http://www.gjc.org
Planetizen Job Links
http://www.planetizen.com/jobs
Urban Planning Job Links
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/7442/jobs.html
AE Jobs, a recruiting site for jobs in planning and landscape architecture
http://www.aejob.com/
PreserveNet - Jobs in Historic Preservation
http://www.preservenet.cornell.edu/employ.html
E-Jobs - Environmental Jobs
http://www.ejobs.org
National Association of Regional Councils
http://www.narc.org/
Local Job Links
The National Main Street Center
http://www.mainst.org/Jobs/JOBS.HTM
The International Downtown Association
http://www.ida-downtown.org
UVA Job Postings in Urban Planning
http://www.virginia.edu/~a-ocpp/Postings/plan_post.html
The Maryland-National Capital Area Park and Planning Commission
http://www.mncppc.org/index.cfm?id=1employ&CFID=329835&CFTOKEN=45347205
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
http://www.mwcog.org/resources/opportunities/jobs.asp
Arlington County
http://www.co.arlington.va.us/pers/joblist.htm
The Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/tier2_cl.cfm?folder_id=176
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_jobs
The Rails to Trails Conservancy
http://www.railtrails.org
The Conservation Fund
http://www.conservationfund.org/?article=2185
The Land Trust Alliance
http://www.lta.org/resources/ltjobs.htm
Maryland DOT
http://www.mdot.state.md.us/Employment/index.html
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
http://www.baltometro.org/content.asp?id=32
Planning Education
Planning Education at a Distance
The Planning Education at a Distance program is brand new and offers online continuing education classes for planning practioners and public officials.
http://knowlton.osu.edu/ped
Resources Zine
An online newsletter from the American Planning Association for educators and planners working with youth.
http://www.planning.org/ResourcesZine
University of Maryland, Urban Studies and Planning Program
http://www.arch.umd.edu/URSP/
Planning Information
Cyburbia
Contains the most comprehensive directory of Internet resources related to planning, architecture, etc. Also interactive message areas.
www.cyburbia.org
Planner's Web
http://www.plannersweb.com
Planetizen - 
A daily news site covering planning issues from across the country.
http://www.planetizen.com
Planning UTOPIA
An independent clearing house for information, websites, publications and essays on land use planning, growth management, smart growth and new urbanism.
http://planneronline.homestead.com/NewPlanningMeridian.html
Organizations and Publications
American Demographics Magazine
http://www.demographics.com
Center for Neighborhood Technology
http://www.cnt.org
Congress for New Urbanism.
Advocates for restructuring of public policy and development practices to support the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within coherent metropolitan regions.
www.cnu.org
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Educational institution with a mission to study and teach about land policy. Its goal is to integrate the theory and practice of land use and taxation and to understand the multi-disciplinary forces that influence them.
http://www.lincolninst.edu
National Building Museum
http://www.nbm.org
National Housing Institute
http://www.nhi.org
Urban Land Institute
Nonprofit education and research institute that studies land use and real estate development policy and practice. One of America's most respected and widely quoted sources of objective information on real estate and land-use development.
http://www.uli.org
Research Links
Basic Research Guide for City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/basplan.html
State Statutes by Topic (Cornell University)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html
U.S. Census FactFiner
http://factfinder.census.gov/
Rural and Historic Preservation Links
American Farmland Trust
http://www.farmland.org
Conservation Fund
http://www.conservationfund.org
Land Trust Alliance
http://www.lta.org
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Home page of the Planning Commissioner's Journal, an independent publication not affiliated with APA. Also has a very useful Sprawl Research Guide.
http://www.nationaltrust.org
PreserveNet
A national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated protecting natural beauty and distinctive community character.
http://www.preservenet.cornell.edu/
Scenic America
http://www.scenic.org
Smart Growth Links
Growth Management Institute
Nonprofit organization established to encourage effective and equitable management of growth and change in human habitats.
http:/www.gmionline.org
Smart Growth Network
www.smartgrowth.org
Transportation Links
Surface Transportation Policy Project
http://www.transact.org/
