The Maryland Department of Planning provides the following list of resources to broaden public understanding of planning and growth-related issues and appreciation for the range of perspectives on these topics.

Maryland State Government Resources

Smart Growth Subcabinet

Maryland Resources

1000 Friends of Maryland
Baltimore Regional Partnership
Center for Chesapeake Communities
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Citizens Planning & Housing Association - Campaign for Regional Solutions:
Coalition for Smarter Growth
The Homebuilders Association of Maryland
Maryland Association of Counties
Maryland Association of Realtors
Maryland Chamber of Commerce
Maryland Municipal League
Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association

National Resources
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Farmland Trust
American Legislative Exchange Council
American Planning Association
The Bradley Foundation
Brookings Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
Cato Institute
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Center for Watershed Protection
The Citistates Group
Claremont Institute
Congress for the New Urbanism
Cyburbia
Heritage Foundation
International City/County Management Association
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Local Government Commission
National Association of Counties
National Association of Homebuilders
National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals
National Center for Policy Analysis
National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
National League of Cities
National Main Street Center
National Neighborhood Coalition
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Pacific Research Institute
Partners for Livable Communities
Progressive Policy Institute
Reason Public Policy Institute
Smart Communities Network (U.S. Department of Energy)
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth Network:
Sprawl Guide (Planning Commissioners Journal):
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
Surface Transportation Policy Project
The Thoreau Institute
Urban Futures
Urban Land Institute
Urban Parks Institute
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Victoria Transport Policy Institute