Identify and implement the community's vision for economic prosperity, strong community, environmental health, and sustainable transportation:

• Comprehensive and strategic planning to guide growth, conserve natural and built resources, and provide for multi-modal transportation, open space, and recreation.

• Sense of place, including historic preservation, brownfield redevelopment, sustainable transportation, environmental improvements, and growing Northampton businesses through policies, regulatory reform, incentives, and infrastructure.

• Geographic Information System and other information systems to support planning information needs.

• National Park Service
• National Register of Historic Places
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• SAH: Society of Architectural Historians
• Overview of Preserve America
• Save Our History-The History Channel
• American Association of State and Local History
• PRESERVATION Mass
• The State Library of Mass
• Massachsetts Historical Society
• Illustated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
• Historic Houses of N.E. Open to the Public
• Massachusetts Historical Commission
• National Underground Railroad-Network to Freedom
• The Connecticut River Homepage-history
• Railroad Stations in Massachusetts
• David Ruggles Center for Early Florence and Underground Railroad Studies
• Searchable Mass Historic Property Inventory (Form Bs)

1. Products grown in Northampton OR
2. Products made in Northampton using methods that consume significantly less natural resources or energy than is typical within their industry OR
3. Products made in Northampton that will consume significantly less natural resources or energy than is typical of similar products offered elsewhere.
4. Products sold in Northampton, with a significant Northampton presence, that will consume significantly less natural resources or energy than is typical of similar products offered elsewhere.
5. Other exemplary sustainable practices.

• Pedal People Human powered bicycle trash pickup and hauling service.
• Hickory Dell Farm Community farm, farm products, and llamas.
• Wright Builders Builders of Energy Star and LEED homes
• Zip Cars Shared car service (through Smith College)
• Center for Ecological Technology Certifies/promotes energy efficiency
• Starlight Llama Bed & Breakfast Off-the-grid farm bed and breakfast.
• Town Farm CSA In-town Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and sustainable vegetables and meat located off Montview Avenue.
• RideBuzz Rideshare program
• Montview Farm Very small human-powered Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at the Montview/Meadows Conservation Area.
• Grow Food Northampton Non-profit dedicated to creating a sustainable Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at the Bean/Allard Farm.