Comprehensive Master Plan
NOTE — The Comprehensive Master Plan was created in 2004 to help the City of Blanco plan for its future. While the city still follows the plan, the factual information in this plan may have changed (such as the current land use map). Please keep this in mind when reading the plan.
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Center for Community Support
Texas A&M University
(979) 458-3239
http://ccs.tamu.edu Rural Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/ric Civic Plus (website maintenance)
www.civicplus.com Funding:
Federal funding opportunities for rural areas
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ruralres/funding.htm Grants for rural communities
www.conservationgrants.com Neighborhoods On-line Fundraising
http://www.libertynet.org/nol/Funding/funding.html State of Texas Grant Alert Program
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/stategrants Funding Solutions
www.funsol.com STELLAR Fundraising
www.stellarfundraising.com Land Use General Information:
US Department of Energy Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/landuse/luintro.shtml Urban Land Institute
www.uli.org Institute for Local Self-Government Community Land Use Project
http://www.ilsg.org/index.jsp?displaytype=§ion=land&zone=ilsg EPA Smart Growth Initiative
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/index.htm Law:
State of Texas Property Code
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/pptoc.html Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/land_use.html Land Use Law
Washington University
http://www.landuselaw.edu/ Pace University Land Use Law Center
http://www.pace.edu/lawschool/landuse/ Examples:
City of Cedar Park Comprehensive Plan
http://www.ci.cedar-park.tx.us/Miscellaneous/compplan/index.html Flatonia, TX Comprehensive Plan
http://www.destinationflatonia.com City of Austin
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/development/ City of Victoria
http://www.ci.victoria.tx.us/planning/index.htm Housing Websites:
Assorted Housing Links
www.nal.usda.gov/ric/faqs/housin~1.htm#afford Regulatory Barriers to Developing Affordable Housing
http://www.huduser.org/rbc/ USDA Rural Development Housing Programs
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/ HUD Rural Housing and Economic Development
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HUD/ODGMO/AT/FR-4932-N-01/Modification1.html Housing Assistance Council
(202) 842-8600
www.ruralhome.org People:
Rural Development Office, USDA
www.rurdev.usda.gov
www.rurdev.usda.gov/tx Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Community Development Programs
(512) 475-3900
www.tdhca.state.tx.us Cen-Tex CDC
www.grandcentraltexas.org Capital Area Housing Finance Corporation
http://www.cahfc.org/ Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
(512) 477-8910
www.texashousing.org Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org Enterprise Foundation
David Danenfelzer
(888)533-2244
http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/ Funding:
Information on funding sources can be found at the "people" websites listed above Economic Development Websites:
Rural Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/ric SBA Online Library
http://www.sba.gov/lib/library.html Small Business Information Sites
www.INC.com Tip Sheets for Tourism Development
www.travel.state.tx.us Succession Planning Information
http://dept.kent.edu/oeoc/SPP/Index.htm People:
Service Corps of Retired Executives
(800) 634-0245
www.score.org Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov Small Business Development Centers
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sbdc Small Business Survival Committee
www.sbsc.org National Retail Foundation
www.NRF.com Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
(800) 625-4876
www.tmac.org Funding:
Skills Development Funds Program
Texas Workforce Commission
(512) 936-3120
www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/bemp/bempsub6.html Other funding available on the websites listed Downtown Revitalization General Information:
Downtown Research & Development Center
http://www.downtowndevelopment.com/ An Annotated Webliography of Downtown Revitalization Resources
(Compiled by the University of Hawaii at Mano)
http://sustainable.state.fl.us/fdi/fscc/news/world/0009/drr.htm National Main Street Center (Main Street USA)
http://www.mainst.org/ International Downtown Association
http://ida-downtown.org/ Texas Downtown Association
http://www.texasdowntown.org/ Pew Partnerships
http://www.pew-partnership.org/viableeconomies/downtown.html Examples of Revitalization:
City of Huntsville, TX
http://www.huntsvillemainstreet.com/ City of Bertram, TX
http://www.bertramchamber.org/Community/Preservation/DowntownRestoration.asp City of La Grange, TX
http://mainstreet.fais.net/ City of Summerside, Canada
http://www.investinsummerside.com/projects/facade.cfm St. Croix Valley Development Design Study
http://www.metrocouncil.org/planning/stcroixvalley/stillwater_drse.htm City of Oakland, Maine
http://www.oaklandmaine.com/downtown.html Town of Paradise, West Virginia
http://www.townofparadise.com/downtown_revitalization.htm Funding:
National Park Service
(Mainly for historic preservation)
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/fundingopps/
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/hpf/hpf-fund.htm Texas Department of Agriculture Rural Economic Development Division
http://www.agr.state.tx.us/eco/rural_eco_devo/economic_development/fin_smalltown.htm US Department of Agriculture Rural Development
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ Parks and Recreation General Park Information:
Texas Parks and Wildlife
www.tpwd.state.tx.us (General Information) Lower Colorado River Authority
www.lcra.org National Park Service
www.nps.gov Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/ Rails to Trails Conservancy
www.railstrails.org Greenspace Design
E-mail:
http://www.greenspacedesign.org/home.html Texas Trails Network
www.texastrails.org Playground and Other Equipment:
(This is not an endorsement of a particular company, just an information resource)
South Texas School Furniture 1-800-353-3685
www.texaslibrary.com Gametime, Inc.
1-800-235-2440
http://www.gametime.com/ Landscape Structures, Inc.
1-888-438-6574
http://www.playlsi.com/ Playground Equipment.Com
This is a site sponsored by several manufacturers of playground equipment
http://www.playground-equipment.com/ Funding:
Lower Colorado River Authority
Paul Scallon
1-800-776-5272
www.lcra.org Texas Department of Transportation / TEA-21
www.txdot.state.tx.us Gametime, Inc.
1-800-235-2440
http://www.gametime.com/funding.htm Texas Parks and Wildlife
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/grants The Urban Parks Institute
http://urbanparks.pps.org/topics/funding/ The Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/ Infrastructure Water:
Texas Water Development Board
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/ Lower Colorado River Authority
www.lcra.org Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.state.tx.us Water Infrastructure Network
http://www.win-water.org/ American Water Works Association
http://www.win-water.org/ Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)
www.orca.state.tx.us USDA Rural Development
http://www.usda.gov/rus/ Wastewater:
Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
http://www.ip3.org/water2000.htm National League of Cities
http://www.nlc.org/nlc_org/site/policy_legislation/win/index.cfm WaterWorld
http://ww.pennnet.com/ Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)
www.orca.state.tx.us USDA Rural Development
http://www.usda.gov/rus/ Electricity:
Lower Colorado River Authority
www.lcra.org/energy Fayette Electric Co-op
http://www.kilowatt.com/ American Public Power Association
www.appanet.org Electric Reliability Council of Texas
www.ercot.com The Electricity Forum
http://www.electricityforum.com/ Streets:
Texas Department of Transportation
www.dot.state.tx.us State Infrastructure Bank
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/revexp/sib/sibtoc.htm Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization
http://www.capco.state.tx.us/CARTPO/CARTPO_Home.htm Fayette County
http://www.co.fayette.tx.us/ US Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov Emergency Services:
Firefighting.com
http://www.firefighting.com/ Fire and EMS Network
http://www.Fire-EMS.net/ Texas Department of Public Safety
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ Texas Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Management EMS Standards
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hcqs/ems/stndhome.htm Schools:
Texas Education Agency
www.tea.state.tx.us
Rural Update
To:
Subject: subscribe
Body: your name, organization, mailing address, phone number, fax number, website address Community Revitalization
To:
Body: subscribe frkdplan
First Name
Last Name
Rural Development
To:
Body: sub ruraldev
First Name
Last Name
People:
Center for Community Support
Texas A&M University
(979) 458-3239
http://ccs.tamu.edu Rural Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/ric Civic Plus (website maintenance)
www.civicplus.com Funding:
Federal funding opportunities for rural areas
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ruralres/funding.htm Grants for rural communities
www.conservationgrants.com Neighborhoods On-line Fundraising
http://www.libertynet.org/nol/Funding/funding.html State of Texas Grant Alert Program
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/stategrants Funding Solutions
www.funsol.com STELLAR Fundraising
www.stellarfundraising.com Land Use General Information:
US Department of Energy Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/landuse/luintro.shtml Urban Land Institute
www.uli.org Institute for Local Self-Government Community Land Use Project
http://www.ilsg.org/index.jsp?displaytype=§ion=land&zone=ilsg EPA Smart Growth Initiative
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/index.htm Law:
State of Texas Property Code
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/pptoc.html Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/land_use.html Land Use Law
Washington University
http://www.landuselaw.edu/ Pace University Land Use Law Center
http://www.pace.edu/lawschool/landuse/ Examples:
City of Cedar Park Comprehensive Plan
http://www.ci.cedar-park.tx.us/Miscellaneous/compplan/index.html Flatonia, TX Comprehensive Plan
http://www.destinationflatonia.com City of Austin
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/development/ City of Victoria
http://www.ci.victoria.tx.us/planning/index.htm Housing Websites:
Assorted Housing Links
www.nal.usda.gov/ric/faqs/housin~1.htm#afford Regulatory Barriers to Developing Affordable Housing
http://www.huduser.org/rbc/ USDA Rural Development Housing Programs
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/ HUD Rural Housing and Economic Development
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HUD/ODGMO/AT/FR-4932-N-01/Modification1.html Housing Assistance Council
(202) 842-8600
www.ruralhome.org People:
Rural Development Office, USDA
www.rurdev.usda.gov
www.rurdev.usda.gov/tx Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Community Development Programs
(512) 475-3900
www.tdhca.state.tx.us Cen-Tex CDC
www.grandcentraltexas.org Capital Area Housing Finance Corporation
http://www.cahfc.org/ Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
(512) 477-8910
www.texashousing.org Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org Enterprise Foundation
David Danenfelzer
(888)533-2244
http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/ Funding:
Information on funding sources can be found at the "people" websites listed above Economic Development Websites:
Rural Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/ric SBA Online Library
http://www.sba.gov/lib/library.html Small Business Information Sites
www.INC.com Tip Sheets for Tourism Development
www.travel.state.tx.us Succession Planning Information
http://dept.kent.edu/oeoc/SPP/Index.htm People:
Service Corps of Retired Executives
(800) 634-0245
www.score.org Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov Small Business Development Centers
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sbdc Small Business Survival Committee
www.sbsc.org National Retail Foundation
www.NRF.com Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
(800) 625-4876
www.tmac.org Funding:
Skills Development Funds Program
Texas Workforce Commission
(512) 936-3120
www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/bemp/bempsub6.html Other funding available on the websites listed Downtown Revitalization General Information:
Downtown Research & Development Center
http://www.downtowndevelopment.com/ An Annotated Webliography of Downtown Revitalization Resources
(Compiled by the University of Hawaii at Mano)
http://sustainable.state.fl.us/fdi/fscc/news/world/0009/drr.htm National Main Street Center (Main Street USA)
http://www.mainst.org/ International Downtown Association
http://ida-downtown.org/ Texas Downtown Association
http://www.texasdowntown.org/ Pew Partnerships
http://www.pew-partnership.org/viableeconomies/downtown.html Examples of Revitalization:
City of Huntsville, TX
http://www.huntsvillemainstreet.com/ City of Bertram, TX
http://www.bertramchamber.org/Community/Preservation/DowntownRestoration.asp City of La Grange, TX
http://mainstreet.fais.net/ City of Summerside, Canada
http://www.investinsummerside.com/projects/facade.cfm St. Croix Valley Development Design Study
http://www.metrocouncil.org/planning/stcroixvalley/stillwater_drse.htm City of Oakland, Maine
http://www.oaklandmaine.com/downtown.html Town of Paradise, West Virginia
http://www.townofparadise.com/downtown_revitalization.htm Funding:
National Park Service
(Mainly for historic preservation)
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/fundingopps/
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/hpf/hpf-fund.htm Texas Department of Agriculture Rural Economic Development Division
http://www.agr.state.tx.us/eco/rural_eco_devo/economic_development/fin_smalltown.htm US Department of Agriculture Rural Development
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ Parks and Recreation General Park Information:
Texas Parks and Wildlife
www.tpwd.state.tx.us (General Information) Lower Colorado River Authority
www.lcra.org National Park Service
www.nps.gov Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/ Rails to Trails Conservancy
www.railstrails.org Greenspace Design
E-mail:
http://www.greenspacedesign.org/home.html Texas Trails Network
www.texastrails.org Playground and Other Equipment:
(This is not an endorsement of a particular company, just an information resource)
South Texas School Furniture 1-800-353-3685
www.texaslibrary.com Gametime, Inc.
1-800-235-2440
http://www.gametime.com/ Landscape Structures, Inc.
1-888-438-6574
http://www.playlsi.com/ Playground Equipment.Com
This is a site sponsored by several manufacturers of playground equipment
http://www.playground-equipment.com/ Funding:
Lower Colorado River Authority
Paul Scallon
1-800-776-5272
www.lcra.org Texas Department of Transportation / TEA-21
www.txdot.state.tx.us Gametime, Inc.
1-800-235-2440
http://www.gametime.com/funding.htm Texas Parks and Wildlife
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/grants The Urban Parks Institute
http://urbanparks.pps.org/topics/funding/ The Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/ Infrastructure Water:
Texas Water Development Board
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/ Lower Colorado River Authority
www.lcra.org Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
www.tceq.state.tx.us Water Infrastructure Network
http://www.win-water.org/ American Water Works Association
http://www.win-water.org/ Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)
www.orca.state.tx.us USDA Rural Development
http://www.usda.gov/rus/ Wastewater:
Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
http://www.ip3.org/water2000.htm National League of Cities
http://www.nlc.org/nlc_org/site/policy_legislation/win/index.cfm WaterWorld
http://ww.pennnet.com/ Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)
www.orca.state.tx.us USDA Rural Development
http://www.usda.gov/rus/ Electricity:
Lower Colorado River Authority
www.lcra.org/energy Fayette Electric Co-op
http://www.kilowatt.com/ American Public Power Association
www.appanet.org Electric Reliability Council of Texas
www.ercot.com The Electricity Forum
http://www.electricityforum.com/ Streets:
Texas Department of Transportation
www.dot.state.tx.us State Infrastructure Bank
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/revexp/sib/sibtoc.htm Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization
http://www.capco.state.tx.us/CARTPO/CARTPO_Home.htm Fayette County
http://www.co.fayette.tx.us/ US Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov Emergency Services:
Firefighting.com
http://www.firefighting.com/ Fire and EMS Network
http://www.Fire-EMS.net/ Texas Department of Public Safety
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/ Texas Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Management EMS Standards
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hcqs/ems/stndhome.htm Schools:
Texas Education Agency
www.tea.state.tx.us