• About Growth – Spring 2002

• Agricultural Lands Study, Designations of Agriculture Lands in Chelan, King, Lewis, and Yakima Counties, December 2004

• About Growth – Fall 1998

• Annexation Study: Annexations Under the GMA: Barriers & Potential Solutions, December 2004

• Annexation Study: Annexations Under the GMA: Barriers & Potential Solutions (Appendices A – J), December 2004

• Annual Report – FY 2001

• Annual Report – FY 2002

• Citations of Recommended Sources of Best Available Science, 2002

• Growth Management Act – Procedural Criteria for Adopting Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2003

• Buildable Lands Program Guidelines, 2000

• Buildable Lands Program:  2002 Evaluation Report – A Summary of Findings, 2003

• Fact Sheet – Do We Have Enough Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Land for Future Growth?, 2003

• About Growth – Spring 1995

• Making Your Comprehensive Plan a Reality:  A Guide to a Capital Facilities Plan, 1993

• Fact Sheet – Capital facilities planning is essential for economic vitality and quality of life, 2003

• Fact Sheet – Capital facilities planning template project, 2003

• About Growth – Summer 1999

• Q&A – Citizen Participation, 2003

• About Growth – Summer-Fall 2003

• The Coastal Erosion Task Force, 1999

• About Growth – Spring 1996

• What is a Comprehensive Plan?

• Small Cities Critical Areas Ordinance Implementation Guidebook, Draft 2/1/2007
  
• Small Cities Critical Areas Ordinance Implementation Guidebook Appendix A, Draft 2/1/2007
  
• CD-ROM Version zip file – need to double click on index.htm when user unzips/extracts files (automatically downloads to your PC)

• Note: CD can be ordered from GMS and mailed directly to you.

• Note: Links to view the Handbook sections electronically.

• Fact Sheet – GMA comprehensive plans, development regulations crucial to state’s salmon recovery efforts, 2005

• Fact Sheet – How critical areas regulations can help ensure protection of salmon habitat, 2003 ESA Critical Area Listings

• About Growth – Fall 2004

• About Growth – Winter 2002-2003

• About Growth – Summer 2004 

• About Growth – Fall 1997

• Economic Development through Growth Management: Making the Vision Real, 1993

• Fact Sheet – Growth Management – The Economic Development Element, 2003

• About Growth – Summer 2002

• About Growth – Spring 1998

• About Growth – Winter 2000-2001

• About Growth – Summer 1998

• About Growth – Summer 1995 

• GMA Legislative Study 2008 Main Report
• GMA Legislative Study 2008 Main Report - Appendices
• Growth Management Act (Brochure), 2005

• Growth Management Act Amendments – 1995-2006

• Growth Management Act and Related Laws, August 2006

• Fact Sheet – Counties, cities completing GMA requirements to manage Washington’s forecasted growth, 2003

• Fact Sheet – Overview of the Growth Management Act, 2003

• GMA 101: Planning Under the Growth Management Act

• Growth Management Questions and Answers
• How Growth Management Helps Communities Achieve Their Goals - Reports From Local and State Leaders

• About Growth – Summer 1996

• Fact Sheet – Helping Washington communities manage growth and protect important resources, 2003

• Fact Sheet – Communities wrestle with how to provide affordable housing for all income levels, 2003

• About Growth – Winter 2003-2004

• About Growth – Spring 2001 

• About Growth – Winter 1997-98

• Paying for Growth's Impacts:  A Guide to Impact Fees, 1992

• About Growth – Winter 2003-2004

• GMA Interagency Contacts Directory, 2002

• Working Together:  A Guide to Intergovernmental Coordination under the Growth Management Act, 1992

• About Growth – Summer-Fall – 2000

• Preparing the Heart of Your Comprehensive Plan:  A Land Use Element Guide, 1993

• Preparing Your Comprehensive Plan's Foundation:  A Land Use Inventory Guide, 1992

          A History of Washington Governments, Vol. I, Jan 1988
          The Quiet Crisis of Local Governance in Washington, Vol II, Jan 1988

• Growth Management Act – Procedural Criteria for Adopting Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2003

• About Growth – Winter 2003-2004

• Model Code Provisions:  Urban Streets and Subdivisions, 1998

• About Growth – Fall 1999

• Optional Comprehensive Plan Element for Natural Hazard Reduction, 1999

• About Growth – Spring 2000
• About Growth - Winter 2006-07

• Planning for Parks, Recreation, and Open Space in Your Community, 2005

• About Growth – Fall 2001

• Local Government Project Permitting Study, January 2005

• About Growth – Winter 2000-2001

• Growth Management Act – Procedural Criteria for Adopting Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2003

• Project Consistency (Chapter 365-197 WAC)

• Taking Guidance Final, December 2006: Advisory Memorandum: Avoiding Unconstitutional Takings of Private Property, Attorney General Report

• Growth Management Act and Related Laws, 2008

• Growth Management Act – Procedural Criteria for Adopting Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2003

• About Growth – Summer-Fall 2000 

• Chelan County Good Neighbor Handbook

• Keeping the Rural Vision:  Protecting Rural Character & Planning for Rural Development, 1999

• Fact Sheet – Rural quality of life in rural areas, 2003

• About Growth – Winter 2001-2002

• About Growth – Winter 2001-2002
• A Regional Design Strategy, In Support of VISION 2040 for the Central Puget Sound Region

• Fact Sheet – Combining environmental review, planning pays dividends, 2003

• Shoreline Master Program Guidelines (WAC 173-26), 2004

• Questions and Answers on ESHB 1933, Critical Areas Protection Under the GMA & SMA, 2003

• Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1933, Passed Legislature (2003 Regular Session) Integration of Shoreline Management policies with the GMA, 2003

• Short Course in Local Planning, 1999

• Fact Sheet – Short course demystifies planning process for elected officials, planning commissioners, citizens, 2003

• About Growth – Spring 1999

• Growth Management:  It’s Beginning to Take Shape, 1997, reprinted in 2001

• Achieving Growth Management Goals:  Local Success Stories, 2000

• About Growth – Fall 2002

• About Growth – Winter-Spring 1996-97

• About Growth – Winter-Spring 1994-95

• Your Community's Transportation System:  A Transportation Element Guide, 1993

• Fact Sheet – Connecting development with transportation planning, 2003

• Fact Sheet – GMA links transportation and land use, 2003

• About Growth – Winter 1999-2000

• About Growth – Spring 2003

• GMA Update:  Issues to Consider When Reviewing Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2003

• GMA Update:  Issues to Consider When Reviewing and Evaluating Critical Areas Regulations and Natural Resource Lands Designations, 2003

• Statutory Deadlines for GMA Related Actions, 2005

• Technical Bulletin 1.1 –  Issues to Consider When Reviewing and Evaluating Critical areas Regulations and Natural Resource Lands Designations, 2002

• Technical Bulletin 1.2 –  2002 Update: Issues to Consider when Reviewing Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2002

• Technical Bulletin 1.3.1 –  GMA Updates: Using Population Data, June 2006

• Technical Bulletin 1.4.1 –  GMA Updates: Optional Processes for Review and Revision of Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations under the Growth Management Act, May 24, 2006 

• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding GMA Updates

• About Growth – Spring 2004

• About Growth – Winter 2003-2004

• About Growth – Summer 2002

• About Growth – Winter 2001-2002

• About Growth – Summer 2001

• About Growth – Winter 1998-99

• Measures for Providing Attractive, Compact Urban Areas, 2003

• Urban Densities – Central Puget Sound Edition, September 2004

• Art & Science in Designating Urban Growth Areas, Part II:  Suggestions for Criteria and Densities, 1992

• Issues in Designating Urban Growth Areas:  Part I:  Providing Adequate Urban Land Supply, 1992

• Fact Sheet – How much space do Washington’s communities need for urban growth?, 2003

• Growth Management Act – Procedural Criteria for Adopting Comprehensive Plans and Development Regulations, 2003

• About Growth – Fall 1994

• Fact Sheet – The link between growth management, watershed planning, 2003

• About Growth - Summer 2005