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Pat Dugan has been both a city planning director and a city finance director. During the last 30 years, he has held various financial and planning positions in cities, counties, and regional agencies in three states.
He has shared his views on public finance and planning with planners through regular articles in The Western Planner since 1995.
Pat is now a private consultant in Everett, Washington. He can be reached at dugan.consulting@verizon.net.

2008
Planning and Finance - Creating the Future
Planning and Finance Series - Paying for the Walk
Planning and Finance - Reasons for Developers to Share the Cost of Facilities
Planning and Finance - The California Housing ‘Crisis’, More Reflections on Planning
in Southern California
Planning and Finance - Tax Increment Financing Revisited
Planning and Finance - Balancing Adequate Public Facilities with Other Public Purposes
Planning and Finance - Going Through Phases
2009
Planning and Finance - Developer Financing Tools
Planning and Finance Series - Best of Times, Worst of Times
Planning and Finance Series - Bad Times and the Long-term
Planning and Finance Series - Finance and Economic Development
Planning and Finance Series - Tax Increment Financing: Keep it Small
Planning and Finance Series - Budget Frustrations
Planning and Finance Series - Another Voter Initiative
2010
Planning and Finance - Financing Sidewalks
Planning and Finance - Being Smart With Facilities
Planning and Finance Series - Biting the Bullet
Planning and Finance Series - Dodging the Bullet
Planning and Finance Series - Riding the Bullet
Planning and Finance Series - Balancing in Difficult Times
Planning and Finance Series - Learning to be Poor
Planning and Finance Series - Effective Budget Practices
2011
Planning and Finance Series - Looking Backwards
Planning and Finance - Getting Back Up
Planning and Finance - New Challenges on “Who Pays for Growth?”
Planning and Finance Series - Even Wetland Management Can Affect Finances
Planning and Finance Series - Time for Another Look at Housing Prices and Smart Growth
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