Article Archive

When Smart Growth America Comes to Town
Bunnell, Kristine

Placemaking in Historic Downtown Cheyenne
Chakraborty, Sreyoshi

Bicycle Tourism in Rural Oregon
Corliss, Catherine et. al.

Keep It Clean Washoe County Health District, Air Quality Management Division's Outreach Program
Hunter, Julie

Art of Public Engagement The Last Column?
Nellis, Lee

Global to Local Connecting Global Oil Markets to Local Considerations
Slaughter, Kyle & Moberly, Paul

A Western Planner in FEMA's Court-Learning About the Community Rating System
Stebleton, Brad

Midtown Emerges on NW Denver Brownfield
Ashby, Matt

What in the world is "spit home" development?
Detweiler, Bill

How GIS has helped Minot Increase Productivity
Erickson, Aleesha

2016 Western Planner Awards
Parker, Angela

2016 Western Planner/MAP Conference Great Falls, Montana
Pava, Dan

Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana: 1933-42
Smith, Michael

Reed v. Town of Gilbert: Assessing the Impact One Year Later
Garvin, Elizabeth

Harley-Davidson Rally Point in Downtown Sturgis, South Dakota
Holdren, Jessica

Reviving a Downtown with Placemaking
Laqua, Rachel

Ranching with Fire and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations
McCormick, Kyle & Wuerzer, Thomas

New Community Assistance Program Helps Communities Plan for Wildfire
Mowery, Molly

Invisibility, the Secret to Successful Wireless Sites
Drake, Jesse

Dealing with the Public during the large infrastructure project
Lyman, Mark

Art of Public Engagement Public Engagement Gone Wrong
Nellis, Lee

Federal Lands in the West: A Few Facts and Figures
Stowell, Candace

Free Up the Content! Solving the usability conundrum in our plans and government documents
Sweum, Paul

Changing Climate Heats up Ski Resort Summer Uses in Nevada
Exline, Nicholas D.

Complete Sustainability has Three "E's"- Does Yours?
Garvin, Elizabeth

Communicating Climate Change in the Southwest
Mortimer, Katherine

Art of Public Engagement Elephants and Riders
Nellis, Lee

Foresight and Voter Approval Set the Stage for Water Security in Wyoming
Parkin, Darren

State Control of Federal Lands- Legal or Not?
Garvin, Elizabeth

Art of Public Engagement - Rational Thinking
Nellis, Lee

Seeing Colleges and Universities as Living Parts of Our Communities
Stebleton, Brad

Ways to the West: How Getting out of our Cars is Reclaiming America's Frontier
Stowell, Candace

Land Trusts in the WP Region: An Impressive But Uneven Record
Wright, John B.

Montana's Targeted Economic Development District Act
Cornish, Janet & Windemaker, Lynette

Urbanized! A New Metropolitan Planning Organization in a Rural Region
Coxworth, Daniel

Urban Design Matters
Ashby, Matt

Checking in on form-based codes in Western communities
Garvin, Elizabeth

Sustainability and the Comprehensive Plan
Mugler, Larry

Art of Public Engagement - The Persistence of Polarization
Nellis, Lee

2015 Western Planner Award Winners
Nellms, Megan

The Complete Illustrated Book of Development Definitions (4th Edition)
Stowell, Candace

Ethics….What is that? And how do you train for it?
Vogt, Amber

Ask Millenials About Millenials
Brockmeyer, Richard & Collins, Julia

Doubling Down in Small-Scale Hydro-Government That Works
Hennigh, Gary

Understanding and Implementing Mixed-Use Devevlopment in the West
Jensen, Aric

Art of Public Engagement - The Kiss Principle
Nellis, Lee

In Defense of Planning- Creating Process Advocates
Rider, Katherine

Minot, North Dakota- Small city, checkered past, bright future
Borjeson, Scott

Climate Change Resiliency Planning
Follingstad, Gretel

Opening up the Universe with Dark Skies Regulations
Garvin, Elizabeth

Art of Public Engagement - The Power of Story
Nellis, Lee

Thinking About Regulating the Sharing Economy
Garvin, Elizabeth

The Future of Coal-Applying Scenario Planning to a Critical Issue
Hansen, Mike & Slaughter, Kyle

Solar Power Expands Across the West
Harmstead, Scott

Art of Public Engagement - Making Engagement Fun
Nellis, Lee

Living Off the Grid, Inside the Grid
Watson, Jayna

Agenda 21: The New Private Property Rights Frontier
Aune, Erick

Featured Planner - Brandon Cammarata, Cheyenne, WY
Walker, Brett

Boom Bust Repeat
Diemer, Marc & Wilkerson, Brian

Planning and Finance - Tax Incentives at the Local Level
Dugan, Patrick L.

RMLUI Legal Corner: Regulating for Water Conservation: Water Smart
Garvin, Elizabeth

Land Use Planning and Water- A Call to Action
Iturreria, Julio

2014 Western Planner Awards Recognize Excellence
Millar, Candi

The New Billings Public Library: A Community Decision
Millar, Candi

Art of Engagement - Planning Inside the Box?
Nellis, Lee

Planning and Finance - Property Taxes and Local Tax Structures
Dugan, Patrick L.

RMLUI Legal Corner: Digital Sign Regulations
Garvin, Elizabeth

Art of Engagement - Who's For? Who's Against?
Nellis, Lee

Redevelopment of Mobile Home Parks
Sommer, Shelby, et. al.

Urban Planning in the Great Basin: An Interview with Tim Sullivan
Stowell, Candace

Planners Toolbox: Comprehensive Planning Revisited
Weil, Larry

Lake Tahoe local and regional planning policies
Wilkins, Suzanne

Planning and Finance - Property Taxes Among the Various States
Dugan, Patrick L.

New Research examines how to combat zombie subdivisions and other excess entitlements
Flint, Anthony

RMLUI Legal Corner: Social Media and the First Amendment
Garvin, Elizabeth

Salt Lake County at the Crossroads
Gellner, David

Art of Engagement - Building Transparency and Trust
Nellis, Lee

The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-42: A Model of Cooperation, A Blessing for the West
Smith, Michael

RMLUI Legal Corner: Koontz vs. St. John's River Water Management District
Garvin, Elizabeth

Art of Engagement - Being Open to Learning While Under Fire
Nellis, Lee

Salt Lake City by Foot, Bike, and Transit
Quinn-Hurst, Colin

Ethical Planning & Social Media
Sommer, Shelby

Planner's Toolbox: Onsite Inspections Done Right
Stebleton, Brad

School Districts and Local Governments: Partnering For Success
Valdez, John, Millar, Candi, & Thomas, Sharon

Using county zoning and infrastructure to create a new city in SD
Vogt, Amber

Ten Ideas for Job Applicants
Watson, Jayna

What is Agenda 21?
Apel, Mark

Community Gardens- A Common Sense Approach to Community Resilience
Apel, Mark

Agenda 21: The New Private Property Rights Frontier
Aune, Erick

Fiscal Analytics: A Planning Revolution in the Making
Bacon, James

Using all 26 Letters of the Alphabet
Cerise, Kristina

Agenda 21: Best Practices for Public Engagement More Relevant than Ever
Chaplick, Joan & Fiore, Ellie

Survey on the Impact of Agenda 21 Activism in the West
Girt, Rachel

The Western Planner Hands out Annual Awards
Pava, Dan

Fairbanks, Alaska: A Community Struggling with Air Quality
Cotter, Patrick

Planning and Finance - Fun with Bond Financing
Dugan, Patrick L.

Historic Preservation Butte, MT positions itself to grow heritage tourism
Jarvis, Jim

40 Years on the Oregon Land Use Trail
Knight, James

Art of Engagement - Nurturing a Shared Purpose
Nellis, Lee

Washington's Shoreline Master Plans
Wright, Wayne

Planning and Finance - When is a fee not a user fee?
Dugan, Patrick L.

Balancing Lake Tahoe
Lewandowski, Adam

Book Review- Reshaping Metropolitan America
Liming, Reed

Art of Engagement - 4 Steps to help make your community conversation productive
Nellis, Lee

Regulating Dick and Jane: First Amendment issues in SRE Real Estate vs, the City of Sturgis
Orsbon, Ben

Alaska's first "Housing First" project- Karluk Manor
Tuttell, Maryellen

Featured Planner- Brandon Cammarata, Cheyenne, WY
Walker, Brett

Idaho Students Compete in 2013 Future City Competition
Cecil, Jon & Linhart, Steve

Planning and Finance - Risky Business
Dugan, Patrick L.

Art of Engagement - Preserve the Wholeness in Landscapes and Cultivate a Community Life
Nellis, Lee

When Planning Becomes Most Fowl
Radtke, Jason

What's So Great About Sandoval County?
Stebleton, Brad

A look into the past, present, and future of Lead, South Dakota
Vogt, Amber

Bargain GIS- ARCMAP Alternatives and Other Tools
Williams, Wells

Finding Oprah, emotional intelligence and my next planning position
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance - Priming the Planning Pump The Legacy of HUD 701 Grants
Dugan, Patrick L.

Climate Adaptation Planning: Communities for Resiliency
Follingstad, Gretel

Art of Engagement - How to get a more representative audience in the room
Nellis, Lee

Going Green- Southern Nevada provides efficient transit for tourists and residents
Packer, Adrienne

Featured Planner- Dan Hanson, Brookings, SD
Putnam, Neil

How to Assemble a Successful Mixed-Use District
Reeves, Michelle

Planning Commissioners Corner - Wearing Two Hats?
Apel, Mark

Storm water woes worry Idaho planners
Blanchard, Chris & Eberle, W.

Planning and Finance - Integrating perspectives from planners, engineers, and finance officials
Dugan, Patrick L.

Internships: An invaluable resource during tight budget
Harper, Michael

A rancher's insights on trails planning provide lessons in public involvement
Mendoza, Cindy

Art of Engagement - The World Series, Old Faithful, and the Art of Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Sedalia, CO - The little Western town that could
Rider, Katherine

Evolve, rethink, and reinvent
Girt, Rachel

Impressions from Retirement - Three years later and still looking forward
Harper, Michael

Bolder Than Boulder - Building consensus for mobility in small, rural communities
Hernandez, Carlos & McKennan, Victoria

New Community Assistance Program Helps Communities Plan for Wildfire
Mowery, Molly

Art of Engagement - Planning will not work unless we listen with respect
Nellis, Lee

Outstanding Examples of planning in the West -2012 Western Planner Awards
Pava, Dan

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Need Help? Steps to well thought out staff reports
Stebleton, Brad

Blast from the Past - Revisiting the origins of the Western Planner
Stebleton, Brad

Book Review - Urban West Revisited by James Weatherby and Stephanie Witt
Cecil, Jon

Featured Planner - Ed Courton, Blazing the trail in Dickinson , ND
Courton, Pam

Planning and Finance - If high density reduces costs, why are public services in New York City so costly?
Dugan, Patrick L.

Revising New Mexico statutes for comprehensive planning
Follingstad, Mary

WP Conference Overview
Girt, Rachel

The Art of Engagement - How do you avoid being a desk-bound bureaucrat?
Nellis, Lee

Libby, MT climbs out from under the Superfund stigma
Smith, Kristin

Supporting Community Gardening
Ubic, Helen

Planning and Finance - Canadian resource gives comprehensive overview of capital financing strategies
Dugan, Patrick L.

COLORADO: Community planning and development help shape congressional districts in the state
Heller, Erica

IDAHO: Ada County rewrites access management plan
Inselman, Gary & Little, Christy

The Art of Engagement - Following the energy
Nellis, Lee

Western Water Woes Continue
Raymond, Jared

Four cities. four approaches to sustainability
Toon, Kevin

West Fargo, ND promotes affordable single-family housing developments
Weil, Larry

Angela Bordegaray
Bordegaray, Angela

Planning and Finance - The Price of Sprawl: Perverse Cities
Dugan, Patrick L.

Residents along the Wasatch Front in Utah find a better way to grow
Halford, Val

Henderson updates downtown strategies
HRA

The Art of Engagement - Don't let stress impact planning
Nellis, Lee

Code Drafting Guidelines
Siegel, Scot

Healthy By Design is Becoming New Mantra for Billings, MT
Spalding, Juliet & Hanson, Hilary

Federal Lands in the West: A Few Facts and Figures
Stowell, Candace

Lake Tahoe's Blueprint to a sustainable future
TRPA

Planner's Toolbox - New online tools can help Western Planners
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance - Using finance theory to understand the role of local government
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Strategies to help overcome NIMBY opposition
Turisk, Michael

Park City tackles climate change
Wortman, Dave

Planning and Finance - When is debt not a dirty word?
Dugan, Patrick L.

Using dialogue to bring people together
Nellis, Lee

To Avoid a Taking: Special Assessments Must Create Special Benefits
Orsbon, Ben

Western Planner Awards
Stebleton, Brad

2011 Western Planner/APA Four Corners Conference Highlights
Stebleton, Brad

Featured Planner - Makita Hill, Bernalillo, New Mexico
Stebleton, Brad

Farmers' and Public Markets: One Intermountain City's Experience
Cecil, Jon

Featured Planner - Jenah Thornborrow, AICP, Garden City, Idaho
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance - Time for Another Look at Housing Prices and Smart Growth
Dugan, Patrick L.

Innovative Local Government in the Far North - Local Borough Government Comes to Arctic Alaska- But With a Struggle
Finkler, Earl

Daycare and Registered Sex Offenders
Kurtz, Steve

Rebuilding America: APA National Infrastructure Investment Task Force
McMahon, Kathleen

The Art of Public Engagement - Follow the Energy
Nellis, Lee

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Reflections on Many Years Serving a Planning and Zoning Commission
Towler, Bill

Planner's Toolbox - Land Use Community of Practice An Extension Resource for Western Planners
Apel, Mark

Public Involvement Strategies in the Rural West
Cotter, Patrick

Creating Self-Sufficient Communities in the West
Dill, Tina

Planning and Finance - Even Wetland Management Can Affect Finances
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planner - Robert "Bob" Nelson Jr., Deadwood, South Dakota
Vogt, Amber

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Planning in Rural Areas
Weil, Larry

Planning and Finance - New Challenges on "Who Pays for Growth?"
Dugan, Patrick L.

Balancing Energy Development and Scenic Byway Designations
Kaliszewski, Nadia

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Tips for Effective Comprehensive Plan Updates
Meyer, Bob

Planner's Toolbox - Getting a Handle on Nonconformities
Stebleton, Brad

Featured Planner - Mike McMahon, Box Elder, South Dakota
Watson, Jayna

Planning and Finance - Getting Back Up
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Decorum in the Planning Commission Meeting
Harper, Michael

The Art of Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

UPlan: A Collaborative Planning Tool
Thomas, John

Indian Creek Revitalization Project
Billingsley, Brian

Santa Fe County Sustainable Growth Management Plan
Griego, Robert

Featured Planner - Kimberly H. Robinson, Reno, Nevada
Harper, Michael

The Art of Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Planner's Toolbox - A Book Every Planner Needs
Orsbon, Ben

Conservation Subdivisions - An Alternative to Western Ranchettes
Apel, Mark

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Continuing Education During Tough Times
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance - Looking Backwards
Dugan, Patrick L.

Young Wyoming Planner Makes Her Mark
Kershner, Melissa

The Art of Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

New Mexico APA Recognizes Planning Excellence
Pava, Dan

What It Means to be a Western Planner
Vogt, Amber

Planner's Toolbox - Interdepartmental Communication Improves Efficiency
Zimmer, Steven

Planning and Finance: Balancing in Difficult Times
Dugan, Patrick, L.

One Planner's View on Code Enforcement
Kurtz, Steve

Innovative Planning in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mortimer, Katherine; Macpherson, Richard; Thomas, Dave; & Liming, Reed

The Art of Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Saving for a Rainy Day: Wetland Mitigation Banking
Radtke, Jason

Planner's Toolbox - Dealing with Emus and Medical Marijuana
Towler, Bill

2010 Western Planner Awards
Ashby, Matt

Planning and Finance: Effective Budget Strategies
Dugan, Patrick, L.

2010 Western Planner Conference Highlights
Ehlers, Debbie

Aldo Leopold: Albuquerque's First Environmental Planner
Fleming, Bill & Schmader, Matt

U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule: Is There a Role for Local Government?
Harper, Michael

Planner's Toolbox - How to be a Good Witness in Land Use Hearings
Mathews, David

Following the Energy: The Art of the Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Lapel Pin and Western Planner Pride
Steadman, Stan

Post Conference Blues
Anderson, Mayana

Putting Boots on the Ground: Lessons on Small Town Planning from Southwest Utah - Part 2
Black, Elissa & Stempel, Peter

Planning and Finance: Learning to be Poor
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Why I Am A Western Planner
Ehlers, Debbie

Book Review - Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz?
Faas, Ron

Following the Energy: The Art of the Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Pedestrian Planning for Cheyenne, Wyoming
Olson, Nancy

Featured Planner - Ben Orsbon, FAICP, Pierre, South Dakota
Putnam, Neil

Impressions of the Columbia Gorge
Stebleton, Brad

WPR Endowment Fund
Waido, Ken

Creating a Small Wind Turbine Ordinance
Antol, Tiffany

Putting Boots on the Ground: Lessons on Small Town Planning from Southwest Utah - Part 1
Black, Elissa & Stempel, Peter

Planning and Finance: Biting the Bullet
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Following the Energy: The Art of the Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Onsite Inspections Done Right
Stebleton, Brad

Featured Planner - Betty Drake, Scottsdale, Arizona
Towler, Bill

Surviving the Tough Times and Preparing for the Good Times
Wendolowski, Walt

Planning Commissioner's Corner - How Planning Practice Becomes Theory in Small Town Planning
Dearing, Joe

Planning and Finance: Riding the Bullet
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Book Review - Why the Clustering of Like Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Nellis, Lee

Following the Energy: The Art of the Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

A GIS Solution for Planning Evolution: The City of Mesquite's Address Map Book
Spear, Tim

Long Range Public Involvement--Why Bother?
Trebilcock, Sam

Featured Planner - Donna J. Bye, City Planner, Minot, North Dakota
Weil, Larry

Turning Equity Into Opportunity: Montana Fund Helps Native Entrepreneurs Enter the Financial Mainstream Part II
Belangie, Philip & Woodrow, Sue

Featured Planner - Andy Epple, AICP, Bozeman, Montana
Brystor, Allison

Planning and Finance: Dodging the Bullet
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Spring Green, Wisconsin, Home of Noted Architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Finkler, Earl

Book Review - The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Harper, Michael

Saturday Morning Cartoons (Previously Printed In Another Publication)
Lowe, Jeff

Following the Energy: The Art of the Public Engagement
Nellis, Lee

Planning Commissioner's Corner - What is the Planning Commissioner's Role in Educating the Public
Tuttell, Maryellen

Turning Equity Into Opportunity: Montana Fund Helps Native Entrepreneurs Enter the Financial Mainstream Part I (Previously Printed in another publication)
Belangie, Philip & Woodrow, Sue

What's So Great About the Next Western Planner Conference?
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance: Capital Facility Planning
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Planner's Toolbox - Local Open Space Conservation
Watson, Jayna

Planning and Finance: Financing Sidewalks
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Planner's Toolbox - The Value of Digital Parcels
McMahon, Mike & Sorenson, Jenny

Featured Planner - Mark Rivera, Angel Fire, New Mexico
Pava, Dan

The Challenges of Change
Radtke, Jason

A Rural GIS Solution
Williams, Wells

Why Visit Vancouver in 2010
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance: Another Voter Initiative
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Impressions from Retirement: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Harper, Michael

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Beyond Robert's Rules: Guiding Your Planning Commission
Stebleton, Brad

Planning Education in the West: Bioregional Planning and Community Design
Urie, Ryan

2009 Western Planner Awards
Ashby, Matt

The 2009 Lester Award: Joanne Garnett
Ashby, Matt

Featured Planner - Michael Wilson, AICP, Boise, Idaho
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance: Budget Frustrations
Dugan, Patrick, L.

2009 Western Planner Conference Highlights
Ehlers, Debbie

2009 WYOPASS Award Winners
Lehman, Megan

Thanks from the SD Planners Association President
Putnam, Neil

The Western Planner Journal Subscriber Survey Results
Sheinberg, Barbara

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Four Basic Questions and a Survival Kit for Planning Boards
Vogt, Amber

A Western Planner Region Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Perspective
Cecil, Jon

Some Thoughts from a Butte, Montana Community Development Consultant (In response to Ben Orsbon's Historic Districts article in July WP)
Cornish, Janet

Planning and Finance: Tax Increment Financing: Keep it Small
Dugan, Patrick, L.

The Tax Increment Illustrated; TIF's and Real Estate Prices
Lucero, Lora

A Next Generation TIF Law in New Mexico
Marcotte, Karen

Discovering Home: Readings on Sense of Place for Planners
Siegel, Scot

Featured Planner - Angela Chambers, AICP, Senior Planner, Municipality of Anchorage, AK
Tuttell, Maryellen

Planner's Toolbox - Downzoning-A Land Protection Tool: How it's Been Used in One Arizona County
Apel, Mark

Planning and Finance: Finance and Economic Development
Dugan, Patrick, L.

The West Loses a Western Planner: Joe Gerdom
Ehlers, Debbie

Planning Commissioner's Corner: Keeping Historic Districts from Decaying
Orsbon, Ben

Floodplain Management Circa 2050: The View from the Land Use Planner's Vantage Point
Van Hemert, James

Featured Planner - Bruce Hunt, Senior Planner, CTED/Growth Management Services
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance: Bad Times and the Long-Term
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Book Review - Bold Endeavors: How Our Government Build America, and Why it Must Rebuild Now by Felix Rohatyn, Simon and Schuster, 2009
Faas, Ron

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Moving from Advisor to Implementer
Kuzelka, Bob

Planner's Toolbox - Web 2.0 for Planners: Social Networking
Taylor, Matthew

Planning and Finance Series: Best of Times, Worst of Times
Dugan, Patrick L.

Book Review: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. 2005
McMahon, Kathleen

Featured Planner - Michele Reinhart, Missoula, MT
Millar, Roger

When We Decide to Make Them, Sustainable Communities Will Come in All Sizes, Forms, and Locations
Steward, W. Cecil & Kuska, Sharon B.

Book Review - Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and what it says about us) By Tom Vanderbilt, Alfred A. Knopt, New York, 2008
Rounds, Jamison

Featured Planner - Eric Adams, Corvallis, Oregon
Siegel, Scot

The West Loses a Western Planner: Art Corsie
Stebleton, Brad

Spearfish, South Dakota--Naturally Inviting
Vogt, Amber

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Being an Effective Planning Commissioner
Weil, Larry

A Wyoming Planner's View of the Presidential Inauguration
Wood, Elizabeth

Getting What you Need from Land Surveyors
Zollman, Karen

Planning and Finance Series: Developer Financing Tools
Dugan, Patrick L.

And the Medford Yard Went on Forever
Finkler, Earl

Las Vegas Celebtates National Community Planning Month
Past, Tina

Featured Planner - April Getchius, Casper, WY Community Development Director
Threewitt, Don

Same Face, Different Name: An Arterial Street Land Use Strategy for Preservation of Residential Neighborhoods
Watson, Jayna

What Surveyors Want from GIS: Spatial Access to Property Records
Zollman, Karen

Sustainability and Stewardship: Reflections from the Spokane Regional APA Conference
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance: Going Through Phases
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Book Review - Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Difficult Times By Studs Terkel, 2003
Faas, Ron

Designing America's Wildlife Highway: Montana's U.S. Highway 93
Jones, Grant; Parker, Cory & Scott, Charlie

Support Your Local Planner
Kurtz, Steve

Planner's Toolbox - Shed Wars
Towler, Bill

Planning's Seven Dirty Words
Brosnan, Lisa

Conference Abstract: Working Effectively with Tribal Governments
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance: Balancing Adequate Public Facilities with Other Public Purposes
Dugan, Patrick, L.

2008 Conference Abstracts (continued from Sept. WP)
Ehlers, Debbie

Many, Many Miles from Barrow: A Great Road Trip to New Home in Northern Wisconsin
Finkler, Earl

Op-Ed Article: Embracing Failure
Harper, Michael

The Western Planner Op-Ed Guidelines
Harper, Michael

Planning and Religious Land Use--Lessons from South Daktoa
Putnam, Neil

Conference Abstract: Meetings Made Easy
Stebleton, Brad

Alaska News: Leading Change: Blending Indigenous and Western Planning Tools
Barker, Mitzi

Book Review - The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
Brosnan, Lisa

Planning and Finance: Tax Increment Financing Revisted
Dugan, Patrick, L.

2008 Conference Highlights
Ehlers, Debbie

Conference Abstracts (from the conference program)
Ehlers, Debbie

2008 Conference Awards
Guthrie, Katie

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Plan Locally, Think Globally
Kuzelka, Bob

Planning and Finance: The California Housing 'Crisis' More Reflections on Planning in Southern California
Dugan, Patrick, L.

University of Wyoming Conducts Survey on IT and Planning in Mountain West States
Hammerlinck, Jeff

Planner's Toolbox - Due Process in New Mexico
Mathews, David

Behind the Scences: What it Takes to Host an APA National Planning Conference
Past, Tina

The Paradox of Federal Energy and Defense Installations in the West
Pava, Dan

Bozeman Addresses Transportation and Land Use: West Babcock Street Pedestrian and Bicyclist Monitoring Project
Saunders, Chris

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Should Planning Commissions Plan?
Sublett, Ken

Featured Planner - Jayna Watson, City Planner, Spearfish, SD
Trebilcock, Sam

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Planning Commissioners as Planners
Avance, Theresa & Oliver, Dennis

Planner's Toolbox - Land Use Ordinance Library
Curtis, Evan

Planning and Finance: Reasons for Developers to Share the Cost of Facilities
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Book Review - Light and Liberty-Reflections n the Pursuit of Happiness by Eric S. Petersen
Finkler, Earl

Featured Planner - Alden Aust-Creator of the Planning Profession in Omaha
Kuzelka, Bob

A Glimpse of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design: Neighborhood Development in the Planning Process
Morehouse, Don

Ode to a Town Planner
Siegel, Scot

Camus in the Winter, Spring in Barrow
Finkler, Earl

Modeling Downtown Parking Requirements With Planning Support Systems in Sheridan, Wyoming
Hamerlinck, Jeff & Lieske, Scott

Planning Commissioner's Corner: The Basis for a Decision
Weil, Larry

The Role of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in Land Use Planning
West, Donna & Arnold, Josh

Planning Commissioner's Corner: Idaho Planning Efforts Address Climate Change
Cecil, Jon

Cheyenne, Wyoming: The Old and New West
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce

Live the Legend of Cheyenne
Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce

Commentary: Adopting LED Sign Regulations
Dolenc, Don

Planning and Finance Series: Paying for the Walk
Dugan, Patrick L.

2008 Western Planner Awards
Guthrie, Katie

Book Review - Urban Open Space: Designing for User Needs by Mark Francis
Quanbeck, Joel

Planner's Toolbox - About the LEED Green Building Rating System: What Planners Should Know (Part one of a Series)
Siegel, Scot

Featured Planner - Jessica Frost, Santa Fe, NM
Valdez, John

Thinking Globally, Acting Municipally: Three Colorado Cities' Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses
Day, Megan

Planning and Finance Series: Golden Eggs
Dugan, Patrick L.

Thoreau: An Inspiration in a Winter of Discontent
Finkler, Earl

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Dilemma of Planning Commissioners' Education
Ramjoue, George

Featured Planner - Lanette Windemaker, Planning Consultant, Bozeman, MT
Sanford, Jody

Book Review - Building from the Best of the Northern Rockies by Ralph Johnson, the Sonoran Institutue
Sizemore, Ken

Planner's Toolbox - Comprehensive Planning
Weil, Larry

Conference Abstract: Eminent Domain and Land Use Trends
Weil, Larry

Planning and Finance Series: A Tale of Two Cities
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - WP Articles Designed to Help Planning Commissioners
Frampton, Brian

WP Opinion Editorial: Getting to and Staying With "No"
Harper, Michael

Conference Abstract: Planning by Design in Community: Making Great Places
Harper, Michael

Featured Planners - Washoe County Community Development's Advance Planning Staff: Part Two
Harper, Michael

Conference Abstract: Geographical Character Based Planning
Harper, Michael

The Western Planner Op-Ed Guidelines
Harper, Michael

What's Your Sign? Adopting LED Sign Regulations
Pak, Michelle & Richway, Robert

New Zoning Supports 2,000 Year-Old Oasis
Pitts, Rachael

Conference Abstract: 2010 Census Preparations
Sanford, Jody

Conference Abstract: Noise Compatible Land Use Planning
Williams, Wells

Conference Abstract: Demographic Analysis Case Study
Williams, Wells

Update--Urban and Rural Growth in Montana: Incorporated Versus Unincorporated Areas
Byrom, Gus & Brenden, Kathryn

Defining Utah's Rural Character
Cottam, Brian

Planning and Finance Series: Money Matters
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Mercer Island Parks Web-Based Mobile Technology
Mayer, Peter M.

Conference Abstract: Multi-Media GIS on a Regional Level
Orsbon, Ben

Planner's Toolbox - Creating More Livable Communities
Ramjoue, George

Conference Abstract: Improving the Community Through Design
Sanford, Jody

Conference Abstract: Planning Ethics
Stebleton, Brad

Conference Abstract: Rural and Small Community Sustainability
Stebleton, Brad

Welcome to the Starbucked West
Ashby, Matt

Planning and Finance Series: Financial Debt Capacity
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Dickinson--The Western Edge Conference Highlights
Ehlers, Debbie

2007 Western Planner Awards
Ehlers, Debbie

Book Review - Conservatives Without Conscience
Faas, Ron

Planner's Toolbox - Geologic Hazard Analysis
Jones, Chuck

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Planning Commissioner Care and Feeding
Siegel, Scot

Planner's Toolbox - Stress-Management Approaches from TRPA
Avance, Theresa & Shaw, Melissa

Planning and Finance Series: Finance Matters
Dugan, Patrick, L.

New Global Climate Change Research Facility Grand Opening
Finkler, Earl

Featured Planner: Brian McGinnis, Senior Planner, Yankton, SD
Orsbon, Ben

Committed to a Thriving Community
Osborne, Jessica

Open Space Success Stories: Albuquerque and Boise
Stebleton, Brad

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Continued Reversal of Your Decisions by Elected Officials
Towler, Bill

What's So Great About Attending The Western Planner Conference
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Unforseen Consequences
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Planner's Toolbox - AICP Commission Approves Certification Maintenance Program
Eklund, Nancy

Featured Planner - Troy Bliss, Senior Planner, City of Loveland, Colorado
Guthrie, Katie

Book Review - Conservation Thresholds for Land Use Planners, and Lasting Landscapes: Reflections on the Role of Conservation Science in Land Use Planning
Harper, Michael

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Makings of a Good Planning Commissioner
Hathorne, Todd

Regional Workforce Housing Profile: Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area
Kline, Wade E.

Planning and Finance Series: Balancing Uses for Fiscal Reasons
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Memories of Marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965: Going from Academics to the Front Line of Civil Rifhts and Voting Rights
Finkler, Earl

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Writing Conditions for Land Use Decisions-Are They Enforceable?
Mapp, Jerome

The State of Planning in Booming Wyoming
Markert, Ken

Be a STAR! Join Small Town and Rural Planning Division of APA
Powers, Dale

Featured Planner - Ted Knowlton, Assistant Executive/Planning Director, Envision, Utah
Ramjoue, George

Western Heritage and Heroes
Schmidt, Kim & Schilling, Annette

Featured Planner - Pete Friedman, Comprehensive Planning Manager, Meridian, Idaho
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance Series: Are You Diversified?
Dugan, Patrick L.

The Difficulty with Implementing a Good Policy: The Washoe County Bicycle Network
Exline, Nicholas D.

Planner's Toolbox - Planning and Intitiated Referenda in South Dakota
Kays, Todd

Online Learning for Planners
Peralta, Christian

Explore the West in North Dakota
Schmidt, Kim & Schilling, Annette

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Ethics in Planning - When Disclosure Should Be Withheld and When the Process Must Become Transparent
Zabriskie, Gary

Make Your Plans for 2007 in Dickinson, North Dakota
Owens, Barbara & Schmidt, Kim

Featured Planner - Jeremy Grimm, Planning Director and Assistant to the Mayor, Buffalo, WY
Spencer, David

What's So Great About Sandoval County?
Stebleton, Brad

Book Review - The Politics of Historic Districts by Bill Schmickle
Walters, Melville

Planning and Finance Series: Golden Eggs
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planner's Toolbox - Online Community Surveys'' Yes You Can!
Erickson, Justin

Last Chances Come Rather Early in Alaska
Finkler, Earl

Qualitative Research for a Quality of Life: Benefits of Rural Airports
Jessup, Eric; Casavant, Ken, & Gossard, Marcia

Las Vegas' Westside Story
Marshall, James

Women in Planning
Baraconi, Tammy

Conference Abstract: Agriculture for Economic Development
Caputo, Dee

Livable Communities/Walkable Cities
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Two for One
Dugan, Patrick L.

The HUD USER Clearinghouse: Source of Housing Research and Information
HUD, US Department of

WP Editor Says "Auf Wiedersehen"
Kurtz, Steve

Planner's Toolbox - Duties of the Planning and Zoning Commission
Mapp, Jerome

Featured Planner - Candi Beaudry, Billings/Yellowstone County Planning Department
Mattox, Lora & Friday, Wyeth

Book Review: Still Stuck in Traffic, Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion, 2004 by Anthony Downs
Orsbon, Ben

Using GIS to Measure Intrinsic Landscape
Overdorf, Christopher

Conference Abstract: Green Building: Changing Your Community One Building at a Time
Sanford, Jody

A Trip Down Memory Lane
Steadman, Stan

Conference Abstract: Town and Gown Relations
Stebleton, Brad

Conference Abstract: Boise, Idaho Resort Development: Boom or Bust
Weil, Larry

Conference Abstract: Whiskey's for Drinkin and Water's for Fightin . . Or Water in the West
Weil, Larry

The Snow Isn't Just on Montana's Mountains
Boyer, Jim

The Missing Link: Community Planning and Public Health
Burbidge, Shaunna

Conference Abstract: Wahkiakum County, Washington Comprehensive Plan
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Where Did the Money Go?
Dugan, Patrick L.

Report Projects Future Land Development in Greater Yellowstone Area
Guide, Patricia; Carpenter, Randy, & Davis, Tim

Book Review - The Good News About Takings (The Citizen's Planning Series) by Timothy J. Dowling, Douglas T. Kendall, and Jennifer Bradley, APA Press, 2006, 68 pages
Harper, Michael

Conference Abstract: The Affordable Housing Challenge
Sanford, Jody

Conference Abstract: Open Space Trail Planning
Sanford, Jody

Featured Planner - Curt Hutchings, Five County Associaton of Governments Planner
Sizemore, Ken

Conference Abstract: Utah's Critical Lands Planning Tool Kit
Williams, Wells

Conference Abstract: Resources Management Planning
Williams, Wells

Manage or Evacuate Your Floodplains - Part 2
Barnett, Don

2005 Federal Transportation Bill Brings Changes to NEPA and Other Environmental Review Requirements
Bass, Ron

Conference Highlights: The City of Trees Hosts Planners and WP Awards
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance Series: Doing the Math
Dugan, Patrick L.

Book Review - Turning Point in Washington State History, Growth Management Acts 1990, 1991, A Collaborative Oral History Project
Faas, Ron

Conference Abstract: The New Look of Street and Highway Planning
Orsbon, Ben

Planner's Toolbox - Tools for Growing Grassroots
Oulman, Tracy

A Primer on the New Energy Boom--A 2005 Update
Spencer, David

Manage or Evacuate Your Floodplains - Part 1
Barnett, Don

Planning and Finance Series: Paying Development's Way
Dugan, Patrick L.

Emergency Planner
Markus, Mike

Traffic Calming in Longmont: The How's and the Why's
Ortiz, Ben

Back From St. Bernard, Louisiana
Racine, Joe

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Defensible Space: The High-Density Residential Dilemma
Ramos, Jason

Planner's Toolbox - Temporary Use Permits
Towler, Bill

The Western Planner and Idaho Planning Association Conference Highlights
Cecil, Jon

Utah's County Resource Management Planning Toolkit: Impacting Public Lands Decisions Through Local Planning - Part 2
Cottam, Brian

Planning and Finance Series: Forecasting Finale (For Now)
Dugan, Patrick L.

Making Growth Look Good: Designing for Sprawl Reduction at the Metropolitan Fringe
Kirkpatrick, Kevin

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Driving the Runaway Train: Managing Growth
Pomnichowski, JP

25 Things to Do While Visiting Boise, Idaho
Boise, City of

Utah's County Resource Management Planning Toolkit: Impacting Public Lands Decisions Through Local Planning - Part 1
Cottam, Brian

Planning and Finance Series: The Cost of Annexation
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planner's Toolbox - What's In Your Toolbox?
Harper, Michael

Applications of GAP Data to Local Land Use Planning
Maxwell, Jill

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Partnership, Values, and Legacy: The True Work of a Planning Commissioner
Thomas, Geoffery

An Inside Look at a ULI Advisory Services Panel
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance Series: The Future is Sensitive
Dugan, Patrick L.

Using Outdoor Lighting Ordinances to Mitigate the Unwanted Effects of Light Pollution
Elliott, Donald & Mowery, Molly

Planning Commissioner's Corner: Training Oppurtunites for Lay Planners and Planning Commissioners
Orsbon, Ben

Featured Planner - John Taschek, President Taschek Environmental Consulting, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
Stebleton, Brad

Small Communities Struggle to Retain Identity in the Face of Commercialization
Ashby, Matt

Arizona's Junction Box in the Road
Clark, Ken

Planning and Finance Series: Financial Forecasting for Finance Decisions
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planner's Toolbox- Ten Toes to Transit
Johnson, Max

Planning Commissioner's Corner: Transportation Land Use Connection
Orsbon, Ben

If You Build It, Will They Come, and How Many?
Painter, Kathleen; Jessup, Eric, & Casavant, Ken

What's So Great About…Denver, Colorado
Riger, Jacob

Deadwood 2004: Fourteen Years of Economic Recovery, Historic Preservation, and Community Revitalization-Part Two
Ackerman, William V.

EFC Offers Tool for Analyzing Community Infrastructure
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance Series: Financial Forcasting for Planning Decisions
Dugan, Patrick L.

Conference Abstract: Ecological Principals in Residential Design
Guthrie, Katie

Conference Abstract: Public Involvement Technicques-Practical Guide to Community Participation
Guthrie, Katie

Montana Resource Team Assessment Project
O'Rourke, Gloria

Featured Planner: Janet Cornish, Butte, Montana
Sanford, Jody

Deadwood 2004: Fourteen Years of Economic Recovery, Historic Preservation, and Community Revitalization-Part One
Ackerman, William V.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Back to the Basics-A great Neighborhood in Kalispell and the Virtues of the 7,000 Square Foot Lot
Byrom, Gus

Planning and Finance Series: The Art of Fiscal Forecasting
Dugan, Patrick L.

Conference Abstract: TOD/Mixed-Use Projects
Harper, Michael

Conference Abstract: Place-Making Ideas
Harper, Michael

Conference Abstract: Leadership
Orsbon, Ben

Las Vegas Sets Record Growth Pace
Powell, Andrew

Featured Planner - Wilford (Wilf) H. Sommerkorn, Director Davis County Community and Economic Development Department Farmington, Utah
Ramjoue, George

Conference Abstract: Payment for Regulation Under Oregon's Measure 37
Rolland, Richard

Conference Abstract: Ethical Challenges
Stebleton, Brad

Conference Abstract: Your Case Law Has Changed: 2005 Case Law Update
Weil, Larry

Working Together to Improve Housing and Increase Homeownership on American Indian Reservations
Affleck, Mary Lou

Planning and Finance Series: It's in the Bank
Dugan, Patrick L.

Conference Abstract: Strategic Planning: Key Steps to Effective Management of Your Organization
Garnett, Joanne

Planning Commisioner's Corner: Trouble in River City? The View from Buena Vista, Colorado
Grove, John

2005 Conference Highlights
Kurtz, Steve

Planner's Toolbox - Working with your County Attorney
Mathews, David

Book Review - The Latest Illustrated Book of Development Definitions by Harvey Moskowitz and Carl Lindbloom, Center for Urban Policy Research
Rolland, Richard

Conference Abstract: Floodplains and Droughts: The Virgin River Nightmare
Sanford, Jody

Developing Municipal Parking Standards: Implications of the Montana Three Cities Parking Generation/Land Use Pattern Correlation Study - Part 2
Saunders, Chris

Featured Planner - Mike Cooper, Director of Planning and Building Services, City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Trebilcock, Sam

Conference Abstract: Design Guidelines/Design Review Boards
Williams, Wells

Conference Abstract: Rural Cabin Development Issues
Williams, Wells

Planner's Toolbox - Bucking the RFP System: A Wyoming Take on Requests for Proposal
Ashby, Matt

Featured Planner - A. Lyn Barnett, Environmental Review Services Branch Chief, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Avance, Theresa

Planning and Finance Series: The California Housing "Crisis"
Dugan, Patrick L.

Cooper Island Climate Change, Invading Puffins, and Polar Bears
Finkler, Earl

28th Edition of Alaska Almanac Filled with Facts, Contacts, and a Good Dose of Alaskan Humor
Finkler, Earl

BBC Reporters Bring Northern Lights Sounds to Barrow, Alaska
Finkler, Earl

Recognizing Signs of Trouble--Survival Strategies
Frost, Jessica

The Variance Conundrum: Flexiblity Versus Hardship
McCormick, Alan

The Going Back to School Initiative: Part Two
Stebleton, Brad

Downtown Planning, Process and Partnership: An Idaho Case Study
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance Series: No More California Dreaming: Reflections on Planning in Southern California
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Rethinking Old Strategies
Madgic, Jennifer

Montana Three Cities Parking Generation/Land Use Pattern Correlation Study - Part 1
Saunders, Chris

Planner's Toolbox - Development Review Team: Opportunities and Challenges
Surface, Michael

Book Review - Married to the Mouse, Walt Disney World, and Orlando by Richard E. Foglesong
Trebilcock, Sam

WHAT"S SO GREAT: About Sitka, Alaska
Williams, Wells

Planning and Finance Series: "Best" Methods of Capital Finance
Dugan, Patrick L.

Community Character Planning in Washoe County, Nevada
Harper, Michael

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Meeting Decorum
Harper, Michael

Planner's Toolbox - Transportation Corridor Preservation
Ramjoue, George

WHAT"S SO GREAT: About Washington
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Windfalls as a Financing Mechanism
Dugan, Patrick L.

The Lemonade Project: Building Better Neighborhoods in Fargo, ND
Fargo, City of

Featured Planner - Mitzi Barker, Anchorage, AK
Garnett, Joanne

2005 Western Planner Awards
Kurtz, Steve

Planner's Toolbox - Preparing for Successful Meetings
Mapp, Jerome

The Dilemma of Devils Lake Part II
Noone, Michael

What's Important in Planning or Why I Stayed Here All These Years
Price, Ray

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Reflections on Being a Commissioner
Towler, Bill & Sacher, Maggie et al

Retooling the Declining Town: Innovative Economic Development Options for New Mexico's Small Communities
Valdez, John

Western States Planning Director Seminar
Bauer, Leonard

Planning Commissioner's Corner - What Makes a Planner Good!
Bell, Peggy

Storing Associated GIS Data in Access Databases
Bennett, Dale

Planning and Finance Series: Keeping Track of Your Fiscal Health
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planner - Barbara Becker, PhD , Professor of Planning, University of Arizona
Evans, Grace; Strelke, Barbara & Ogata, Irene

Book Review - The Western Confluence: A Guide to Governing Natural Resource
Harper, Michael

Creating Creative Cities: The Role of Redevelopment of Boise, Idaho
Kushlan, Phil

Roads, Growth Management, And Rural Planners of the West
Reid, Mark

Conference Abstract: Eat Your Vegetables, Mind Your Manners, and Involve the Public
Stebleton, Brad

WHAT'S SO GREAT: About Washington
Caputo, Dee

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Ten Essentials of Being a Good Planning Commissioner
Caputo, Dee

WHAT'S SO GREAT: About this edition of The Western Planner Journal (New column introduction)
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Zoning for Dollars
Dugan. Patrick L.

Local Planning of Animal Feeding Operations
Kays, Todd

Book Review - The Planning for Results Guidebook by Lee Nellis and Karen Van Gilder, 2003
Towler, Bill

The University of Montana Planning Program
von Reichert, Christiane

BikeNet in Billings
Brigham, Don Jr.

"Show Me the Money"
Brigham, Don Jr.

The New American Ruralism
Carson, Richard

Planning and Finance Series: The Costs of Services Debate
Dugan, Patrick L.

Space Probe Arrives at the Ringed Planet
Finkler, Earl

Book Review - The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
Matson, Don

Conference Abstract: Walking Tour of Missoula Riverfront
Stebleton, Brad

Conference Abstract: Washington State's Growth Management Act
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Getting it Right
Dugan, Patrick L.

2004 Conference Awards
Kurtz, Steve

Silver Celebration on the Clark Fork - 2004 WP Conference Highlights
Kurtz, Steve

Planner's Toolbox: Integrity of Decisions and the Decision-Making Process
Orsbon, Ben

Into the Lair of the Feds: A Western Planner's Adventure in Federal Lands Planning
Sizemore, Ken

WPR Endowment Fund Created
Waido, Ken

Conference Abstract: Positioning Communities and Regions for Economic Growth
Weil, Larry

Conference Abstract: Innovative and Flexible Zoning Controls: Legal and Planning Issues
Weil, Larry

Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
Cornish, Janet

Featured Planner - Gus Byrom, Montana Department of Commerce, Helena
Desch, Ann

Planning and Finance Series: It's All About The Cash
Dugan, Patrick L.

Casper Mountain Wildfire Safety Overlay District
Markus, Mike

Planner's Toolbox - Box City Successful Outreach Program
Pasinski, Gene Paul

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Public Hearings
Proffitt, Rod

Forest Planning In New Mexico
Stebleton, Brad & Rasmussen, Eric

Planning and Finance Series: Still Internalizing
Dugan, Patrick L.

Joe Luther Receives Honor
Garnett, Joanne

Planner's Toolbox - Starting A Community Revolving Loan Fund
Jones, Al

Keeping Small Towns Small: Can Increased Density Be Made Invisible? The LaConner, Washington Experiment
Kasprisin, Ron

Celebrating Twenty-Five Years Of The Western Planner
Kurtz, Steve

The Dilemma Of Devils Lake Part I
Noone, Michael

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Planning Commission Chairmanship 101
Aguilar, Jay

Planning and Finance Series: Internalizing Things
Dugan, Patrick L.

Management: The Key To Preservation and Revitalization Of Cities, Downtowns, And Urban Neighborhoods
Krier, Richard & Halvorson, Betsy

A Look Back-21 Years Ago In The Western Planner (October 1983)
Kurtz, Steve

Missoula, Montana Walking Tours
Missoula, City of

De-Population: Up Close And Personal
Proffitt, Rod

Featured Planner - Phillip Lookadoo Planning And Zoning Director, Aberdeen, South Dakota
Trebilcock, Sam

Planning and GIS: Hiring GIS Consultants
Bennett, Dale

Yellowstone Corridor Study: Public Involvement Strategies, Key To Success
Burtenshaw, Lisa

Growth Management in Idaho: Confronting The Dilemma of Mixed-Use Development
Cecil, Jon

Planning and Finance Series: The Emperor's New Clothes
Dugan, Patrick L.

Book Review - Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Difficult Times By Studs Terkel, 2003
Faas, Ron

The Western Planner 25th Anniversary
Kurtz, Steve

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Twenty Ways To Conduct A Successful Planning And Zoning Hearing
Mapp, Jerome

Featured Planning School - City and Regional Planning Program Dept of Geography New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM
Stebleton, Brad

Planner's Toolbox: Ordinance Retooling
Weil, Larry

Planner's Toolbox - Purchase Of Development Rights
Blanchard, Bob

Planning and Finance Series: The Costs of Density
Dugan, Patrick L.

Changing The Way We Do Business: A Fresh Perspective On The Regulation Of Intensive Agriculture Uses
Eich, Austin

North Slope Borough Counselor Offers Some Tips for Coping with Sunless Days, Weeks, and Months
Finkler, Earl

Planning Commissioner's Corner - How To Turn A Public Hearing Into A Lynch Mob In Ten Easy Steps
Garnett, Joanne

Featured Planner - David Spencer, AICP, EDFP: A Man For All Seasons
Proffitt, Rod

Communication: A Key Component Of Success
Stein, Judy

BLM National Monument Planning
Towler, Bill

Planning and GIS: "Where is It?" Part 2
Bennett, Dale

Featured Planner - Joanne Garnett, AICP
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Utilities and Growth
Dugan, Patrick L.

Coping with Multi-Family Conversions
Lang, Lance

Regional Siting of Essential Public Facilities: An Inter-jurisdictional Approach Based on Equitable Distribution
Larsen, Esther

Message from the Governor of Washington (Reprint)
Locke, Gary

Featured Planner - Tom Fisher, AICP, Grand Junction, Colorado
Aguilar, Jay

Planner's Toolbox - Part II of Physical Tools in three Planner's Toolboxes
Brekhus, Jenny

Planning and Finance Series: The Utility Dilemma
Dugan, Patrick L.

Where the Buffalo Roam
Ehlers, Debbie

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Advisory Planning Commission--The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Version
Guthrie, Katie

Conference Abstract: Pahrump Mobile Tour
Stebleton, Brad

Migrant Labor, Mobile Homes, and Exclusionary Zoning in Hatch, New Mexico
Wakefield, Chad & Harper, Brian

TRAC-ing Land Use Options in Mesa County, Colorado
Warren, Michael

Featured Planner - Don "Skip" Canfield, AICP, Senior Planner, Nevada Division of State Lands, Carson City, Nevada
Avance, Theresa

Planning and GIS: "Where Is It?"
Bennett, Dale

Planning and Finance Series: Surf's Up
Dugan, Patrick L.

2003 Conference Awards
Garnett, Joanne

Conference Abstract: Keynote Speaker James Van Hemert and The Western Planning Experience
Garnett, Joanne

Book Review - The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
Hurand, Fred

Las Vegas, Nevada WP Conference Highlights
Kurtz, Steve

Conference Abstract: Prioritization Methods for Capital Projects
Orsbon, Ben

Planner' Toolbox: Land Division Permits
Towler, Bill

GIS and Public Records Requests
Bennett, Dale

Planning and Finance Series: How to Slice the Budget Pie
Dugan, Patrick L.

Historic Nunamiut Kayak Returns to Anaktuvuk Pass for Restoration
Finkler, Earl

Young Leader Speaks to North Slope Young People
Finkler, Earl

Planning in the Land of Oz
Garnett, Joanne

Featured Planner - Eric Easton Natrona County, Wyoming Attorney
Kurtz, Steve

All Roads Lead to Yucca Mountain
Navis, Irene

Book Review: True West - Authentic Development Patterns for Small Towns and Rural Areas
Pratt, Sue

Planning and GIS: Assembling and Integrating Records for GIS
Bennett, Dale

Planning and Finance Series: While the Devil May Be in the Details, Our Salvation May Be There As Well
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planner - Ted Haeder, Planner for the Central South Dakota Enhancement District
Eich, Austin

Growth Management in Washington: Community Voices in Support A WP Feature Article Series Part IV - Up to Speed with Growth Management and a Planning Commissioner's Perspective
Rader, Chris & Perz, Paul

A Primer on the New Energy Boom: An Emerging Challenge for Western Planners, Part III: Implications for the Future of the West
Spencer, David

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Non-Resident Planning Commissioner
Stebleton, Brad

Planning and GIS: Living in an Imperfect (Data) World
Bennett, Dale

Planner's Toolbox - The Question Isn't Whether or Not We Have Growth, But How We Manage It
Daniels, Steven E.

Planning and Finance Series: Policy, Not Pencils
Dugan, Patrick L.

Book Review - The Earth is Faster Now: Indigenous Observations of Arctic Environmental Change
Finkler, Earl

Featured Planner - Jim Gilmour, Fargo, North Dakota
Gray, Cindy

Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program: Neighborhood Youth Serving the Community
Harsin, Stephen K.

Growth Management in Washington: Community Voices in Support A WP Feature Article Series Part III - Historic Preservation and Growing Schools
Simpson, Joan

Growth Management in Washington: Part III - School Impact Fees: Growing Schools and Growing Communities
Stiffarm, Denise & Yuan, Grace

Planning and Finance Series: Watch Your Back
Dugan, Patrick L.

Growth Management in Washington: Community Voices in Support A WP Feature Article Series Part II - Community Voices in Support
Fieldcamp, Dirk H. Jr.

Planning for School Trust Lands in Montana
Greer, David M.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Saying No to Friends and Acquaintances
Hough, David

Featured Planner - Tamara Babcock Development Services Director City of Hastings, Nebraska
Lang, Lance

Book Review - The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
Orsbon, Ben

Letter to the Editor
Simonson, Michael E.

Growth Management in Washington: Part II - King County Achieving Remarkable Results With Growth Management Planning
Sims, Ron

Planner's Toolbox - Getting a Handle on Nonconformities
Stebleton, Brad

State Planning Directors in the West
Bauer, Leonard

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The Contrarian's Take on Planning Today in the Pacific Northwest
Carson, Richard

Planning and Finance Series: Where the Planner Meets the Finance Official: Modern Budget Processes
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planner - Todd Kays, Senior Planner First Distric Association of Local Governments, Watertown, South Dakota
Eich, Austin

Book Review - Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Growth Management in Washington: Community Voices in Support A WP Feature Article Series Part I - GMA: A Valuable Tool for Economic Planning
Robison, Rita; Bauer, Leonard; & Moser, Bob

Setting a Community Design Agenda
Wagoner, Roger & Owen, John

Getting a Handle on Growth
Wakefield, Chad

Planners and GIS: It's Not the Software, It's the Data
Bennett, Dale & Zollman, Karen

Transportation Planning: Regional Planning Organizations in New Mexico
Degani, Brian & Wilson, Thomas

Planning and Finance Series: Watch Your Back
Dugan, Patrick L.

Hot Links on the World Wide Web - Sign Regulation
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Planner's Toolbox: Calmly Paving the Road to Perdition with Good Intentions
Orsbon, Ben

Conference Abstract: A New Tool for Assessing Local and Regional Economies: The READ System
Spencer, David

A Primer on the New Energy Boom: An Emerging Challenge for Western Planners, Part II: How Communities are Coping
Spencer, David

Featured Planner - John Valdez, Albuquerque, NM
Stebleton, Brad

Next Time You Get An Invitation to Evanston, Wyoming, Go!
Aguilar, Jay

Planner's Toolbox - Planner's Toolbox
Brekhus, Jenny

Sprawl Happens-Do Something About It
Caputo, Dee

Conference Abstract: Promoting Community Partnership
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Penny Wise and Dollar Foolish
Dugan, Patrick L.

Conference Abstract: Dealing with Good Ol' Boys (and Girls!)
Garnett, Joanne

Northwest Income Indicator Project Web Site: http://niip.wsu.edu
Kuhn, Kenneth

Hot Links on the World Wide Web - Impact Fees for New Development
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Frontier Planners Tackle Intractable Challenges of Depopulation
Stauffer, David

Conference Abstract: Development Standards for Rural Subdivisions
Stebleton, Brad

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Commission Retreats
Towler, Bill

Planners and GIS - Old Problems, New Solutions
Bennett, Dale & Zollman, Karen

Planning and Finance Series: More Zigs and Zags Along My "S" Curve
Dugan, Patrick L.

How to Raise a Stink in Iron (Your) County
Erickson, Reed

Planners and Designers Gather to Discuss "Smart Growth" In Alaska's Cities and Villages
Finkler, Earl

2002 Reflections and Challenges: Evanston, Wyoming-July 16-19, 2002: Western Planner, Wyoming Planning Association, Conference Highlights.
Kurtz, Steve

Book Review - Above and Beyond: Visualizing Change in Small Towns and Rural Areas
Stauffer, David

Planners and GIS - Old Problems, New Solutions
Bennett, Dale & Zollman, Karen

Planning and Finance Series: How Much Does it Cost to Support New Development
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Property Rights
Saunders, Chris

A Primer on the New Energy Boom-An Emerging Challenge for Western Planners, Part 1: Setting the Stage for Growth
Spencer, David

Facing Ethical Challenges
Stebleton, Brad

Laura Martin, Hometown Planner
Brekhus, Jenny

Planning and Finance Series: What are the Latest Trends
Dugan, Patrick L.

Developers Engage in Citizen Participation
Fulk, Gary

Planning and Finance Series: Enron and Local Government
Dugan, Patrick L.

Humor and Wisdom
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Book Review - What Your Planning Professors Forgot to Tell You
Manwaring, Richard

Land Use Planning and Growth Management in the American West
McKinney, Matthew & Harman, Will

The Las Vegas Monorail Project
TerBerg, Garrett III

Why The Western Planner Web site Deserves a Bookmark
Williams, Wells

Mustang Ranch: Brothel's Demise Gives Rise to Housing Cooperative
Brekhus, Jenny

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Let's Talk About the "Z" Word
Cole, Dave

Planning and Finance Series: Look Out, Here Comes the Auditor
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planner - Bob Blanchard, Community Development Director, Grand Junction, Colorado
Faas, Ron

Planner's Toolbox - Consider the Big Picture When Reviewing Site Plans
Hough, David

South Dakota Access Management, A Work in Progress, Cooperation will be Key to Success
Laughlin, Rick

The Long-View
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Book Review - The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration: 1966-1999
Brekhus, Jenny

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Player Facts in the "Planning Game"
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: More on the Mysteries of Accounting
Dugan, Patrick L.

Living in the Mat-Su-Supporting a Planning Ethic in an Alaskan Landscape
Ford, Malcom

21st Century Communities in Utah "Skating to where the puck will be"
Hutchings, Curt

You Know You're a Western Planner When. . .
Stebleton, Brad

South Dakota Animal Confinement Cases
Trebilcock, Sam

Planner's Toolbox - Cooperation Between Boards
Weil, Larry

Conference Abstract: The Myth of Santa Fe
Brekhus, Jenny

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Being an Effective Planning and Zoning Commission Member
Burgess, Renee

Planning and Finance Series: What is This GASB 34 Thing Anyway?
Dugan, Patrick L.

Benchmarking the Performance of Rural Communities: A Preliminary Model
Fried, Harold O. & Klein, J. Douglass

Conference Abstract: The West on Fire: How Can Planning Help?
Garnett, Joanne

Conference Abstract: Rural Economic Development
Stebleton, Brad

Conference Abstract: Partnering to Save Our Western Landscapes; Strategies for Local Government Planners
Towler, Bill

Planning and Finance Series: Management Implications of Fund Structure
Dugan, Patrick L.

Transitions in Agriculture: Preserving the Farmer and the Farm
Embleton, Mary

Planner's Toolbox - What is Your Economic Development Plan, And How Does it Work?
Frerichs, Ben

Conference Abstract: Planning Commissioner Workshop
Garnett, Joanne

You Know You're a Western Planner When…
Kurtz, Steve

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Quality Examples
Matson, Don

Conference Abstract - Innovative Approaches to Traditional Planning
Orsbon, Ben

Conference Abstract - Santa Fe Land Use Challenges, Issues, and Resolution
Orsbon, Ben

Conference Abstract - Working with Developers, A Love-Hate Relationship
Orsbon, Ben

Conference Abstract - Planning the Navajo Nation
Orsbon, Ben

Conference Abstract: Establishing a Design Legacy; Durango and Santa Fe Case Histories
Pitts, Rachael

Featured Planner - Chris Saunders
Sanford, Jody

Conference Abstract: The Impact of Federal Lands on Local Communities
Williams, Wells

Conference Abstract: Planning and Development on State Lands Workshop
Williams, Wells

Planning and Finance Series - A Road Map to Financial Documents: Funds and Categories of Funds
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - You Know You're a Western Planning Commissioner if…
Garnett, Joanne

Wildland/Urban Interface: Encroachment or Ecotone?
Mark, Charles A.

Featured Planner - Mary Kay Peck
Shepard, Nora

How Interagency Planning Lessened Impacts of The Cerro Grande Fire
Webb, M. Diana & Carpenter, Kelly

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Revising Plans and Ordinances Let's Begin at the end!
Coles, Collin

Planning and Finance Series: Pay Me Now or Pay Me (A Lot More) Later
Dugan, Patrick L.

Go outside and play--The Spirit of Ground Truthing
Fynn, A.G.

City of Kuna BMX Track
Halstead, Melodie

Saving Endangered Places
Sefarth, Jill

Book Review - The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution is Reshaping the American Landscape
Shepard, John

Planner's Toolbox - Envision Utah Urban Planning Tools for Quality Growth
Sizemore, Ken

Featured Planner - Dave Ziegler
Brekhus, Jenny

Planning and Finance Series: Impact Feels and Location
Dugan, Patrick L.

Banking on Juneau's Wet and Wild Wetlands
Kreel, Sylvia & Heumann, Katharine

Planner's Toolbox - Ideas for Training Planning Commissioners
Trebilcock, Sam

Book Review - The Geography of Nowhere, The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
Desch, Ann

Planning and Finance Series: Still Tapering Off
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planners - Sarah More & Sue Pratt
Garnett, Joanne

What is RETRAC?
Parenti, Pam

Summer in Santa Fe, or Why We're Heading for a Cultural and Spiritual Mecca to Live it Up
Pitts, Rachael & Burstein, Steve

Fundamentals of Economic Development for Planners
Spencer, David

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Value of a Planning Commission
Stebleton, Brad

Conference Abstract: Using Plans to Manage Growth
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series: Thinking Geographically, or The Distance Factor in Public Finance
Dugan, Patrick L.

Featured Planner - Lisa Parks, President/Principal Planner, Alliance Consulting Group
Faas, Ron

Planner's Toolbox - Planning Commission Work Sessions
Hough, David

Conference Abstract: Legal Considerations of Animal Confinements
Kurtz, Steve

The Census Aftermath: Redistricting and Reapportionment
Matson, Don

When the "Chips are Down" Planners Need to Understand the Complexity of Agricultural Nuisance Law
Orsbon, Ben & McGregor, Scott

Planner's Toolbox - Development Impact Fees: Try This at Home
Pitts, Rachael

Conference Abstract: Growth Management and the Code of the West
Strozier, Jim & Ehlers, Debbie

Western Planning Resources Web Site
Williams, Wells

Creating Community - It's Not Just for Adults Anymore
Zelinka, Al & Worthington-Forbes, Laura

Letter to the Editor: Oregon Learns a Hard Lesson
Carson, Richard

Conference Abstract: GIS Basics
Hough, David

Conference Abstract: Historic Preservation
Hough, David

Conference Abstract: Access Management
Hough, David

A Can-Do Tradition in Public Works
Olson, Carla

Conference Abstract: Economic Development on Reservations
Olson, Carla

Conference Abstract: Rural by Design Goes West
Pitts, Rachael

Earthships of New Mexico: The Future is Here
Pitts, Rachael

Fly Fishing and Planning
Strozier, Jim

Conference Abstract: Planning in the West, The Place of Consensus Building in Public Participation
Anderson, Gavin

Planning and Finance Series: The Influence of Property Tax Structure on Land Development
Dugan, Patrick L.

King of the Road: Economic Consequences of Road Design
Eberle, W. David, Dr.

Conference Abstract: Conservation and Recreation Planning
Kappen, Phil

Planner's Toolbox - Economic Development Planning in Practice
Manwaring, Richard, & Burnett, David

Conference Abstract: Natural Resource Planning
Matson, Don

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Making the Most of the Planning Commissioner Candidate Interview
Olson, Carla

Conference Abstract: Innovative Planning Case Studies
Pitts, Rachael

Colorado Amendment Defeated - An update from article in Oct/Nov issue
Waido, Ken

Conference Abstract: Manufactured Housing Regulation, Design Innovations, and Development Options
Williams, Wells

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Ask for the Overheads
Williams, Wells

Conference Abstract: Planning to Accommodate Tourism
Williams, Wells

Planning Commissioner's Corner - SEPA Changes on the Horizon
Caputo, Dee

Featured Planner - Rick Hartz, Beaverhead, Montana
Cornish, Janet

Planning and Finance Series: More on Property Taxes: Part Two
Dugan, Patrick L.

2000 WP Conference-Remembering Twenty Years of Success, Spearfish, South Dakota
Kurtz, Steve

Initiative 256 - Citizens Petition for Colorado Constitutional Amendment Mandating Management of Growth
Waido, Ken

Book Review - Lehman's Zoning Trilogy, 1999 Millenium Edition by Bob Lehman
Williams, Wells

Deadwood 2000: The First Ten Years, An Analysis of Gambling, Historic Preservation, and Community Revitalization
Ackerman, William V.

Planning and Finance Series: The Property Tax: Part One
Dugan, Patrick L.

Some Enlightened Thoughts from Milwaukee's Mayor
Kurtz, Steve

Planner's Toolbox - The Development Plan - Minimize Your Growing Pains
Pitts, Rachael

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Economics of Development
Spencer, David

Featured Planner - Don Matson, AICP, Clark County, Nevada, Senior Planner for Demographics
Wynes, Ed

Pushing the Envelope--Providing GIS for Very Small Communities
Bennett, Dale

Book Review - The Inner Game of Work by W. Timothy Gallwey
Davis, Sandra

Planning and Finance Series: The Benefit Principle and Financing Growth
Dugan, Patrick L.

Consensus Building - A Proven Tool for Better Planning
Harmon, Will

Bye Bye Verdi (pronounced Ver-die)
Melby, Karen Lapidakis

Planner's Toolbox - Growth Boundaries and Service Area Boundaries
Towler, Bill

WP 20th Anniversary - The Citizen Planner: An Often Overworked Species!
Bleiker, Hans, repr fr June 1980

WP 20th Anniversary - Economics of Control Disputed as Red River's Annual Floods Worsen
Bushfield, Bob, repr fr April 1980

Planning and Finance Series: Principles of Taxation
Dugan, Patrick L.

WP 20th Anniversary - Twenty Years Ago in The Western Planner
Kurtz, Steve

Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western
Lugo, Mary

Featured Planner - Lora Lucero, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pitts, Rachael

Alaska Youth Show Community They Care
Steadman, Stan

Quelling the Banditry of Sprawl: Planning Marshals a Posse to Retake the West. A video review of Subdivide and Conquer
Wight, Ian

A Small Town Acquires, Plans, and Redevelops a Waterfront Industrial Park - The 2nd Article in the Series on the Sawmill Cove Industrial Park
Williams, Wells; Johnson, Wendell, & Middleton, Reid

Planning Commissioner's Corner - "Wait a Minute, I'm a Volunteer:" Some Questions on the Planning Commissioner's Role in Citizen Participation Programs
Byrne, Abby

Planning and Finance Series: In Search of Predictability in Public Facility Development
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning as an Intervention Measure with Intermunicipal Conflict: The Empire (State) Strikes Back
Finn, Steven

Planner's Toolbox - Tools from APA
Garnett, Joanne

Book Review - Design for Mountain Communities: A Landscape and Architectural Guide by Sherry Dorward
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Recipe for Fairness
Swayne, Carol Lynne

2000 Western Planner Awards
Towler, Bill

WP 20th Anniversary - Twenty Years ago in The Western Planner - The Citizen Planner
Bleiker, Hans, repr fr Mar 1980

Planning and Finance Series: Deficit Spending and Balanced Budgets
Dugan, Patrick L.

Random Reminiscences - In the Spirit of Lester The Western Planner
Kurtz, Steve

Winning Trust - How Do You Rate on the Integrity Scale?
Navis, Irene

Featured Planner - Reed Erickson, Iron County, Utah, Countywide Planner
Sizemore, Ken

Complicated Problems call for Complicated Solutions
Taschek, John; Miller,Anita; & Fiedler, Seth

Flagstaff Area Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan
Towler, Bill, & Montano, Ursula

WP 20th Anniversary - With Every Egg in the Basket. . . A Lifestyle's at Stake
Weiss, R.J., repr fr Mar 1980

Clark County Responds to Nevada Manufactured Housing Bill
Ammerman, Jennifer; Boyle, Carolyn, & Pulsipher, Chuck

Planning and Finance Series: Debt Calculations Using Excel
Dugan, Patrick L.

The Western Planner, at Twenty, Greets the Millennium
Kurtz, Steve

Book Review - The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics by Roderick Frazier Nash
Manwaring, Richard

A Time for Reflection: Looking Toward the 21st Century
Manwaring, Richard

WP 20th Anniversary - Are Housing costs now just out of hand?
Merta, Allen, Reprint fr Jan/Feb 1980

WP 20th Anniversary - The Goal is Service to Planning Professions, States Join in Sponsoring New Journal
Roach, Fred Reprint Jan/Feb 1980

Realizing the Community's Dream, The New Concept of Vision Posters as a Downtown Revitalization Tool
Brodeur, Mark

Featured Planner - Michael D. Wardle, Principal, Wardle & Associates, Boise, Idaho
Brown, Bob

Planning and Finance Series (Article 40) - Tax Increment Financing
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planner's Toolbox - Planning Education on Montana Public Television
Keating, Michael

Forest Service Proposes New Planning Regulations
Loomis, David

NIIP Shift-Share Analysis Applications of County Employment Growth within Washington State
Smtih, Gary W.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Well, Here I Am, What Do I Do Now? Notes for the New Planning Commissioner
Sprouse, Jack

Community Event Signs
Bushfield, Bob

Planning and Finance Series (Article 39) - Effective Use of Local Improvement Districts
Dugan, Patrick L.

Refugees in Western Planner States: Who Are They and How Do We Plan for Them?
Gaber, John

Conference Abstract: Leadership Skills for Women and Men
Garnett, Joanne

From Russia with Love, or The Ukrainians are Coming -- Cultural Diversity on the High Plains of Wyoming
Kurtz, Steve

Conference Abstract: The Casper, Wyoming Comprehensive Land Use Plan: A Case Study
McClenahan, Pepper

Planner's Toolbox - The Capital Improvements Plan: A Crucial Part of Comprehensive Planning
McCracken, Robb

Featured Planner - Dave Mingo, AICP, City of Yankton Planner
Trebilcock, Sam

Book Review - Landscapes of the Interior: Re-Explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit by Don Gayton
Wight, Ian

Planning and Finance Series (Article 38) - Local Improvement Districts
Dugan, Patrick L.

WP Planner of the Year - Ramona Mattix, City of Prescott, Arizona
Hadley, Laurie

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Site Visits
Hough, David

Nebraska Shows the Way at the Lincoln Conference
Kurtz, Steve

Featured Planner - Richard J. Macpherson, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Stebleton, Brad

Planner's Toolbox - Home Businesses
Towler, Bill

Planning Commissioner's Corner - 'I am not a planner--I'm on the planning commission!'
Benson, Elizabeth

Washington Small Town Growth Management Planning
Byrne, Abby & Kliem, John

Planning and Finance Series (Article 37) - The Many Facets of Capital Improvement Planning
Dugan, Patrick L.

Endangered Species and Habitat Protection: American Planning Association Policy Guide
Issacs, John

Reflections on Planning for the Next Millennium
Spencer, David

Featured Planner - Corey Cox, AICP, Regional Development Manager, Maricopa Association of Govts. Phoenix, Arizona
Towler, Bill

The Master Planning Begins
Williams, Wells

Planner's Toolbox - Staff Reports
Wynes, Ed

Book Review - Growth Management for a Sustainable Future: Ecological Sustainability as the New Growth Management Focus for the 21st Century
Caputo, Dee

Featured Planner - Dick King, Executive Director, Bear Paw Development Corporation
Desch, Ann

Planning and Finance Series (Article 36) - More on Reserves in Local Government
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Scenic America Technical Information Series - Step II: Understand the Regional Landscape
Jones & Jones Architects

Green Acres May Not Be the Place....Farm Living isn't the Life for Everyone
Orsbon, Ben & McGregor, Scott

The Farm in Boulder Valley (Reprinted from the Urban Land Magazine)
Perletz, Robert L.

A Conversation with Wilf Sommerkorn, AICP
Shepard, Nora

Featured Planner - Kerwin Jensen, Planning Director, Yellowstone County Montana Planning Department
Bollman, Jeff & Miles, Dan

Planner's Toolbox - Planning to Make the Most of Limited Resources
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series (Article 35) - Back to the Basics: Fund Balance
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Book Review - Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? By Martha Honey
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Corridor Planning in New Mexico
Macpherson, Richard J.

Western Planner Legends
Steadman, Stan

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Revising and Updating a Zoning Ordinance
Stebleton, Brad

Planning and Finance Series (Article 34) - Planning Transportation Investments in Rural Areas
Dugan, Patrick, L.

Get Your Kicks at Exit 426
Emanuel, Mary Ethel

A 1960s Person Still Going Strong At the Top of the World
Finkler, Earl

WP Legend Sheldon Gerber (reprinted from the July/August 1994 issue.)
Garnett, Joanne

The Cure for the Common Conference
McMahon, Kathleen

Planning Commissioner's Corner - The Planning Commission as a Team
Spencer, David

Planner's Toolbox - Effective Communication
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series (Article 33) - Planning Transportation Investments in Rapidly Growing Areas
Dugan, Patrick L.

"Not in my Backyard:" Controversial Facility Siting in the Western Planner States
Gaber, Sharon L & Gaber, John

The Casper Community Becomes an Active Partner in the Redevelopment of the Former Amoco Refinery Property
Hough, David

WP Legends - Where "Art" Thou-WP Co-Founder is Found
Steadman, Stan

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Meeting the Mob
Towler, Bill

Featured Planner - Don Mueller, Spearfish, South Dakota
Trebilcock, Sam

Writing a Community's Zoning Ordinance
Wynes, Ed

Montana's Worst Coal Mine Disaster
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance Series (Article 32) - The Road to Sprawl is Paved with Good lntentions
Dugan, Patrick L.

Conference Abstract: Development of Albuquerque's International Balloon Fiesta Park
Fishman, Jacqueline

Natural Resource Extraction and Rural Economic Prospects: A Closer Look
Freudenburg, William R., et al

Featured Planner - Misty Haehn
Garnett, Joanne

Featured Planner - Misty Haehn, former Sublette County, Wyoming Planner
Garnett, Joanne

Greater Grand Forks Flood of 1997
Haugen, Earl

Planner's Toolbox - Four Activities Useful to a Planning Board Member
Montana Planning Board Members Handbook

The New American Village: Economical and Ecological Options for Wastewater Treatment Collection
Ogden, Michael

Conference Abstract: Sustainable Economic Development
Towler, Bill