2012, Issue 05

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

2010, Issue 05

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

2007, Issue 08

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

2005, Issue 07

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

2003, Issue 02

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

2002, Issue 03

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

2001, Issue 08

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

1999, Issue 07

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

1998, Issue 07

Ethics - Knitting Together Values in Action
Barrett, Carol D.

Bismarck, North Dakota - Population 49,256
Bloom, Carole R.

Scenic America Technical Information Series - Step 1
Carlson, Chris & Jones, Grant

Conference Abstract: The Ecology of Leadership
Davis, Sandra

Planning and Finance Series (Article 31) - Theory vs. Reality in the Cost of Sprawl
Dugan, Patrick L.

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Promoting Civil Behavior
Garnett, Joanne

Book Review - Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans by Larz T. Anderson
Hough, David

Conference Abstract: Rural and Rural Resource Lands
Olson, Carla

Reauthorization of ISTEA or the Arrival of TEA 21
Orsbon, Ben

Conference Abstract: Sub-Area Planning/Planned Action Ordinances
Stebleton, Brad

1996, Issue 06

Law of The Sagebrush Rebellion
Caputo, Dee

Planning and Finance No. 13 Sustainability in Financial Planning
Dugan, Patrick L.

Organization and Management of the Small Planning Department
Eklund, Nancy

Urban Forestry
Eklund, Nancy

Telecommunications as Essential Infrastructure
Faas, Ron

Planning Law Clinic: Public Hearing How To's
Faas, Ron

Humor In Planning: Stories From The Front
Garnett, Joanne

Planning: A Positive Force Idaho Welcomes Western Planners to a Memorable Conference
Kurtz, Steve

Census On Line
Orsbon, Ben

Featured Planner - Jerald Alexander City Planner North Sioux City, South Dakota
Sutter, John

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Plight of the P & Z Commissioner
Taschek, John

Development Agreements: What Are They and Why Use Them
Towler, Bill

Writing Ordinances
Towler, Bill

Helping People Resolve Conflict
Wynes, Ed

1996, Issue 05

Planning and Finance Article 12 Two Approaches to Applying Developer Contributions
Dugan, Patrick L.

Night of the Comet is Spectacular in Barrow
Finkler, Earl

Taking Time Out
Fischer, Doris

Who's Next? Are We At Risk as Local Government Officials? Hair Raising Experiences of Threats and Mayhem
Greenhalgh, Lorene

Getting Something Built: Compromises and Concessions in the Implementation of Mixed Commercial/Affordable Residential Development Projects
Loewenstein, Gaither

Book Review - Site Planning and Community Design For Great Neighborhoods by Frederick D. Jarvis
Luther, Dr. Joseph

How The West Was Planned
Manwaring, Richard

Planning Commissioner's Corner: Private Property Rights
Olson, Carla

Reducing Regret: Takings Take Three
Orsbon, Ben & McGregor, Scott

Planning Department 101, Part Four, Board Functioning
Spencer, David

Featured Planner - Ted Reddinger, County Manager/Planning Director, Torrance County, New Mexico
Stebleton, Brad

The City of Fort Collins, Colorado Congestion Management Plan
Waido, Ken

1996, Issue 03

Bilingual in the Basin: A Tale of Two Tongues
Caputo, Dee

Manufactured Homes and the Local Planning Process
Clarke, Ron

Planning and Finance Article No. 10 Developer Exactions and Related Evils
Dugan, Patrick L.

Mobile Homes, the HUD Code, and Local Government
Kurtz, Steve

Planning The Sustainable Community Indicators, Policies, and Performance Criteria Part Two
Luther, Dr. Joseph & Borner, William

Planning Department 101 Part Three Records
Spencer, David

Featured Planner - Lee Nellis Pocatello, Idaho
Spencer, David

1996, Issue 01

Monotonizing the Land with Mallscapes
Caputo, Dee

GAP Analysis: A Federal Initiative for Cooperative Data Development, Analysis, and Planning
Crist, Patrick

Planning and Finance Article No. 8 Modern Local Budgeting
Dugan, Patrick L.

Editor....from the HUD Detention Center
Kurtz, Steve

Dealing with Affluent Resort Communities: the Steamboat Springs Experience
Landers, Martin

Book Review - Land Development Handbook: Planning, Engineering, and Surveying by Sidney Dewberry and John Matusik
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Planning the Sustainable Community: Indicators, Policies, and Performance Criteria Part One
Luther, Dr. Joseph & Borner, William

Endangered Species and Economic Development: Observations and Lessons Learned
Mader, Bill

Planning Department 101 Part Two Administration Practices
Spencer, David

Opinion Takings Taken Aback-Washington
Yuse, Frank

1995, Issue 07

Book Review - Sacred Cows at the Public Trough by Denzel and Nancy Ferguson
Caputo, Dee

Planning for Mavericks, Superpatriots and Religious Communities: Can We Even Talk?
Caputo, Dee

The Southwest Montana Heritage and Recreation Area: Conservation and Economic Development through Heritage Tourism
Cornish, Janet & Dill, Richard

Housing our Ethics: Social Equity and the Needs of Future Generations
Doyle, D. Gregg

Planning and Finance Article No. 6 Bond Ratings and Insurance
Dugan, Patrick L.

Social Equity: The Issue that Size Forgot
Garnett, Joanne

Manufactured Housing in the Western United States and Its Impact on Planning
Gribb, William & Czerniak, Robert

Featured Planner - Mike Cooper, Assistant Director of Planning and Building Services Department, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Kays, Todd

Due Process Has A Day in Court or, Slam, Bam, There ain't no Plan! Court Throws out County Comprehensive Plan
McGregor, Scott

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Public Testimony
Olson, Carla

Montana's Capital City Conducts Visual Survey
Reichert, Paul

Greensboro, NC- Site for APA's First Community Planning Team
Schwartz, Sue

Planning Department Operations 101 Part One
Spencer, David

Developing Affordable Housing Strategies at the Local and State Level
Stowell, Candace

1994, Issue 07

The Assessment Center Process: How to do Your Best in the Newest Selection Testing Technique
Booth, Walter

Minding My Own Abysm: Antidote for On-the-Job Anarchy
Caputo, Dee

Featured Planner - Donna Isaac Gelfand
Garnett, Joanne

Rural and Small Town Planning: On the Edge
Kurtz, Steve

Book Review - Rural by Design by Russell Arendt
Luther, Dr. Joseph

Commentary on Holistic Resource Management and it's Relationship to Planning
Miller, Dave

Observations of a Participant in an Assessment Center
Olson, Carla

Growth Management in Summit County, Utah Presenter: Gene Moser
Olson, Carla

Planning Commissioner's Corner - Ex-parte Communication
Olson, Carla

Protecting Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Legal and Policy Trends Presenter: Chris Duerkson
Olson, Carla

Legislative Coalition Building
Peck, Mary Kay

Long Range Planning in New Mexico (and Arizona)
Stebleton, Brad

Impact Fee Statutes in Western States
Stowell, Candace

1993, Issue 07

GIS Supports Garbage Hauler Franchising in Portland
Anderson, Don

Non-Traditional Jobs for Traditional Planners
Finkler, Earl

Planning for The World's Oldest Profession
Harper, Michael & Wynes, Ed

Investing in Collaborative Negotiation Training in Cowlitz County, Washington
Lemieux, Joan & Lovrich, Nicholas & Fredericksen, Patricia

Featured Planner - Ed Wynes Director, Humboldt County Regional Planning Commission, Winnemucca, Nevada
Lynn, Susan

New Micro-County in Nevada comprised of Five "Box" Cities
Matson, Don

South Dakota Enhancement Program
Orsbon, Ben

Toward a "Living" Future
Wood, Sandra

1993, Issue 06

Leadership Strategies for Women
Desch, Ann

Planning the Last Frontier: Public Involvement Lessons Learned in Planning for State Owned Lands
Desch, Ann

Dealing with Difficult People
Garnett, Joanne

WPR Awards 1993
Kurtz, Steve

Alaska Planners Host Super Show
Steadman, Stan

Featured Planner - Joseph Montoya, City of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Stebleton, Brad

1993, Issue 03

Educating Kids About Water...and Other Planning Topics
Cech, Thomas

Groundwater Planning in The Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Duffy, John & Schulling, Rodney

Dillon Reservoir - A Cooperative Approach to Recreation Management
Hobson, Scott & Peters, Brian

Book Review - Everyone Wins! A Citizen's Guide to Development by Richard D. Klein
Moore, Pam

The Linkage Between Land Use Practices and Groundwater Protection
NGPN

Interview with Rod Gilchrist, WP Featured Planner
Olson, Carla

ISTEA Long Range Planning Processes
Orsbon, Ben

Close to the Customer - Adapting Planning to the 1990's
Spencer, David

1990, Issue 05

Featured Planner - Robert Wright Planning Commissioner Denver, Colorado
Bloom, Carole R.

The Fargo-Moorhead Red River Corridor And Its Potential For Becoming a Regional Recreation Resource
Domitrovich, Michael

Planner Turns to Reporter: The Metamorphosis of Earl Finkler
Finkler, Earl

Sustainable Ethics: Earning Your Professional Halo
Garnett, Joanne

Summerlin: A New Community
Gross, Harvey

Managing a Small Town Planning Agency
Moore, Greg

Strategic Planning & Alberta's Municipalities
Wight, Ian

River Keepers: A Nonprofit Corporation Promotes Coordinated Improvements along the Red River of the North
Zaiser, Steve

1985, Issue 02

Hazards Planner in Grand Forks Honored
Cook, Alton

Butte Plan leads to positive action
Cornish, Janet

Crucial Land Issues Part 1
Coyle, Kevin

The 'Myth of Clout'
IPMP

Behind the Ivy Curtain
Lubka, Lewis

Rural Sprawl-Shades of Ponderosa
Orsbon, Ben

Making subdivision controls work- Planning for the worst
Shultz, Michael

Improving Variance Decisions
Wyckoff, Mark

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