Posts tagged Planning Commissions
2012, Issue 05
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

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2012Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, Infrastructure, Public Finance, Best Management Practices, Trail Planning, Public Participation, Places in the West
2012, Issue 04
2012, Issue 04

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

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2012Paul MoberlyDemographics, Planning Education, Public Participation, Planning Commissions, Conferences, Planning History
2011, Issue 06
2011, Issue 06

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

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2011Paul MoberlyAgriculture, People in Planning, Public Finance, Places in the West, Legal Issues, APA, Public Participation, Planning Commissions
2010, Issue 03
2010, Issue 03

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

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2010Paul MoberlyEconomic Development, People in Planning, Public Finance, Planning History, Communication, Public Participation, Planning Commissions
2009, Issue 07
2009, Issue 07

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

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2009Paul MoberlyConferences, People in Planning, Public Finance, Western Planning, Planning Commissions
2009, Issue 04
2009, Issue 04

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

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2009Paul MoberlyPeople in Planning, Public Finance, Planning Commissions, Communication
2009, Issue 02
2009, Issue 02

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

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2009Paul MoberlyTransportation, People in Planning, Places in the West, Planning Commissions, Subdivisions
2008, Issue 06
2008, Issue 06

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

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2008Paul MoberlyTribal Issues, Planning History, Public Finance, Conferences, Planning Commissions
2008, Issue 05
2008, Issue 05

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

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2008Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, Technology, Legal Issues, Conferences, Federal Lands, Bikeways, Planning Commissions, People in Planning
2008, Issue 04
2008, Issue 04

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

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2008Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, Land Use Regulation, Public Finance, Policy Planning, People in Planning, Neighborhood Planning
2008, Issue 01
2008, Issue 01

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

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2008Paul MoberlyResiliency, Public Finance, People in Planning, Planning Commissions, Comprehensive Plan, Eminent Domain
2007, Issue 08
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

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2007Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, Planning Commissions, Best Management Practices, Design Standards, People in Planning, Public Participation, The Western Planner, Signs, Zoning, Census, Communication, Demographics
2007, Issue 06
2007, Issue 06

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

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2007Paul MoberlyWestern Planning, Public Finance, Conferences, Policy Planning, Planning Tools, Planning Commissions
2007, Issue 05
2007, Issue 05

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

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2007Paul MoberlyPlanning Tools, Public Finance, Climate Change, People in Planning, Redevelopment, Open Space Preservation, Planning Commissions
2007, Issue 04
2007, Issue 04

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.

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2007Paul MoberlyThe Western Planner, Public Finance, APA, People in Planning, Conservation, Planning Commissions, Affordable Housing
2006, Issue 08
2006, Issue 08

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

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2006Paul MoberlySocial Issues, Agriculture, Design Standards, Public Finance, Housing, The Western Planner, Planning Commissions, People in Planning, Transportation, GIS, Partnerships in Planning, Master Plan, Water
2006, Issue 03
2006, Issue 03

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

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2006Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Public Lands, Public Finance, Development Code, Environmental Planning, Planning Commissions
2006, Issue 02
2006, Issue 02

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

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2006Paul MoberlyPlanning Process, Public Finance, Ordinances, Planning Commissions, People in Planning\