2002, Issue 02
2002, Issue 02

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

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2002Paul MoberlyManufactured Housing, Zoning, Public Finance, People in Planning, Site Planning, Transportation, Rural Development
2002, Issue 01
2002, Issue 01

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

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2002Paul MoberlySprawl, Planning Education, Public Finance, Preservation Planning, Resiliency, Humor in Planning, Agriculture, Planning Commissions
2001, Issue 08
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

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2001Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Planning Commissions, Public Finance, Best Management Practices, Wildfires, Economic Development, Open Space Preservation
2001, Issue 07
2001, Issue 07

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

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2001Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, Agriculture, Economic Development, Planning Commissions, Humor in Planning, Communication, Tribal Issues, Design Standards, People in Planning, Federal Lands, Public Lands
2001, Issue 06
2001, Issue 06

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

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2001Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, Planning Commissions, Wildland/Urban Interface, People in Planning, Wildfires
2001, Issue 05
2001, Issue 05

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

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2001Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, Public Finance, Environmental Planning, Land Use Regulation, Endangered Species Act, New Economy, Growth Management
2001, Issue 03
2001, Issue 03

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

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2001Paul MoberlySprawl, Public Finance, People in Planning, Transportation, Places in the West, Economic Development, Planning Commissions
2001, Issue 02
2001, Issue 02

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

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2001Paul MoberlyGrowth Management, Public Finance, People in Planning, Planning Commissions, Legal Issues, Census, Agriculture, Impact Fees, Communication, Public Participation\
2001, Issue 01
2001, Issue 01

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

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2001Paul MoberlyTakings, GIS, Historic Preservation, Transportation, Infrastructure, Tribal Issues, Design Standards, Housing, Public Participation
2000, Issue 08
2000, Issue 08

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

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2000Paul MoberlyPublic Participation, Public Finance, Transportation, Open Space Preservation, Economic Development, Environmental Planning, Planning Commissions, Endangered Species Act, Growth Management, Manufactured Housing, Small Town Planning
2000, Issue 07
2000, Issue 07

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

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2000Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, People in Planning, Public Finance, Conferences, Growth Management, Zoning
2000, Issue 06
2000, Issue 06

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

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2000Paul MoberlyDowntown Revitalization, Public Finance, Transportation, Economic Development, Planning Commissions, People in Planning
2000, Issue 05
2000, Issue 05

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

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2000Paul MoberlyGIS, Communication, Public Finance, Public Participation, Growth Management
2000, Issue 04
2000, Issue 04

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

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2000Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, Water, Public Finance, The Western Planner, Sprawl, People in Planning, Planning Education, Redevelopment\
2000, Issue 03
2000, Issue 03

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

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2000Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, Public Finance, Watershed Management, APA, Design Standards, Conferences
2000, Issue 02
2000, Issue 02

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

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2000Paul MoberlyPublic Participation, Public Finance, Humor in Planning, Communication, People in Planning, Subdivisions, Regional Planning, Energy Development
2000, Issue 01
2000, Issue 01

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

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2000Paul MoberlyManufactured Housing, Public Finance, The Western Planner, Environmental Planning, Planning Education, Housing, Planning History
1999, Issue 08
1999, Issue 08

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

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1999Paul MoberlyDowntown Revitalization, People in Planning, Public Finance, Planning Education, Federal Lands, Economic Development, Ethics
1999, Issue 07
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

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1999Paul MoberlySigns, Public Finance, Public Participation, Best Management Practices, Humor in Planning, Comprehensive Plan, People in Planning, Rural West