2004, Issue 06
2004, Issue 06

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

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2004Paul MoberlyGrowth Management, Public Finance, Conferences, Planning Tools, Federal Lands, The Western Planner, Economic Development, Zoning
2004, Issue 05
2004, Issue 05

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

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2004Paul MoberlyTax Increment Financing, People in Planning, Public Finance, Wildland/Urban Interface, Public Participation, Planning Commissions
2004, Issue 04
2004, Issue 04

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

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2004Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, People in Planning, Small Town Planning, The Western Planner, Floodplain Issues
2004, Issue 03
2004, Issue 03

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

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2004Paul MoberlyPlanning Commissions, Public Finance, Downtown Revitalization, The Western Planner, Historic Preservation, Rural Planning, People in Planning
2004, Issue 02
2004, Issue 02

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

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2004Paul MoberlyGIS, Transportation, Growth Management, Public Finance, Resiliency, The Western Planner, Planning Commissions, Planning Education, Land Use Regulation
2004, Issue 01
2004, Issue 01

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

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2004Paul MoberlyTransfer Development Rights, Public Finance, Agriculture, Places in the West, Planning Commissions, People in Planning, Communication, Federal Lands
2003, Issue 08
2003, Issue 08

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

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2003Paul MoberlyGIS, People in Planning, Public Finance, Affordable Housing, Regional Planning, Economic Development
2003, Issue 07
2003, Issue 07

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

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2003Paul MoberlyPeople in Planning, Public Finance, Western Planning, Regional Planning, Manufactured Housing, Rural West
2003, Issue 06
2003, Issue 06

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

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2003Paul MoberlyPeople in Planning, GIS, Public Finance, Conferences, Western Planning, Subdivisions
2003, Issue 05
2003, Issue 05

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

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2003Paul MoberlyGIS, Public Finance, Tribal Issues, Conferences, People in Planning, Hazardous Waste, Rural West
2003, Issue 04
2003, Issue 04

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

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2003Paul MoberlyGIS, Public Finance, People in Planning, Planning Commissions, Renewable Energy
2003, Issue 03
2003, Issue 03

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

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2003Paul MoberlyGIS, Growth Management, Public Finance, Tribal Issues, People in Planning, Neighborhood Planning, Historic Preservation
2003, Issue 02
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

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2003Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, Environmental Assessment, Public Lands, Planning Commissions, People in Planning, Best Management Practices, Transit, Growth Management, Legal Issues
2003, Issue 01
2003, Issue 01

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

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2003Paul MoberlyWestern Planning, Growth Management, Public Finance, People in Planning, Economic Development, Design Standards
2002, Issue 08
2002, Issue 08

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

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2002Paul MoberlyGIS, Transportation, Public Finance, Signs, Economic Development, Energy Development, People in Planning
2002, Issue 07
2002, Issue 07

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

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2002Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Planning Tools, Sprawl, Watershed Management, Public Finance, Politics & Planning, Economic Analysis, Impact Fees, Rural West, Rural Development, Planning Commissions
2002, Issue 06
2002, Issue 06

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

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2002Paul MoberlyGIS, Public Finance, Public Participation, Growth Management, Conferences, Rural Planning
2002, Issue 05
2002, Issue 05

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

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2002Paul MoberlyGIS, Public Finance, Takings, Mining, Ethics
2002, Issue 03
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

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2002Paul MoberlyPublic Finance, Humor in Planning, Best Management Practices, Growth Management, Light Rail, Communication