2007, Issue 02
2007, Issue 02

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

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2007Paul MoberlyPeople in Planning, Public Finance, Transportation, Legal Issues, Planning Education, Places in the West, Ethics
2007, Issue 01
2007, Issue 01

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

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2007Paul MoberlyConferences, People in Planning, Places in the West, Historic Preservation, Public Finance, Public Participation, Rural Business, Neighborhood Planning
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 07
2006, Issue 07

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

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2006Paul MoberlyDemographics, Public Health, Comprehensive Plan, Public Finance, Rural West, Takings, Affordable Housing, Trail Planning, People in Planning, Conservation
2006, Issue 06
2006, Issue 06

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

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2006Paul MoberlyFloodplain Issues, NEPA, Conferences, Public Finance, Growth Management, Public Participation, Energy Development
2006, Issue 05
2006, Issue 05

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

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2006Paul MoberlyFloodplain Issues, Public Finance, Disaster Planning, Transportation, Urban Design, Zoning
2006, Issue 04
2006, Issue 04

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

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2006Paul MoberlyConferences, Public Lands, Public Finance, Design Standards, Growth Management
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\
2006, Issue 01
2006, Issue 01

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

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2006Paul MoberlySmall Town Planning, Transportation, Public Finance, Transit, Planning Commissions, Growth Management, Places in the West
2005, Issue 08
2005, Issue 08

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

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2005Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Infrastructure, Public Finance, Design Standards, Public Participation, People in Planning
2005, Issue 07
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

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2005Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Neighborhood Planning, Public Finance, Mixed Use Development, Site Planning, Best Management Practices, People in Planning, Takings, Ethics, Legal Issues
2005, Issue 06
2005, Issue 06

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

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2005Paul MoberlyTribal Issues, Public Finance, Planning Process, Planning Commissions, Conferences, Legal Issues, Planning Tools, Floodplain Issues, Parking, People in Planning, Design Standards, Rural West
2005, Issue 05
2005, Issue 05

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

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2005Paul MoberlyCommunication, People in Planning, Public Finance, Environmental Planning, Places in the West, Politics & Planning, Zoning, Planning Education
2005, Issue 04
2005, Issue 04

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

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2005Paul MoberlyDowntown Revitalization, Public Finance, Planning Commissions, Parking, Subdivisions, Economic Development, Places in the West
2005, Issue 02
2005, Issue 02

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

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2005Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Public Finance, Neighborhood Planning, People in Planning, Conferences, Public Participation, Floodplain Issues, Ethics, Planning Commissions, Small Town Planning
2005, Issue 01
2005, Issue 01

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

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2005Paul MoberlyWestern Planning, Planning Commissions, GIS, Public Finance, People in Planning, Environmental Planning, Downtown Revitalization, Rural West, Public Participation
2004, Issue 08
2004, Issue 08

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

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2004Paul MoberlyPlaces in the West, Planning Commissions, The Western Planner, Public Finance, Agriculture, Rural Planning, Planning Education
2004, Issue 07
2004, Issue 07

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

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2004Paul MoberlyBikeways, Public Finance, Rural West, Technology, Planning History, Downtown Revitalization