Fall 2007 Planning Comm'rs Journal: Crossing America

COAST-TO-COAST ON U.S. ROUTE 50 -- Reports by Planning Commissioners Journal Editor Wayne Senville

• Small Cities, Big Challenges. How four small communities have responded to some big-time challenges.
• Rain to Recreation. Selling the benefits of stormwater management.
• Village People. How one neighborhood is part of a national movement designed to help residents age in place.
• First Suburbs. A look at the benefits some "first-ring" suburbs have discovered from coming together.
• Around Town. Bypass highways: welcome or unwanted. A look at three different approaches.

Also in our Fall issue:

• ... In the Beginning. Planning Commissioners Journal columnist Elaine Cogan focuses on why the first few minutes of your planning commission meeting are especially important.
• When Connecting Point A to Point B. Transportation planner Hannah Twaddell on key questions to ask when thinking about the need for a bypass highway. Supplementing PCJ Editor Wayne Senville's Around Town report.
• What It Means When We Say ... . Planning consultant Ric Stephens on why "what we say," "what we mean," and "what they hear" at commission meetings don't always correspond.