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Updated & Expanded Guide for New Planning Comm'rs
We are about to release an updated version of our best-selling: Welcome to the Commission! A Guide for New Members. In addition to "Tips for New Members" and "The Planning Universe," the revised edition will include planning historian Laurence Gerckens' fascinating Planning ABC's -- an alphabetic overview of 26 key planning topics. Order today, as pre-order pricing is guaranteed only through March 15, 2012. For details & ordering information.
Our Fall 2011 Issue
Our feature article offers great tips from 25 professional planners who have also served on their local planning or zoning board. Take a look at the table of contents.
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Easily locate articles we've published on topics of interest to you. Use the search box or "topic tags" (from the drop-down box in the upper-right part of the page). You can also scroll through all articles chronologically. Most can be immediately ordered & downloaded.
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- Eating on the Go: Mobile Food Trucks
- Pre-Order our Updated & Expanded Welcome to the Commission Guide
- Resolve to Get Your Planning Commission Organized for Business With Our New Year's Special Offer
- What are "Complete Streets" -- draft article for your review
- What are You Guys Doing to Fix It? -- draft article for your review
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- Your Community & Journeys Into Hidden America
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Route 50 trip
More than 100 trip reports from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville's meetings with planners along Route 50 during May-July 2007 -- available on our companion site.
Also available to order & download: printed highlights of Senville's trip reports & analysis.
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The following pages provide online resources & links supplementing articles published in the Planning Comm'rs Journal: 
Tools to UseRegional Retail Public Hearings Art in Our Communities Libraries Complete Streets Density Stormwater Management Greenway Trails Charrettes Car Sharing
Two Excellent Resources for Planning Board Members
PCJ Partners With PPS
Read about the Planning Commissioners Journal's partnership with Project for Public Spaces.
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Recent PCJ Back Issues
- Spring 2011: Putting Words Into Action
- Winter 2011: Recognizing Community Assets
- Fall 2010: Where Are We Heading?
- Summer 2010: Open for Business
- Spring 2010: Housing Choices
- Winter 2010: Contentious Public Hearings
- Fall 2009: Zoning for Religious Institutions
- Summer 2009: Libraries at the Heart of Our Communities
- Spring 2009: Getting the Density You Want
- Winter 2009: Stormwater
- * Info. on all PCJ Back Issues from 2006 to 2011
The Return of Downtown!
Our Downtowns & Town Centers publication is an excellent introduction to a wide range of issues. Take a look at its contents -- order online for quick delivery by 1st class mail.
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