| Michael Allen, Esq., is a partner in the civil rights law firm, Relman & Dane, PLLC, which engages in litigation and consulting throughout the country, principally in the areas of fair housing and fair lending. He previously served as senior staff attorney and director of housing programs at the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, where he was involved in public policy and litigation on behalf of the housing needs of people with mental disabilities. |
No Certification, No Money: The Revival of Civil Rights Obligations in HUD Funding Programs PCJ #78, Spring 2010 Why Not in our Back Yard? PCJ #45, Winter 2002 |
| The late David J. Allor was Professor, School of Planning, and Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, University of Cincinnati. He authored The Planning Commissioners Guide: Processes for Reasoning Together. |
The Commission Will Come to Order: Rules of Parliamentary Procedure for Planning Commissions, Zoning Boards & Boards of Adjustment PCJ #20, Fall 1995 Keeping Things in Order: Planning Commission By-Laws and Outline of Articles of By-Laws for a Planning Commission PCJ #14, Spring 1994 |
| Randall G. Arendt is a land-use planner, site designer, author, lecturer, and an advocate of "conservation planning". He is the author of more than 20 publications including "Rural by Design: Maintaining Small Town Character;" "Conservation Design for Subdivisions: A Practical Guide to Creating Open Space Networks;" Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Plans and Ordinances;" and "Crossroads, Hamlet, Village, Town: Design Characteristics of Traditional Neighborhoods, Old and New." Arendt has presented slide lectures in 45 states and five Canadian provinces on the topic of creative development design as a conservation tool. He has also designed "conservation subdivisions" for a wide variety of clients in 16 states. One community in Livingston County, Michigan, which has implemented conservation design over the past decade, has protected more than 1,500 acres through this approach, representing a land value of at least $20 million (its protection cost through more conventional means). |
Improving the Subdivision Review Process PCJ #50, Spring 2003 Growing Greener: Conservation Subdivision Design PCJ #33, Winter 1999 Open Space Zoning: What It Is & Why It Works PCJ #5, July/Aug. 1992 |
| Henry Arnold is a principal with Arnold Associates, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm's practice focuses on urban sites, with special expertise in developing and using new urban tree planting techniques. Arnold studied forestry at Pennsylvania State University, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Landscape Architecture. He is the author of Trees in Urban Design, now in its second addition. |
Planning for Trees: Viewing Trees as an Integral Part of the Infrastructure PCJ #2, Jan/Feb. 1992 |
| Mark Aumen, an environmental planner for Hull & Associates, Inc., has worked with the City of Springfield, Ohio in locating and obtaining funding for planning and redevelopment of selected brownfield properties. | Developing Brownfields, Not Greenfields (co-authored with Craig Kasper) PCJ #32, Fall 1998 |
| Carolyn Baldwin is an attorney with the law firm of Baldwin, Callen, Hogan & Kidd in Concord, New Hampshire. Her practice focuses on environmental and land use regulation. She has represented both applicants and opponents before local planning boards -- as well as municipalities whose decisions have been appealed. Baldwin has served on the Gilmanton Board of Selectmen (local governing body), as chairman of the Gilmanton Planning Board, and as a member and chairman of the Lakes Region Planning Commission. | Roundtable Discussion: Legal Issues Facing Planning Commissions & Zoning Boards PCJ #22, Spring 1996 The Role of the Lawyer PCJ #11, Summer 1993 |
| Timothy Bates, Esq., is a partner in the New London office of Robinson & Cole, LLP. He is the Connecticut State Chair of the International Municipal Lawyers Association and past Chair of the Planning and Zoning Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He was formerly counsel to the Borough of Stonington, Connecticut. | McMansions & the Geometry of Zoning PCJ #66, Spring 2007 |
| Constance E. Beaumont has served since 1994 as the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Director for State & Local Policy. She is the author of How Superstore Sprawl Can Harm Communities (and What Citizens Can Do About It); Smart States, Better Communities: How State Government Can Help Citizens Preserve Their Communities (1996); and Challenging Sprawl: Organizational Responses to a National Problem (1999). | Coping With Superstores PCJ #17, Winter 1995 |
| Bruce D. Bender is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Vermont Agency of Transportation. He is former Executive Director of the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Council, a regional planning commission with representatives from twenty-eight New Hampshire and four Vermont towns. Prior to this, Bender worked as a consultant in environmental planning throughout the northeastern states. He has also been a partner in a small manufacturing business. Having worked in both the public and private sectors, he is fascinated with the "creative tension between capitalism and social responsibility." |
Why Plan? -- A Note From the Trenches PCJ #2, Jan/Feb. 1992 |
| Pamela Blais is principal of Metropole Consultants, a Toronto-based planning company. Her work is aimed at assisting public and private sector clients to identify and understand urban change, and to develop effective strategies and policies in response. | How the Information Revolution Is Shaping Our Communities PCJ #24, Fall 1996 |
| Whit Blanton, AICP, is vice president of Renaissance Planning Group, an Orlando, Florida-based policy analysis and transportation planning consulting firm which assisted the Gainesville-Alachua County MTPO with its recent planning efforts. He also serves as Chair of the American Planning Association's Transportation Planning Division. | Integrating Land Use and Transportation PCJ #40, Fall 2000 |
| Carole R. Bloom is Director of the National Civic League's All-America City Award program. Previously, Carole worked as a neighborhood planner in the City of Littleton's Community Development Department. Before becoming a "professional" planner, Carole served for nine years on the Arapahoe County, Colorado, Planning Commission. She has been active in leadership training programs, including the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, and the Littleton Leadership Retreat. | Developing Community Leadership PCJ #18, Spring 1995 |
| Michael Bodaken, is head of the National Housing Trust, which provides technical assistance to resident groups and nonprofit organizations interested in purchasing federally financed, affordable, multi-family housing developments. To date, the Trust has helped preserve over 3,600 affordable housing units. | Providing Affordable Housing (with Anne Heitlinger) PCJ #45, Winter 2002 |
| Terence R. Boga, Esq., is a shareholder in the law firm Richards, Watson & Gershon in their Los Angeles office, with a practice emphasizing First Amendment law. He is also the city attorney of the City of Westlake Village, California. | Zoning Adult Entertainment Businesses PCJ #51, Summer 2003 |
| Elizabeth Brabec is President and found of Land Ethics, Inc., a firm which specializes in developing resource conservation strategies. She is also Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. As a landscape architect and attorney, Elizabeth has had over fifteen years experience in the field of resource and open space conservation. She was a contributing author to Randall Arendt's planning best sellers, Dealing With Change in the Connecticut River Valley and Rural by Design. She is presently focusing her research efforts on the conservation of open space. |
On the Value of Trees and Open Space PCJ #11, Summer 1993 |
| Carolyn L. Braun is planning director for the City of Anoka, Minnesota. Prior to this, she was a project planner with the city of Minnetonka, a suburb of Minneapolis-St.Paul. Braun has also served as a planning commissioner for thirteen years, eight as chair. |
Tips for Citizen Planners PCJ #81, Winter 2011 Drafting Clear Ordinances: Dos and Don'ts PCJ #78, Spring 2010 Memo to Planning Commissioners Subject: What Planners Do PCJ #55, Summer 2004 Planning from Different Perspectives PCJ #24, Fall 1996 |
| David Brussat writes about architecture and urban planning for the Providence Journal, Rhode Island's major daily newspaper, and is a member of the Journal's editorial board. Most of his weekly columns address issues of design and development in Rhode Island's capital city, where he lives. | A Mix of Housing PCJ #23, Summer 1996 |
| Frank Bryan is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. He has co-authored with John McClaughry The Vermont Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale (Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1989) -- a "radical" proposal for restructuring state and local government worth reading by anyone interested in local democracy, and is the author of Politics in the Rural States (Boulder: Westview Press, 1981). Bryan has also written for publications such as The New York Times and Newsweek. |
Rearranging the Deck Chairs PCJ #7, Nov/Dec. 1992 |
| Peter Buchsbaum, Esq., is a judge on the Superior Court in New Jersey. He formerly served as a partner in the law firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis and Himmel, and was involved in land use and affordable housing law for over twenty years. Buchsbaum has been co-editor of State & Regional Comprehensive Planning: Implementing New Methods for Growth Management (American Bar Association 1993). | Transfer of Development Rights PCJ #31, Summer 1998 (accompanies feature article, Putting Growth In Its Place With Transfer of Development Rights) Changing Ways in the Suburbs PCJ #23, Summer 1996 |
| Steven R. Burt, AIA, served on the Planning and Zoning Commission for Sandy City, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, for nine years. He was a recipient, in 1990, of the Utah Chapter APA "Outstanding Achievement Award for Urban Design." He is a licensed architect and travels extensively throughout Asia and Europe as Vice President of Field Operations for Daw Technologies, Inc., providing Design/Build cleanrooms systems to the microelectronics industry. | Being a Planning Commissioner PCJ #24, Fall 1996 |
| Ben Campanelli heads AcquestCom, a communications site acquisition consulting firm which emphasizes working closely with government planning and zoning agencies when siting towers for industry clients. He has been involved with telecommunications issues the past fourteen years. Prior to that, he served in various positions with the City of Rochester, New York, including Deputy Commissioner of Buildings and Property Conservation. Campanelli is author of the Cellular Tower Guide, a resource manual for local officials, land-use planners and legal professionals on the wireless communication business and site acquisition process. | Planning for Cellular Towers PCJ #28, Fall 1997 |
| Christopher J. Campbell serves in the Consumer Affairs and Public Information Division of the Vermont Department of Public Service. He previously worked as a project coordinator and independent consultant in community development and telecommunications. | Taking on Telecommunications Planning in Your Community PCJ #27, Summer 1997 |
| Julie Campoli is a landscape architect and principal of Terra Firma Design, based in Burlington, Vermont. Campoli is also a member of the Burlington Development Review Board. | Access Management: An Overview & Guide for Roadway Corridors (co-authored with Elizabeth Humstone) PCJ #29, Winter 1998 |
| Valerie Capels, AICP, is Town Administrator for the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, and former Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development for the City of Montpelier, Vermont. Capels has a long-time interest in cemeteries and their role in our communities. | Planning for Cemeteries (co-authored with Wayne Senville PCJ #64, Fall 2006 |
| Sherry Plaster Carter, AICP, is Chief Planner in the City of Sarasota's Planning & Development Department, responsible for administration of Long Range Planning. Ms. Carter co-chairs (with her husband, Stanley Carter) Sarasota's CPTED program, and is co-author (with her husband) of Planning for Prevention, published by the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute. She has many years' years' experience in planning and the related fields of real estate, banking and land development. Stanley L. Carter is a Police Captain with the City of Sarasota's Public Safety Department, responsible for Special Projects and Long Range Planning. He has more than 25 years of law enforcement experience, including uniform patrol, investigations, narcotics, training, computer and telecommunications operations, crime prevention, and planning. | Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Sarasota, Florida PCJ #16, Fall 1994 |
| Michael Chandler is a planning consultant based in Richmond, Virginia. He is a former Professor and Community Planning Extension Specialist at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and co-founder of the Virginia Institute for Planning Commissioners. Chandler conducts planning commissioner training programs across the country, and is a frequent speaker at planning workshops. | Michael Chandler's The Planning Commission At Work column has appeared in many issues of the Planning Commissioners Journal.
Also by Michael Chandler: Zoning & Changing Lifestyles (with Greg Dale) PCJ #44, Fall 2001. Zoning Basics (with Greg Dale) PCJ #42, Spring 2001. The Planning Universe Poster |
| Joseph Coates is President of Coates & Jarratt, Inc., a Washington, D.C., research firm specializing in the study of the future. Coates has written, "Work in rural America," a report to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Urban Technology. | The Forces Shaping Our Communities PCJ #15, Summer 1994 |
| Thomas P. Cody, Esq., AICP, is a lawyer with Robinson & Cole in Hartford, Connecticut, focusing on land use and environmental matters. Prior to practicing law, Cody worked as a planner in the Denver, Colorado, area. He holds a law degree from William & Mary, and a masters in planning from the University of Colorado. |
The Supreme Court Takes on "Takings": v. South Carolina Coastal Council (co-authored with Dwight H. Merriam) PCJ #8, Jan/Feb. 1993 |
| Elaine Cogan, partner in the Portland, Oregon, planning and communications firm of Cogan Owens Cogan, is a consultant to many communities undertaking strategic planning or visioning processes. Cogan is the author of Now that You're on Board [currently out of print] and Successful Public Meetings. Her column appears in each issue of the Planning Commissioners Journal. | For over 15 years, Cogan wrote "The Effective Planning Commissioner" column for the Planning Commissioners Journal. For a list of all of Cogan's columns for the PCJ. |
| Abby J. Cohen, Esq., works part time for the National Child Care Information Center as the Region IX State Technical Assistance Specialist. She also works as an independent child care law and policy specialist. She has written and lectured extensively on child care legal issues, and is author of the Local Officials' Guide to Family Day Care Zoning published by the National League of Cities, and numerous other publications dealing with child care and zoning. |
Zoning for Family Day Care: Transforming a Stumbling Block Into a Building Block PCJ #3, Mar/Apr. 1992 |
| Susan G. Connelly, Esq., AICP, is Vice President of Community Design for McStain Enterprises, Inc., a 35-year old "green" community developer and home builder based in Boulder, Colorado and is a member of the Boulder Urban Renewal Authority. She is a former deputy commissioner in the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development and a former Community Development Director for the Town of Vail, Colorado. Susan practiced land use and real estate law, including litigation, in Illinois and Florida for 13 years. |
Nonconforming Uses & Structures PCJ #2, Jan/Feb. 1992 |
| James Constantine is the director of planning and research for the Princeton, New Jersey, office of Looney Ricks Kiss. |
Understanding & Making Use of People's Visual Preferences (co-authored with Anton C. Nelessen) PCJ #9, Mar/Apr. 1993 |
| Clare Cooper Marcus is Professor Emerita in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught courses on social and psychological factors in the design of housing and public open space. She has written and lectured extensively on these topics, and is co-principal of the consulting firm Healing Landscapes in Berkeley. Among the books Clare Cooper Marcus has written are: House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home; Housing As If People Mattered: Site Design Guidelines for Medium-Density Family Housing (co-authored with Wendy Sarkissian, 1986); and Easter Hill Village: Some Social Implication of Design (1975). Clare is also co-editor (with Carolyn Francis) of the ASLA award-winning People Places: Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space (2nd Edition, 1998), and co-editor (with Marni Barnes) of Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations (1999). |
Considering Residents' Needs in Planning for Higher Density
Housing PCJ #8, Jan/Feb. 1993 |
| James P. Cowan is a certified noise control engineer and manager of acoustical analysis for McCormick, Taylor & Associates, an engineering and environmental consulting firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also the author of Handbook of Environmental Acoustics, a reference book on community noise issues. Cowan has consulted on more than 100 acoustical projects nationwide, teaches acoustics courss at Drexel University, and has lectured extensively in his field. |
Community Noise: Dealing With a Growing Problem PCJ #14, Spring 1994 |
| Dr. David L. Crawford is Executive Director of the International Dark-Sky Association, and Astronomer Emeritus at the National Optical Astronomical Observatories, both based in Tucson, Arizona. He is active in many national and international organizations in both astronomy and in outdoor lighting. |
Understanding Light Pollution (companion article to Robert Prouse's Lighting Our Streets) PCJ #4, May/June 1992 |
| Timothy D. Crowe is a criminologist with over thirty years of experience in law enforcement, delinquency control, crime prevention, and architectural approaches to behavior management. He studied classics and architectural history in Florence, Italy, and holds a Master of Science degree in Criminology from Florida State University. He is author of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, 2nd Edition, (Butterworth-Heinemann 2000). | Understanding "CPTED" PCJ #16, Fall 1994 |
| Walter Cudnohufsky is a landscape architect and community planner, and principal of Walter Cudnohufsky Associates a six person firm in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He has worked in New England for many years on a wide range of community planning and design related projects, both for municipal and private clients. Cudnohufsky was also a founder of the Conway School of Landscape Design, and its director from 1972-1992. He also serves as a member of the Ashfield, Massachusetts, Planning Board. The Wendell Community Vision Project described in the PCJ article received an American Planning Association regional award for outstanding comprehensive planning in 1991. He has recently completed Vision planning work in Amherst, MA, Easthampton, MA, design guidelines for Downtown Northampton, MA and is currently working in Raynham, MA on a master plan, design guidelines and vision plan with Larry Koff Assocaites. |
Dreaming the Future: Community Vision Planning PCJ #11, Summer 1993 |
C. Gregory Dale, AICP is a Principal with the planning and zoning firm of McBride Dale Clarion in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dale manages planning projects and conducts training for planning officials throughout the country. He is also a past president of the Ohio Chapter of the American Planning Association, and a frequent speaker at planning and zoning workshops throughout the country.
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Dale is author of the Planning Commissioners Journal's "Ethics & the Planning Commission" and "Talking Transportation" columns.
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Also by Greg Dale: A Question of Balance (on balancing community needs & property rights PCJ #60, Fall 2005. The Impact of An Aging Population on Planning PCJ #57, Winter 2005. Building a Sense of Community PCJ #55, Summer 2004. Regional Approaches to Planning PCJ #53, Winter 2004. Smart Growth PCJ #50, Spring 2003. Zoning & Changing Lifestyles (with Michael Chandler) PCJ #44, Fall 2001. Zoning Basics (with Michael Chandler) PCJ #42, Spring 2001. Working With Consultants PCJ #33 Winter 1999 (part III); PCJ #32, Fall 1998 (part II); PCJ #29, Winter 1998 (part I). |
| Rene Davids is a partner in the architectural firm of Davids Killory. Both Daybreak Grove and Sunrise Place have received National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects, as well as other design awards. | Designing Multi-Family Housing for Residential Neighborhoods: Sunrise Place & Daybreak Grove (co-authored with Christine Killory) PCJ #23, Summer 1996 |
| David Dickson is the coordinator of the National NEMO Network, a coalition of 32 programs in 30 states educating local officials about natural resource protection. Dickson has both a J.D. and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Colorado. | Taking Low Impact Development from Research to Regulations (co-authored with John Rozum) PCJ #73, Winter 2009 |
| Christopher Duerksen is a land use attorney who directs the Denver office of Clarion Associates, Inc., a real estate and land use consulting firm. He is a former chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Land Use Planning & Zoning. | An Introduction to Takings Law (co-authored with Richard Roddewig) PCJ #18, Spring 1995 Zoning for Aesthetics PCJ #7, Nov/Dec 1992 |
| Mary Helen Duke, AICP, Community Development Specialist, administers the Mountain Resource Center's "Economic Development Administration University Center Program (EDAUC)" at Western Carolina University, in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The EDAUC serves 28 counties in the Western part of the state, providing community development capacity building services to local governments and non-profits. | Engaging Citizens in Planning PCJ #42, Spring 2001 |
| Paul & Sarah Edwards have written extensively about self-employment and home-based businesses. Their book, Working From Home, is now in its fifth edition. |
Zoning for Home Offices: Recognizing Reality PCJ #12, Fall 1993 |
| David Essex of Antrim, New Hampshire, is a freelance writer and former newspaper reporter. He is currently one of the Town of Antrim's two representatives on the Southwest Region Planning Commission, and previously served for ten years as a member of the Antrim Planning Board. |
Tap the Internet to Build Public Participation PCJ #51, Summer 2003 Think Like a Reporter PCJ #47, Summer 2002 |
| Amy Facca is a consultant specializing in preservation planning and research. For the past ten years she was a principal planner with River Street Planning & Development in Troy, New York, where she completed the preservation element of comprehensive plans for numerous communities. She has worked on a broad range of historic preservation, waterfront, and downtown revitalization projects in communities throughout upstate New York. Facca also teaches a course on the economics of historic preservation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's School of Architecture and consults on historic preservation planning. She holds a Master's degree in Architectural History and Historic Preservation from the University of Virginia. | An Introduction to Historic Preservation Planning PCJ #52, Fall 2003 |
| Patrick Field is a Vice President of the Consensus Building Institute, and co-author of Dealing With An Angry Public. | Building Consensus PCJ #48, Fall 2002 |
| Eben Fodor is founder and principal of Fodor & Associates, a consulting firm based in Eugene, Oregon. The firm specializes in community planning and land use with an emphasis on growth management and environmental sustainability. Fodor & Associates combines technical skills in engineering, economics, and energy and resource planning with a knowledge of land use laws and regulations. Fodor also serves as an Associate with the University of Oregon's Institute for a Sustainable Environment doing educational and community outreach programs. He started the Sustainable Communities Project to help Oregon communities begin implementing the principles of sustainability. He has held workshops and made dozens of presentations to groups all across Oregon on growth impacts, growth management, economic development and sustainability. He served as Executive Director of the Community Progress Board, a project to develop community benchmarks and sustainability indicators for the Eugene/Springfield Metropolitan Area. |
Bringing Sprawl to a Crawl PCJ #37, Winter 2000 The Three Myths of Growth PCJ #21, Winter 1996 |
| David Foster is a Program Manager for ChildCare Ventures, a collaborative child care facilities development program of the Santa Cruz (California) Community Credit Union. He is also a Planning Commissioner for the City of Santa Cruz. Foster has 25 years of experience working with nonprofit affordable housing and community facilities development projects. He holds a Masters in Community Development from the University of California, Davis. |
Child Care in Our Communities PCJ #55, Summer 2004 |
| Larry Frey, AICP, is a full-time doctoral student in Historic Preservation at the University of Florida. Frey has spent nearly 20 years in land use planning mostly working his way up in the public sector from a planning graphics coordinator to planning director for coastal communities. In a purposeful career shift from land use planning, Frey is currently researching historic preservation issues in cultural landscapes, vernacular architecture, sustainability, post-disaster recovery, and compatibility, and has been heavily involved in historic preservation research around the Gulf of Mexico basin. He is currently a member of the Disaster Cadre for Dewberry where he has provided consultant services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In addition, Frey has a special appointment to the National Park Service under the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP), requiring him to complete at least 640 annual hours of professional service at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. |
Engaging the Public PCJ #66, Spring 2007 |
| Elizabeth A. Garvin, Esq., AICP, is an attorney and planner with HNTB in Kansas City, Missouri. She has worked with numerous communities on revisions to their land development ordinances. Garvin holds both a law degree and a master's in urban planning from the University of Kansas. |
Making Use of Overlay Zones PCJ #43, Summer 2001 An Introduction to Subdivision Regulation (co-authored with Martin L. Leitner) PCJ #5, July/Aug. 1992 (part I); PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 (part II) |
| Laurence Gerckens, FAICP, is national historian for the American Institute of Certified Planners, founder of The Society for American City and Regional Planning History, and emeritus professor at The Ohio State University. Gerckens teaches American urban planning history as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan, Kansas State University, and Goucher College, Baltimore. He is also a frequent speaker at planning conferences. |
Ten Successes that Shaped the 20th Century American City PCJ #38, Spring 2000 Ten Failures that Shaped the 20th Century American City PCJ #38, Spring 2000 Ten Events that Shaped the 20th Century American City PCJ #30, Spring 1998 Single-Family-Only Zones PCJ #23, Summer 1998 Community Leadership & the Cincinnati Planning Commission PCJ #18, Spring 1995 American Zoning & the Physical Isolation of Uses PCJ #15, Summer 1994 Humanizing the Urban-Industrial Environment PCJ #10, May/June 1993 Community Aesthetics and Planning PCJ #7, Nov/Dec. 1992 |
| Ed Gramlich, is a Research and Community Development Specialist at the Center for Community Change, an organization that helps community groups identify and make use of resources, such as the Community Development Block Grant Program, to benefit their neighborhoods. He has written a number of widely used action guides on meeting the needs of lower income citizens. | Understanding HUD's "Consolidated Plan" Requirement PCJ #45, Winter 2002 |
| Roberta Brandes Gratz is an urban critic, lecturer on development issues, and author of Cities Back From the Edge: New Life for Downtown and The Living City: Thinking Small in a Big Way (both published by John Wiley & Sons). |
Downtowns Grow One Step at a Time PCJ #49, Winter 2003 "We Don't Have Enough Parking" PCJ #48, Fall 2002 To Market, To Market [on Farmers' Markets] PCJ #42, Spring 2001 |
| Charles C. Graves III has been Director of the Baltimore City Planning Department since August 1993. Prior to coming to Baltimore, Graves served as Director of Planning & Development for Appleton, Wisconsin. | Planners on the Information Highway PCJ #21, Winter 1996 |
| Wendy Grey, AICP, is principal of Wendy Grey Land Use Planning LLC. Prior to establishing her own firm in 2002, Grey spent 20 years in the public sector dealing with development and growth management in Florida, including 10 years as Planning Director for Tallahassee and Leon County. |
The Comprehensive Plan & Land Development Regulations: Putting Words Into Action PCJ #82, Spring 2011 A "Community Character" Inventory PCJ #80, Fall 2010 Perspectives on Planning for Housing PCJ #78, Spring 2010 |
| Douglas C. Hageman operates Hageman Group Vehicle & Equipment Leasing in Southington, Connecticut. Hageman served for nine years on the Southington Zoning Board of Appeals. He also represented Southington on the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency. |
Lessons From Nine Years on a Zoning Board PCJ #3, Mar/Apr. 1992 |
| Gwendolyn Hallsmith, is Director of Planning & Community Development for the City of Montpelier, Vermont, and was the founder of Global Community Initiatives, a non-profit that supports municipal sustainable development initiatives. |
Charting an Economic Course PCJ #82, Spring 2011 [part of multi-part series] Your Local Economy's Hidden Treasure PCJ #81, Winter 2011 [part of multi-part series] Assets that Build Your Local Economy PCJ #80, Fall 2010 [part of multi-part series] Getting Started on a Local Economic Plan PCJ #79, Summer 2010 [part of multi-part series] Coping With Economic Meltdown PCJ #78, Spring 2010 [part of multi-part series] |
| Dan Hamilton has worked as a publications specialist for the Cape Cod Commission, a regional land use planning and regulatory agency. He is also former Managing Editor of The Register, a Cape Cod weekly newspaper published continuously since 1836. |
Dealing With the Press PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 |
| Patrick H. Hare is a transportation and housing consultant, and the author of Planning, Transportation, and the Home Economics of Reduced Car Ownership (1995). |
The Mis-Marketing of Transit PCJ #22, Spring 1996 Accessory Apartments for Today's Communities PCJ #1, Nov/Dec 1991 |
| William M. Harris is professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Jackson State University. He served for ten years on the planning commission for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia. In Jackson, Mississippi, he is a board member of the Farish Street Historic Preservation Foundation. Elected to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, he has authored a number of scholarly articles, books, and book chapters related to African American economic development, professional ethics, and higher education. Professor Harris is active in land use expert witness consultation, community service activities, and scholarly research. |
Our Cities are Home to Great Diversity PCJ #55, Summer 2004 Commissioners as Neighborhood Advocates PCJ #27, Summer 1997 |
| Karen Popek Hart has been a professional planner for 23 years in a variety of environmentally sensitive, culturally diverse, high-growth communities. She served as the planning director of Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1992 to 2004. | Energy Conservation & Community Planning PCJ #57, Winter 2005 |
| Anne Heitlinger, an Assistant Vice President with the National Housing Trust, is assisting the Trust and its clients in their efforts to preserve affordable housing in the Midwest and Eastern United States. Ms. Heitlinger has over seven years of experience in housing and community development, including program development, affordable housing finance, loan/grant administration, research, and program evaluation. | Providing Affordable Housing (with Michael Bodaken) PCJ #45, Winter 2002 |
| Eileen Hennessy is currently a technical advisor to the newly formed Land Trust for Tennessee. Previously, Hennessy served on the board of the Piedmont Land Conservancy in North Carolina and was Technical Advisor to the North Carolina Conservation Trust. Hennessy also has many years' experience working with local planning boards, having served as planning and community development director for Stokes County, North Carolina and for the Town of Pelham, New Hampshire. |
Finding Community Leaders PCJ #18, Spring 1995 Volunteers PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 |
| Sharon Wiley Hightower is a planning consultant and has served as Chair of the Claremont, California Planning Commission. She has been a local government planner for thirty years. Her firm, Hightower/Associates, provides training sessions for new commissioners as well as other planning services. | The New Commissioner -- Dazed & Confused PCJ #24, Fall 1996 |
| Kit Hodge is the CEO of Neighbors Project, a non-profit that inspires and trains members of the new urban generation to connect with their neighbors through projects that improve the neighborhood for everyone. | The Next Generation of Your Planning Commission PCJ #70, Spring 2008 |
| Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy is the Associate Director for River Restoration for American Rivers' Pittsburgh field office. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she spent over a decade as a circuit-riding planner for a regional planning organization serving the western fringe of Metropolitan Atlanta. | Lisa's articles are listed with her co-author (and husband) Jim Segedy |
| Terri Horvath is a writer and photographer living in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has written on a variety of subjects, including community leadership and planning. Horvath is the author of Fund-Raising Success: Case Studies, Ideas and Tips for 50+ Fund-Raising Events. | Building an Educated Community PCJ #18, Spring 1995 |
| Deborah A. Howe AICP, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Portland State University. Howe has a longstanding interest in and involvement with aging issues. She is also co-editor of Planning the Oregon Way: A Twenty Year Evaluation. Before joining the faculty at Portland State in 1985, Howe worked as a planner for Dutchess County, New York. |
Creating Vital Communities: Planning for Our Aging Society
PCJ #7, Nov/Dec. 1992 |
| Elizabeth Humstone works as a planning consultant on a wide range of projects in rural communities and small towns. She is an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation; former Executive Director of the Vermont Forum on Sprawl (now Smart Growth Vermont); a past member of the Burlington (VT) Planning Commission; and former Chair of Vermont’s Housing & Conservation Trust Fund Board. Humstone is co-author, with Julie Campoli and Alex MacLean, of Above and Beyond, Visualizing Change in Small Towns and Rural Areas (APA Planners Press, 2002). |
A Question of Scale PCJ #82, Spring 2011. Building Invisible Walls: Urban Growth Boundaries PCJ #81, Winter 2011. Understanding Regional Retail Development PCJ #80, Fall 2010. Turning Downtowns Around: Business Improvement Districts PCJ #79, Summer 2010. Future Housing Demand: Problem or Opportunity PCJ #78, Spring 2010. Getting the Density You Want PCJ #74, Spring 2009. Access Management: An Overview & Guide for Roadway Corridors (co-authored with Julie Campoli) PCJ #29, Winter 1998 |
| Sarah James is a consulting city/town planner based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Meredith, New Hampshire. She gives workshops and presentations in New England and nationally on the subject of planning and sustainability. She is a co-author of the American Planning Association's Policy Guide on Planning for Sustainability. | Moving Towards Sustainability in Planning and Zoning PCJ #47, Summer 2002 |
| Barbara A. Jarvis is an attorney, who has worked with mediation and arbitration. She has also served as a member and chair of the Ashland, Oregon, Planning Commission. Prior to moving to Oregon, Jarvis served as Alhambra Village Planning Committee Chair in Phoenix, Arizona, and Chair of the Phoenix Board of Adjustment. | Let's Not Plan by Siege PCJ #20, Fall 1995 |
| Former U.S. Senator James M. Jeffords of Vermont is active in dealing with environmental and land use issues. He was named the American Planning Association's 1996 Legislator of the Year. | Smart Growth: A View From Captol Hill PCJ #39, Summer 2000 |
| Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr. is former Mayor of Rochester, New York (1994-2005), the state's third largest city. Prior to being elected Mayor, Johnson served for 21 years as President and CEO of the Urban League of Rochester. | Metropolitan Pressure Points PCJ #32, Fall 1998 |
| Bernie Jones is Associate Director of the Colorado Center for Community Development at the University of Colorado at Denver, where he also teaches urban and regional planning. Jones has long been active in the city's neighborhood movement, and on city-wide issues. He has also been a member of the Denver Planning Board, where he encountered the difficulties of plan implementation first-hand. Jones is the author of Neighborhood Planning: A Guide for Citizens and Planners (American Planning Association 1990). |
A Primer on the Politics of Plan Implementation PCJ #12, Fall 1993 |
| Leah Kalinosky, is coordinator for the National Neighborhood Coalition's "Neighborhoods, Regions and Smart Growth Project," and co-author of the report "Smart Growth, Better Neighborhoods: Communities Leading the Way." She has an MS in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and previously worked for Common Wealth Development, a CDC in Madison. | Does Smart Growth = Equitable Growth? PCJ #45, Winter 2002 |
| Craig Kasper, P.E. is Vice President of Hull & Associates, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio. He has been actively involved with brownfield issues, and served on a steering committee that advised Ohio EPA in the development of the state's Voluntary Action Program rules. Kasper is a "certified professional" and has managed over fifty brownfield redevelopment projects in greater Cleveland, Toledo, and Columbus, Ohio. | Developing Brownfields, Not Greenfields (co-authored with Mark Aumen) PCJ #32, Fall 1998 |
| John B. Kassel is a lawyer in private practice in Burlington, Vermont. He served for two years as head of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. His family operated a retail clothing store for many years in upstate New York. |
My Family's Business PCJ #9, Mar/Apr. 1993 |
| Eric Damian Kelly, AICP, is a lawyer and a planner who has worked with local governments and planning commissions in 18 states. Kelly is currently Dean of the College of Architecture & Planning at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He is the author of Managing Community Growth: Policies, Techniques, and Impact, as well as numerous planning-related articles. |
The Commission and the Consultant PCJ #13, Winter 1994 |
| Christine Killory is a partner in the architectural firm of Davids Killory. Both Daybreak Grove and Sunrise Place have received National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects, as well as other design awards. | Designing Multi-Family Housing for Residential Neighborhoods: Sunrise Place & Daybreak Grove (co-authored with Rene Davids) PCJ #23, Summer 1996 |
| Stanley King is a Vancouver architect who has conducted over 250 design workshops involving children during 25 years. He is principal author of Co-Design: A Process of Design Participation (Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, 1989). He heads The Co-Design Group of professionals who come together to conduct community workshops for children (and adults) primarily in Western Canada. | Fresh Eyes PCJ #19, Summer 1995 |
| Gary A. Kovacic is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Sullivan, Workman & Dee, LLP. His practice is concentrated in the areas of land use and eminent domain litigation. He is currently serving his second term as Mayor of Arcadia, California. He has been a member of the Arcadia City Council since 1996, and previously served two terms on the Arcadia Planning Commission. Kovacic has been a speaker on land use and eminent domain issues at the American Planning Association's National Planning Conference, the Zoning Institute, and the California Planning Conference. |
Drafting Land Use Findings (co-authored with Mary L. McMaster) PCJ #4, May/June 1992 |
| Douglas Krieger is a natural resource/agricultural economist. His recent work has focused on exploring public preferences for preserving farmland and other undeveloped land, determining preservation objectives, estimating willingness to pay for preserving open space, and helping local governments design preservation programs that are consistent with public preferences. Krieger received his PhD from Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural Economics. | Purchase of Development Rights: Preserving Farmland and Open Space PCJ #53, Winter 2004 |
| James Howard Kunstler is the author of The Geography of Nowhere and Home from Nowhere, books dealing with the economic and social consequences of suburban sprawl, and the need to change our current methods of land use planning. He is also the author of a number of novels, and is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine. | How to Mess Up a Town PCJ #17, Winter 1995 |
| Robert W. Kweit has served on the Grand Forks Planning Commission for 23 years. He is a Professor in the Department of Political Science & Public Administration at the University of North Dakota, and is Director of the Masters in Public Administration program. Mary Grisez Kweit is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science & Public Administration at the University of North Dakota. Both also serve as consultants to local government. | Beyond the Flood of the Century PCJ #54, Spring 2004 |
| Kate Lampton is the former Executive Director of the Champlain Valley, Vermont, Greenbelt Alliance. She has also served as the Director of Planning and Zoning for the Town of Shelburne, Vermont, and as Town Planner for Hinesburg, Vermont. Lampton is also a past Chair of the Charlotte, Vermont, Planning Commission. |
Planning for Better Roadscapes PCJ #67, Summer 2007 Developing a Sewer Ordinance: One Town's Experience PCJ #44, Fall 2001 |
| Philip Langdon, is author of A Better Place to Live: Reshaping the American Suburb (University of Massachusetts Press, 1994). He is a freelance writer in New Haven, Connecticut, and an associate editor of The American Enterprise magazine. |
Creating the Missing Hub: How Today's Suburbs Build Town Centers PCJ #62, Spring 2006 Public Buildings Keep Town Centers Alive PCJ #49, Winter 2003 New Development, Traditional Patterns PCJ #36, Fall 1999 |
| Richard Lehmann practices law with the Madison, Wisconsin, firm of Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field. His practice is entirely land use law, representing municipalities as well as private sector clients, including both developers and citizen groups. Lehmann has extensive experience in local government, having served at various times as a member of the Middleton, Wisconsin, Municipal Plan Commission; the Dane County RPC; the Madison City Council; and the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Lehmann is also a certified AICP planner, and did continuing education work as a member of the University of Wisconsin extension program for 10 years. | Roundtable Discussion: Legal Issues Facing Planning Commissions & Zoning Boards PCJ #22, Spring 1996 |
| Martin L. Leitner, Esq., is a partner with Freilich, Leitner & Carlisle in Kansas City, Missouri, specializing in land use law. He has provided planning law advice and consulting services on projects across the country. |
An Introduction to Subdivision Regulation (co-authored with Elizabeth A. Garvin) PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 (part II); PCJ #5, July/Aug. 1992 (part I) |
| The late Wayne Lemmon was Director of Market Research with Baker Companies, a developer of residential communities and commercial properties in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. He had previously worked as a real estate economic consultant with several national consulting firms and The Rouse Company. Lemmon authored The Market Analysis Workbook published by AMACOM in 1983, and gave presentations on development economics at conferences of the APA and IDEA. He was also a member of the Planning Commissioners Journal's Editorial Advisory Board. He held degrees in Architecture from Cornell University, and Urban Planning from City College of New York. |
Proforma 101: Getting Familiar with a Basic Tool of Real Estate Analysis
PCJ #65, Winter 2007 The New "Active Adult" Housing PCJ #51, Summer 2003 The Anti-Sprawl Mantra PCJ #37, Winter 2000 |
| Jeffrey R. Levine, AICP, is the Director of Planning and Community Development for Brookline, Massachusetts, and is an adjunct faculty member at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Levine has also serves on the Redevelopment Authority in Somerville, Massachusetts, and has a Masters degree in planning from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. | Planning Without A Comprehensive Plan PCJ #48, Fall 2002 |
| Neil Lindberg is an attorney and city planner. He is counsel to the Provo, Utah, Municipal Council and maintains a private practice, Lindberg & Company, advising clients on planning, zoning, growth management, land use law, and related matters. He lectures frequently on land use law and has written articles on takings, contract zoning, group homes, special use permits, and underground storage tank regulations. Lindberg previously practiced land use law for five years at Linowes & Blocher in the Washington, D.C., metro area, and for eleven years served in various posts at Provo City's Community Development Department. He is also a member of the AICP, and past president of the Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association. | Roundtable Discussion: Legal Issues Facing Planning Commissions & Zoning Boards PCJ #22, Spring 1996 Special Permits: What They Are & How They Are Used PCJ #3, Mar/Apr. 1992 |
| Evan Michael Lowenstein is a land use planner, and principal of Green Village Consulting, a Rochester, New York firm that offers assistance to organizations in the field of sustainable development. | What Do We Mean By "Safe"? PCJ #54, Fall 2006 |
| Anne Lusk is one of the country's leading greenway proponents. According to Lusk, the idea for "Safewalks" emerged as a result of her concern that greenways were typically being aimed at suburban, upper class white communities -- and were relatively uncommon in poorer neighborhoods. She saw Safewalks as providing a way to address the recreational needs in these neighborhoods, while also helping to fight crime and drug use and serve to stimulate economic development. |
Safewalks PCJ #16, Fall 1994 Planning Paths for Your Community: Developing and Funding Greenways PCJ #10, May/June 1993 |
| R. Jeffrey Lyman is an attorney in the Boston office of Peabody Brown where he focuses on law use and environmental law. He co-authored the amicus brief filed by the American Planning Association before the United States Supreme Court in the 1994 Dolan v. City of Tigard case. Lyman is a graduate of Vermont Law School and Harvard College. | Performance Guarantees PCJ #19, Summer 1995 |
| Kathleen Madden is Vice President of the Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit planning and design corporation that, since 1975, has worked with over 1,000 communities -- focusing on improvements to public spaces that will transform them into lively, comfortable pedestrian-friendly places that promote a sense of community, and enhance the quality of community life. |
A Cry for Community PCJ #16, Fall 1994 |
| Jordana Maisel is the Director of Outreach and Policy Studies at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA), located at the University at Buffalo. She also serves as a Research Associate at the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Design and the Built Environment at Buffalo and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the University's School of Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning. Her current research includes projects on the effectiveness of universal design, and policy and planning issues related to inclusive housing design. |
Visitability: A Major "No-Step" Towards Inclusive Housing PCJ #66, Spring 2007 |
| The late Jack McCall worked for nearly thirty years as a community development specialist with the University of Missouri in Chillicothe. He wrote The Small Town Survival Guide: Help for Changing the Economic Future of Your Town. | Education and Economic Development PCJ #27, Summer 1997 Community Loan Funds for Business Development PCJ #25, Winter 1997 Involving All of the Community PCJ #24, Fall 1996 Up With Downtown PCJ #23, Summer 1996 Finding Economic Development at Home PCJ #22, Spring 1996 Good-bye, Lone Ranger PCJ #21, Winter 1996 |
| Bruce W. McClendon is the Director of Growth Management and Environmental Resources for Orange County (Orlando) Florida. He has worked for planning commissions in Montana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Florida for over 30 years and has written several books on planning. He is currently President of the American Planning Association. | Making Planning Commissions More Effective PCJ #29, Winter 1998 Challenges & Opportunities PCJ #15, Summer 1994 |
| Edward McMahon, a nationally renowned authority on sustainable development, land conservation and urban design, is a senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute. McMahon previously served as director of The Conservation Fund's "American Greenways Program" and as president of Scenic America, a national non-profit organization devoted to protecting America's scenic landscapes. McMahon is author of Better Models for Commercial Development, and co-author of Land Conservation Financing and Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities. He has written 23 articles and columns for the Planning Commissioners Journal. | For a list of all 23 articles written by Ed McMahon for the Planning Comm'rs Journal. |
| Kathleen McMahon, AICP, has worked as a planner for more than fifteen years, having organized and conducted numerous workshops, using both traditional and video delivery techniques. McMahon is a principal in Applied Communications of Great Falls, Montana, specializing in planning and telecommunications issues. |
Public Outreach Through Video PCJ #34, Spring 1999 Video-Conference Training for Planning Commissioners PCJ #29, Winter 1998 |
| Mary McMaster is an attorney with the law firm of Oliver, Barr & Vose in Los Angeles. Her practice focuses on environmental and land use law. McMaster has a Master's degree in urban planning from UCLA, and served as editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly while at the University of California, Berkeley, Law School. |
Planned Unit Developments PCJ #15, Summer 1994 Drafting Land Use Findings (co-authored with Gary Kovacic) PCJ #4, May/June 1992 |
| Dwight H. Merriam, Esq., AICP, is a partner with the law firm of Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford, Connecticut, where he practices land use law. Merriam has been a director of the American Planning Association, and is past President of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He is co-author of The Takings Issue, published by Island Press, and is a featured speaker at planning & zoning workshops across the country. |
Taking Aim at Takings Claims PCJ #60, Fall 2005 Procedural Due Proces in Practice (co-authored with Robert J. Sitkowski) PCJ #31, Summer 1998 The Supreme Court Takes on "Takings" (co-authored with Thomas P. Cody), PCJ #8, Jan/Feb. 1993 |
| Mark Miles has served as a planning commissioner for Gresham, Oregon. |
The Planning Process & the Parable of the Boiled Frog PCJ #13, Winter 1994 |
| Gayle Miller works for the Michigan Sierra Club on issues of sprawl, air and water pollution, and solid waste. She previously served for twelve years as a county solid waste coordinator. Miller is a graduate of Central Michigan University. | Purchase of Development Rights: Preserving Farmland and Open Space PCJ #53, Winter 2004 |
| Julia Miller, Esq., is Editor of the Preservation Law Reporter, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. | Historic Preservation Ordinances: Frequently Asked Questions PCJ #52, Fall 2003 |
| Thomas I. Miller, Ph.D., is the President of National Research Center, Inc., a survey research and program evaluation firm located in Boulder, Colorado. An expert in research and evaluation methods, Miller is the co-author of Citizen Surveys: How to Do Them, How to Use Them, What They Mean, published by the International City/County Management Association in 2000. | Measuring Your Community's Vital Signs with Citizen Surveys PCJ #35, Summer 1999 |
| Thomas L. Millette, Ph.D. is Director of the Geoprocessing Laboratory and Program at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Previously he served as Director of the Laboratory for Spatial Analysis in the Dept. of Geography at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Millette's research interests are in the application of geographic information systems and remote sensing to regional planning and environmental management. |
GIS and Planning PCJ #72, Fall 2008 A Primer on Maps including: Geographic Information Systems PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 Map Compilation: Planning the Perfect Map PCJ #5, July/Aug. 1992 Maps for Planning PCJ #3, Mar/Apr. 1992 |
| Ross Moldoff, AICP, has served as Planning Director for the Town of Salem, New Hampshire for more than 17 years. As a planner, he has long been interested in efforts to control strip development. Moldoff is also a member of the Planning Commissioners Journal's Editorial Advisory Board. | Controlling Strip Development PCJ #53, Winter 2004 |
| Joseph R. Molinaro, AICP, heads the National Association of Realtors' smart growth efforts. He previously served as Director of Land Development Services for the National Association of Home Builders. |
Building on Common Ground PCJ #12, Fall 1993 Rethinking Residential Streets PCJ #1, Nov/Dec. 1991 |
| Bob Mulder served as a member of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Planning Commission from 1992 - 1998. He was chairman for the last four of those years. He has owned and operated a landscaping business since 1979, that specializes in environmentally sound landscaping. Currently, Mulder works as a real estate appraiser, and limits his landscaping activities to consulting services. | The "Multi-Family Housing" Blues PCJ #23, Summer 1996 |
| Ramona K. Mullahey is currently a Community Builder with the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Community Development. For 20 years she owned a community planning and consulting firm in Hawaii. In 1995, she co-founded a non-profit with initiatives in community capacity building and sustainable development. Mullahey is a nationally recognized authority and speaker on K-12 planning education, and co-authored a report published by the American Planning Association, "Youth Participation in Community Planning." | Educating Our Youth PCJ #19, Summer 1995 |
| Brian Murphy is a senior policy analyst, strategic and business planner, and facilitator at Berk & Associates, also in Seattle. He leads the firm's Strategic Planning and Facilitation practice, and has managed dozens of community planning, policy, and program development projects. | Integrating Physical, Economic, & Fiscal Considerations in Community Planning PCJ #79, Summer 2010 (co-authored with Brett Sheckler). |
| Amy R. Naylor is former Planning Director for the City of Brunswick, Maine |
Community Planning that Works (co-authored with Anne Tate & Joel Russell) PCJ #8, Jan/Feb. 1993 |
| Anton C. Nelessen is the Principal of A. Nelessen Associates, based in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm has used its visual preference survey method in numerous communities across the country. |
Understanding & Making Use of People's Visual Preferences (co-authored with James Constantine) PCJ #9, Mar/Apr. 1993 |
| Edith Netter, a land use attorney and professional mediator, is a principal of Edith M. Netter & Associates (a land use law and consulting firm). Her work focuses on mediating and facilitating complex, multi-party cases. She recently facilitated a citizen advisory committee process on behalf of owners of 5,700 acres in Douglas County, Colorado, as well as a process involving transportation planning issues in southeastern Connecticut. Netter has co-edited A Planner's Guide to Land Use Law; edited Land Use Law: Issues for the Eighties; served on the board of directors of the American Planning Association; edited Land Use Law & Zoning Digest; and written and lectured extensively on land use law topics. |
Land Use Mediation: A New Way to Resolve Conflicts PCJ #3, Mar/Apr. 1992 |
| Perry Norton is a retired planner and teacher residing in Tucson, Arizona. He is a past director of the American Institute of Planners. Norton has also been actively engaged in online planning, and helped develop one of the first online planners discussion groups in the mid-1980s. He has periodically written for the Planning Commissioners Journal. |
Reviewing the Literature PCJ #41, Winter 2001 The Role of the Professional Planner PCJ #24, Fall 1996 The Emerging American Tribe PCJ #17, Winter 1995 Who Knows What Tomorrow Might Bring PCJ #15, Summer 1994 Remembering the Big Picture PCJ #1, Nov/Dec. 1991 |
| Ray Oldenburg is author of The Great Good Place (Paragon House 1989), and teaches sociology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. His most recent book is Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories about the "Great Good Places" at the Heart of Our Communities (Marlowe & Company 2000). | Our Vanishing "Third Places" PCJ #25, Winter 1997 |
| Thomas Paine is author of Scar Vegas a collection of short stories which includes "Unapproved Minutes of the Carthage Vermont, Zoning Board of Adjustment (Harcourt Inc., 2000). His short stories have been published in the New Yorker, Harper's, Playboy, Zoetrope, and Story. Paine is a two-time Puschart Prize winner, and has won an O. Henry award for his writing. | Unapproved Minutes of the Carthage Vermont, Zoning Board of Adjustment PCJ #46, Spring 2002 this is a full reprint of Paine's short story |
| Tom Peterson worked for eight years at the Burlington (Vermont) Community Land Trust. During that time, Tom inspected over 300 housing units and wrote specifications for and administered over $4 million in rehabilitation contracts. Tom is currently serving as Building & Remodeling Specialist for Best Tile of Vermont. He has also authored articles for the Journal of Light Construction. | Community Land Trusts: An Introduction PCJ #23, Summer 1996 |
| Pamela Plumb is a Portland, Maine, consultant specializing in conflict management, group dynamics, and problem solving. Plumb served on the Portland City Council from 1979 to 1990, and as the City's Mayor in 1981 and 1982. She is also a past president of National League of Cities, and has chaired the Maine Governor's Municipal Advisory Council. |
Town Councils and Planning Boards: A Challenging Relationship PCJ #9, Mar/Apr. 1993 |
| Patricia Baron Pollak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Consumer Economics and Housing at Cornell University. She received both the Master of Regional Planning and Ph.D. degrees from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Her primary interests focus on equity issues of housing policy; how local housing policy decisions are made; and how housing policy decisions affect households. She has written extensively on the development of community-based housing options for the elderly. Last, but not least, Pollock has served on the planning board of the Village of Homer, New York, a small community of about 3,600. |
"Family" Definitions & Shared Housing for Older Americans
PCJ #2, Jan/Feb. 1992 |
| Robert L. Potter is a planner with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service in Philadelphia. His work involves providing technical assistance to local communities on developing plans for improving their river-related resources (under the federal Wild & Scenic Rivers Act) -- as well as work for units of the National Park System. Note from Wayne Senville, Editor, Planning Commissioners Journal: I had the privilege of working for several years (1983-1987) with Robert Potter and other planners in the National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. |
Sharing the Map: Public Involvement in Concept Planning (co-authored with Evelyn F. Swimmer) PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 |
| E. Annie Proulx is an author whose recent works include Postcards and The Shipping News. Her thoughts on the night sky were first published in The New England Monthly and are reprinted with her permission. |
The Death of the Night (companion article to Robert Prouse's Lighting Our Streets) PCJ #4, May/June 1992 |
| Robert Prouse is a partner with the firm of H. M. Brandston & Partners, Inc. in New York City, and is a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society. Since 1979 Mr. Prouse has also been on the faculty of the Parsons School of Design, where he teaches in the Lighting Design program. |
Lighting Our Streets: Understanding the Basics PCJ #4, May/June 1992 |
| Rick Pruetz, AICP, is a planning consultant in Marina Del Rey, California, specializingin implementation strategies for land use plans. Previously, he served as the City Planner for Burbank. Pruetz is author of Saved By Development: Preserving Environmental Areas, Farmland and Historic Landmarks With Transfer Of Development Rights, the most comprehensive guide available to TDR programs nationwide. For information on ordering Saved By Development, contact Arje Press, at: 310-305-3568; email: arje@ibm.net. | Putting Growth in its Place with Transfer of Development Rights PCJ #31, Summer 1998 |
| Ray Quay is Assistant Director of Planning for Phoenix, Arizona, and previously served in the same capacity for the city of Arlington, Texas. Quay is the co-author (with Bruce McClendon) of Mastering Change: Winning Strategies for Effective City Planning (APA Planners Press 1988), and has prepared several articles for the PCJ. | Dealing With the Fear of Multi-Family Housing PCJ #23, Summer 1996 Telecommuting: Possible Futures for Urban & Rural Communities PCJ #12, Fall 1993 Good Communications; The Key to Good Customer Service PCJ #4, May/June 1992 Customer Service: What It Is & Why It's Important PCJ #1, Nov/Dec. 1991 |
| Suzanne Sutro Rhees, AICP, is a community planner with BRW Inc. in Minneapolis. She also edits "Planning Minnesota," the state's APA chapter newsletter, and is the author of "Reinventing the Village" (PAS Report No. 430, 1991). |
Gateways: Creating Civic Identity PCJ #21, Winter 1996 Planning for New Downtown Development PCJ #9, Mar/Apr. 1993 |
| Lynn Richards is the Acting Division Director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Development, Community, and Environment Division. | Managing Stormwater Runoff: A Green Infrastructure Approach PCJ #73, Winter 2009 |
| The late Fred Riggins served as Chairman of the Phoenix, Arizona, Planning Commission. His "Suggested Do's & Don'ts" have been retitled in his honor. The "Riggins Rules" were brought to our attention by Bev Moody of the Arizona Dept. of Commerce. |
The "Riggins Rules": Suggested Do's & Don'ts for the Conduct of Public Hearings and the Deportment of Members of Boards, Commissions, & Other Bodies PCJ #13, Winter 1994 |
| Chris Robbins is an environmental planner, who also served as a member of the Northfield, Minnesota, Planning Commission. | A Nose for Nimbys PCJ #51, Summer 2003 |
| Richard J. Roddewig, MAI, CRE, is President of Clarion Associates, Inc. He is both a real estate analyst as well as a land use and zoning attorney. Richard is also a past Chair of the American Bar Association's Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee, and has written extensively on land use issues. | An Introduction to Takings Law (co-authored with Christopher Duerksen PCJ #18, Spring 1995 |
| John Ronayne, Esq., is a partner in the Boston office of the law firm of Robinson & Cole. Ronayne has been active in the practice of real estate law for three decades. During that time, he has worked on transactions ranging from the acquisition and sale of existing commercial real estate to the acquisition and development of undeveloped property for commercial and residential purposes to commercial real estate lease transactions, representing both owners and tenants. Ronayne received his J.D., cum laude, from the Columbia University School of Law in 1969. He is a member of the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations, and the Massachusetts Real Estate Finance Association. | How Far is Too Far? PCJ #53, Winter 2004 |
| John Rozum, AICP, is the director of the Connecticut NEMO program. He regularly delivers workshops and training to Connecticut's 169 towns, assisting them to implement land use practices that protect water resources. Rozum holds a M.S. in Land Use Planning and in Ecology, both from the University of Arizona. He has also served on his town's planning and zoning commission and on the board of directors of the East Haddam Land Trust. | Taking Low Impact Development from Research to Regulations (co-authored with David Dickson) PCJ #73, Winter 2009 |
| Joel S. Russell, Esq., is a land use planning consultant and attorney based in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was the founding executive director of the Dutchess (NY) Land Conservancy, and works with landowners, municipalities, developers, and land trusts on land planning, consensus building, and land use regulation. |
Building Your Planning Process From the Ground Up PCJ #77, Winter 2010 Overlay Zoning to Protect Surface Waters PCJ #54, Spring 2004 How Dimensional Standards Shape Residential Streets PCJ #50, Spring 2003 Land Trusts and Planning Commissions: Forging Strategic Alliances PCJ #34, Spring 1999 Diagnosing Your Community Before You Plan PCJ #26, Spring 1997 Rethinking Conventional Zoning PCJ #15, Summer 1994. Community Planning that Works (co-authored with Amy R. Naylor & Anne Tate) PCJ #8, Jan/Feb. 1993 |
| Donovan Rypkema is the author of numerous articles and publications, including The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader's Guide. He is Principal of Place Economics, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm specializing in the economic revitalization of downtowns and the redevelopment of historic properties. | Historic Preservation is Smart Growth PCJ #52, Fall 2003 |
| Brenda Lightner Scheer teaches in the School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati. Prior to joining the faculty, she worked as an urban designer for the City of Boston, Massachusetts, and was a Loeb Fellow in Environmental Studies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. | Urban Design: A Place in Planning PCJ #5, July/Aug. 1992 |
| Irv Schiffman is a Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Master of Rural and Town Planning program at California State University, Chico. He is the author of Alternative Techniques for Managing Growth (Berkeley: University of California, Institute of Governmental Studies, 1990). Schiffman also holds a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law, and is former Chairman of the City of Chico Architectural Review Board. | The Property Rights Challenge: What's A Planner To Do? PCJ #21, Winter 1996 |
| Keith Schneider is a journalist and editor, and writes from Benzie County, Michigan, where he also serves as Director of Program Development for the Michigan Land Use Institute, one of the nation's largest state-based land policy and advocacy organizations. | Farmland Protection: What's Behind the Growing Interest? PCJ #63, Summer 2006 |
| Tobin Scipione is a Massachusetts-based consultant who provides assistance in strategic planning and organizational development to non-profit organizations and state and local agencies. She also coordinates the Maine Safe Routes to School program and is former Executive Director of the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Prior to that, she served as a Program Coordinator for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, also in Charlottesville. |
Preparing Successful Grant Proposals PCJ #56, Fall 2004 |
| Jim Segedy is the Director of Community Planning for the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. Before moving to Pittsburgh, Segedy worked for many years in Ball State University's Community Based Planning program, providing assistance to more than one hundred communities and many plan commissions (as planning commissions are called in Indiana). He also served on the Planning Commission in Delaware County, Indiana. Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy is the Associate Director for River Restoration for American Rivers' Pittsburgh field office. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she spent over a decade as a circuit-riding planner for a regional planning organization serving the western fringe of Metropolitan Atlanta. |
The Value of Debriefing PCJ #82, Spring 2011. The Tee-Ball Approach to Development PCJ #81, Winter 2011. What Planners Wish Their Planning Commissioners Knew PCJ #80, Fall 2010 Smoothing the Rocky Road PCJ #79, Summer 2010 Think Regionally, Act Locally PCJ #78, Spring 2010 Stand by Your Plan PCJ #76, Fall 2009 Are We There Yet? PCJ #75, Summer 2009 How Do We Get There? PCJ #74, Spring 2009 Community Self-Assessment: A Way of Looking at the Whole Picture PCJ #73, Winter 2009 Where Do We Want to Go? PCJ #72, Fall 2008 This Plan's for You PCJ #71, Summer 2008 |
| Wayne Senville, is Publisher & Editor of the Planning Commissioners Journal. Before founding the PCJ in 1991, he was Director of Local & Regional Planning Assistance in the Vermont Department of Housing & Community Affairs. Senville has also served from 1991-1999 and 2008-present as a member of the Burlington, Vermont, Planning Commission, including three years as its Chair. In 1999, he received the Northern New England Chapter of the APA's "citizen planner of the year" award. |
Why Getting Good Grades Isn't Always the Answer PCJ #80, Fall 2010 Enjoying Each Others’ Company PCJ #79, Summer 2010 Dealing With Contentious Public Hearings PCJ #77, Winter 2010 Libraries at the Heart of Our Communities PCJ #75, Summer 2009 Downtown Futures: including Like a Business Park with Amenities; Behind the Curtains; Coming Together, Coming Back; A River Runs Through It; Downtown Housing; Future Downtowns; and National-Local PCJ #69, Winter 2008 Crossing America: including Small Cities, Big Challenges; Rain to Recreation; First Suburbs; Village People; and Around Town PCJ #68, Fall 2007 Planning for Cemeteries (co-authored with Valerie Capels) PCJ #64, Fall 2006 Bright Ideas PCJ #61, Summer 2005; and PCJ #62, Fall 2005 Preservation Takes Center Stage (on reuse of historic theaters) -- included as part of PCJ #52, Fall 2003, Special Historic Preservation Issue |
| Lila Shapero, until becoming a state hearing officer in 2006, worked as a legal consultant and writer. Over the years Shapero has been involved with a variety of neighborhood-related issues, including housing and violence against women. She has also been an active member of the Ward 1 "neighborhood planning assembly" (a neighborhood association) on the east side of Burlington, Vermont, and served on the Burlington Electric Commission, which oversees the municipal utility. | Bowling Together: The Role of Neighborhood Associations PCJ #59, Summer 2005 |
| Brett Sheckler is an economist with expertise in finance, governance, and strategic planning. He has worked with governments for more than a decade at the local, state, and federal level and founded Integrated Economics in Seattle, Washington. | Integrating Physical, Economic, & Fiscal Considerations in Community Planning PCJ #79, Summer 2010 (co-authored with Brian Murphy). |
| Robert J. Sitkowski, is a partner with the law firm of Freeborn & Peters, LLP in Chicago, Illinois, where his practice focuses on land use law, with a special emphasis on the legal aspects of smart growth and new urbanism. Sitkowski was previously with the Robinson & Cole law firm in Hartford, Connecticut. Beofre that, he worked as a city attorney and urban planner for local governments in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. For five years before entering legal practice, he practiced architecture and urban design in Chicago and Pittsburgh. He is a registered architect, and a member of the AIA and AICP. | Procedural Due Process in Practice PCJ #31, Summer 1998 |
| Kennedy Lawson Smith is a principal with the Community Land Use and Economics (CLUE) Group, a consulting firm specializing in downtown economic development. She served as director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Main Street Center from 1991 to 2004, and has worked with downtown, historic preservation, and civic organizations around the country. |
Downtown Economic Development PCJ #66, Spring 2007 Recycling Main Street PCJ #64, Fall 2006 Wanted: Downtown Grocery Stores PCJ #63, Summer 2006 What Makes a Town Center a Town Center PCJ #62, Spring 2006 The Supreme Court's Kelo Decision: Good News or Bad News for Downtowns? PCJ #60, Fall 2005 Downtown Hurdles PCJ #59, Summer 2005 Sizing Up Downtown PCJ #58, Spring 2005 Why Downtowns (Should) Matter to Planning Commissioners PCJ #57, Winter 2005 |
| Amy Souza is a writer and editor living in Alexandria, Virginia. She has written on land use and environmental topics. |
Pattern Books: A Planning Tool PCJ #72, Fall 2008 Community Food Needs & Opportunities PCJ #63, Summer 2006 Planning for Dogs: Exercise vs. Restraint PCJ #55, Summer 2004 |
| David Stauffer is a freelance writer and chairman of the Yellowstone Business Partnership. He is also a former city planner, planning commission chair, and city council member in his home town of Red Lodge, Montana. |
What's "Sustainable"? PCJ #80, Fall 2010 New Ways to Weigh Economy vs. Environment PCJ #79, Summer 2010 Stop, Look, Loiter PCJ #78, Spring 2010 Smart Messages PCJ #64, Fall 2006 Emerging Water Shortages Are No Mirage PCJ #54, Spring 2004 |
| The late Debra Stein was the president of GCA Strategies, a San Francisco-based community relations firm specializing in controversial land use projects. She authored Making Community Meetings Work and Winning Community Support for Land Use Projects, both published by the Urban Land Institute. | Dealing With an Angry Public PCJ #37, Winter 2000 |
| Ric Stephens is a Senior Project Manager at Cogan Owens Cogan in Portland, Oregon. He is also currently Vice-Chair of the Beaverton Planning Commission. Stephens has edited two books: the International Planning Organizations directory and the Plannerese Dictionary available from trafford.com. |
Civic Responsibility PCJ #79, Summer 2010 Where's Art in Planning (click link for free .pdf download) PCJ #76, Fall 2009 The Nine Circles of Planning Commission Hell PCJ #75, Summer 2009 Where's Art in Planning (click link for free .pdf download) PCJ #76, Fall 2009 Different Perspectives PCJ #73, Winter 2009 Ten Things to Avoid PCJ #72, Fall 2008 Planning Commission Physics PCJ #71, Summer 2008. The Importance of Cookies PCJ #70, Spring 2008. What We Mean When We Say ... PCJ #68, Fall 2007. Late Nights with the Commission PCJ #67, Summer 2007. Why are You a Planning Commissioner? PCJ #66, Spring 2007 |
| John R. Stilgoe is the Robert & Lois Orchard Professor of Visual & Environmental Studies at Harvard University. He is author of a number of books, including Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places; Borderland: Origins of the American Suburb; Common Landscape of America; and Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Scene. | Teen Geography PCJ #19, Summer 1995 America's Joka-Machi PCJ #15, Summer 1994 Portals to Our National Heritage PCJ #11, Summer 1993 Walking Into Trouble: Planning and Physical Un-Fitness PCJ #4, May/June 1992 |
| Rich Stolz works at the Center for Community Change and is based out of Seattle, Washington. He has worked extensively in low-income and minority communities across the United States, on a range of issues, including welfare reform and job creation strategies, transportation equity and environmental justice, and comprehensive immigration reform. Stolz helped to found the Transportation Equity Network, organized the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, and recently managed the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign. He has written several articles on transportation policy and social equity. | Transportation Planning, and Its Relationship to Community PCJ #45, Winter 2002 |
| Brian J. Sullivan, Esq. is a member of the Burlington, Vermont law firm of Burak Anderson & Melloni, PLC. He graduated from the University of Chicago with General and Special Honors and from Harvard Law School cum laude. Sullivan's areas of practice include environmental and land use law and telecommunications issues. He has represented communications providers, as well as municipalities, in a variety of environmental and land use matters. | The Telecommunications Act of 1996 PCJ #28, Fall 1997 |
| The late Evelyn F. Swimmer worked for many years as a landscape architect and planner with the North East Regional Office of the National Park Service in Philadelphia. Her work involved providing design and technical assistance to local communities on developing plans for improving their river-related resources (under the federal Wild & Scenic Rivers Act) -- as well as trails, greenways, and parks. Note from Wayne Senville, Editor, Planning Commissioners Journal: I had the privilege of working for several years (1983-1987) with Evelyn and other planners in the National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. |
Sharing the Map: Public Involvement in Concept Planning (co-authored with Robert L. Potter) PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992 |
| Anne Tate is an architect who also teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She served as the principal consultant for the planning & design charrette described in "Community Planning that Works." |
Community Planning that Works (co-authored with Amy R. Naylor & Joel Russell) PCJ #8, Jan/Feb. 1993 |
| Brent Thompson, an Ashland, Oregon, real estate investor and award winning building renvoator, served for 12 years on Ashland's Planning Commission and City Council. His travels to Europe and Latin America shaped his views on city management and land use issues. Thompson is a former editorial writer for the Ashland Daily Tidings, and has written numerous columns for Oregon publications on land use and transportation. He is a former president of the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, and the Jackson County Citizens League (a Southern Oregon watchdog group). Currently he is on the advisory board of Alternatives to Growth Oregon, which questions the desirability of continued population growth in Oregon and the U.S. |
Sprawl Is Like the Weather PCJ #11, Summer 1993 |
| Tim Torma has worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 1995. He is a policy analyst in the Agency's Smart Growth Program. Torma's recent work has included projects related to environmental and health effects of school siting, and research and writing on school siting and planning issues. Torma has also been a contributing writer, editor, or reviewer on a wide range of growth-related publications, most recently Getting to Smart Growth II and Creating Great Neighborhoods: Density in Your Community. |
Back to School for Planners PCJ #56, Fall 2004 |
| Gary Toth works with the Project for Public Spaces as the Senior Director of Transportation Initiatives program and the primary instructor for the Streets As Places program. He worked for more than 30 years with the New Jersey Department of Transportation, where he spearheaded many innovative projects and programs to promote techniques such as context sensitive solutions, complete streets, transit-oriented development, and smart growth. |
Transportation Planning for Livable Communities: Measuring What Matters PCJ #80, Fall 2010 [co-authored with Hannah Twaddell] |
Hannah Twaddell is a Senior Transportation Planner in the Charlottesville, Virginia, office of Renaissance Planning Group. She has worked on transportation planning and public involvement projects in several states. With more than 18 years of experience in local planning, Twaddell previously served as Assistant Director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (in Charlottesville) and as chief staff to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Many of Hannah Twaddell's articles listed on the right are also reprinted in our two Transportation Planning booklets: 
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Transportation Planning for Livable Communities: Measuring What Matters PCJ #80, Fall 2010 [co-authored with Gary Toth] 21st Century Transportation Planning Challenges PCJ #78, Spring 2010. Planning for Public Transportation in Rural Communities PCJ #76, Fall 2009. Growing Safer: Improving Roadways for Everyone PCJ #74, Spring 2009. The ABC's of TOD: Transit-Oriented Development PCJ #73, Winter 2009. Happy Trails: Greenways for Everyone PCJ #71, Summer 2008. Ready for Car Sharing? PCJ #70, Spring 2008. When Connecting Point A to Point B, What Happens to Point C? [on bypass highways] PCJ #68, Fall 2007. Fitting Roadways to Community Needs PCJ #67, Summer 2007. Let's Plan on Walking PCJ #65, Winter 2007. This Little Piggy Went to Market: The Journey from Farm to Table PCJ #63, Summer 2006. Corridors Through Our Communities PCJ #62, Spring 2006. No Such Thing as Free Parking PCJ #60, Fall 2005. Maneuvering the Money Maze PCJ #59, Summer 2005 Making the Connection PCJ #58, Spring 2005 The Future is Now: Mobility & Seniors PCJ #57, Winter 2005 Safe Routes to School PCJ #56, Fall 2004 The Deep Mystery of Traffic Congestion PCJ #55, Summer 2004 |
| Richard Untermann is Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at the University of Washington. He is the author of Accommodating the Pedestrian: Adapting Towns and Neighborhoods for Walking and Bicycling (out-of-print). Untermann now resides in Santa Barbara, California, where he works as a consultant on planning and design issues. | Sidewalk Essentials PCJ #27, Summer 1997 Traffic Calming Basics PCJ #26, Spring 1997 Getting Started PCJ #25, Winter 1997 Center-ing Our Suburbs PCJ #22, Spring 1996 Taming the Automobile: How We Can Make Our Streets More "Pedestrian Friendly" PCJ #1, Nov/Dec. 1991 |
| Michael von Hausen is President, MVH Urban Planning and Design Inc., a firm that specializes in sensitive land development planning and sustainable urban design. He is also curriculum coordinator and chief instructor for the Urban Design Certificate Program at Simon Fraser University. His expertise includes alternative development standards, integrated neighborhood design, community ecological planning and group decision-making. Michael is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planning and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. |
Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaws PCJ #49, Winter 2003 |
| Gloria Venczel is Principal, Urbanitas Consulting Inc., a young firm dedicated to helping organizations create more sustainable communities. The firm's practice involves sustainable architectural and urban design, and street design, along with developing public awareness strategies on city and village sustainability choices. Gloria is also currently Chair of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia's Public Visioning Program. She is a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a provisional member of the Planning Institute of British Columbia. |
Visual Enhancement of Zoning Bylaws PCJ #49, Winter 2003 |
| Rob Voigt is a Senior Planner for the Town of Collingwood, Ontario. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Planner for the City of Oak Harbor, Washington. With over 12 years' planning experience in the U.S. and Canada, Rob has also spoken at numerous conferences on issues associated with planning, urban design, and community health. He is also a sculptor, and says that "these skills translate to my planning work as professional creativity, innovation, and an eye for design." |
Cultural Asset Mapping PCJ #81, Winter 2011. |
| Judith Waldrop works for the U.S. Census Bureau. She previously served as Research Editor for American Demographics magazine, and, before that, worked for twelve years as a planner in Alabama. | What Every Planning Commissioner Should Know About Demographics PCJ #17, Winter 1995 |
| Michael J. Wallwork, P.E., is the President of Alternate Street Design, P.A., a company based in Orange Park, Florida, that specializes in people-oriented design of streets and intersections. He specializes in roundabouts, traffic calming, and Main Street designs. Since migrating to the U.S. thirteen years ago from Melbourne, Australia, Wallwork has worked in numerous cities, and with community groups and Departments of Transportation in more than thirty States to design and review roundabouts, redesign streets, and calm traffic in neighborhoods. | Roundabouts: What They Are & Why They Work PCJ #26, Spring 1997 |
| Ilene Watson is a planner with the Central Okanagan Regional District Planning Department in Kelowna, British Columbia. She is currently working on special projects such as design guidelines, a town centre strategic plan, large neighborhood master planning projects, and a new zoning bylaw. Watson is a registered professional landscape architect in Canada (CSLA) and is registered to practice planning in both Canada and the United States (MCIP, AICP). |
The Risk of Wildfire PCJ #58, Spring 2005 Listen! PCJ #51, Summer 2003 An Introduction to Urban Design PCJ #43, Summer 2001 An Introduction to Design Guidelines PCJ #41, Winter 2001 |
| Alan C. Weinstein, a lawyer and planner, holds a joint appointment in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. His research and practice both deal extensively with issues involving land use and the First Amendment. Weinstein co-edited Land Use and the Constitution: Principles for Planning Practice. |
Homeowners Associations PCJ #58, Spring 2005 Zoning Ordinances and "Free Speech" PCJ #37, Winter 2000 |
| Matt Weiser is a freelance writer based in Sacramento, California. He won the 2004 American Planning Association Journalism Award for a series of stories on how sprawl development contributes to air pollution. |
The Changing Face of Manufactured Housing PCJ #59, Summer 2005 |
| Brett Weiss, Esq., is an attorney in Montgomery County, Maryland, who has been involved in land use and zoning issues at the state and local levels. |
Restricting Home Occupations PCJ #12, Fall 1993 |
| Otis White is president of Civic Strategies, Inc., a collaborative and strategic planning firm specializing in community leadership issues. He is based in Atlanta. White has authored several articles for the Planning Commissioners Journal focusing on community leadership and civic participation issues. |
Dialing for Citizens PCJ #74, Spring 2009 Taking the Mystery Out of Economic Development PCJ #43, Summer 2001 Should You Run? PCJ #33, Winter 1999 Gaining Legitimacy PCJ #21, Winter 1996 Getting Power by Giving it Away PCJ #18, Spring 1995 How to Make Decisions People Will Accept PCJ #17, Winter 1995 The Secret to Compromise: Learning to Read Others PCJ #16, Fall 1994 |
| Carol J. Whitlock is a registered professional engineer. She currently chairs both the Merriam, Kansas, and the Johnson County, Kansas, Planning Commissions. Whitlock has served on the Merriam Planning Commission for over 20 years, including 17 years as chairperson, and has served on the Johnson County Planning Commission for 12 years, chairing it for 8 years.. |
Chairing the Planning Commission PCJ #70, Spring 2008 |
| Robert Widner, Esq., is an attorney with the Denver, Colorado, law firm of Gorsuch Kirgis L.L.C. Widner previously served as an assistant city attorney for Arvada, Colorado, and acted as legal counsel to the planning commission. In addition to holding a law degree, Widner received a master's in urban and regional planning. |
Basics of Variances PCJ #50, Spring 2003 Understanding Spot Zoning PCJ #13, Winter 1994 |
| Bill Wilkinson, AICP, has served as the Executive Director of the Bicycle Federation of America (now operating as the National Center for Bicycling and Walking) since 1986. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Surface Transportation Policy Project. Wilkinson got his start in this field in the mid-1970s as Bicycle Planner for Fairfax County, Virginia, where he directed the development of a countywide bike/trail plan. Wilkinson went on to serve as the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bicycle / Pedestrian Program Coordinator, and later as Director of Programs for the Bicycle Manufacturers Association, before joining the Bicycle Federation in 1983. |
Making Communities "Bicycle Friendly" PCJ #10, May/June 1993 |
| The late Bert Winterbottom was a principal with LDR International, Inc., a planning and design firm based in Columbia, Maryland. His work focused on vision-building, organizing public-private partnerships, implementation strategies and tourism development. Prior to joining LDR, Winterbottom was a principal with The Rouse Company's American City Corporation. Earlier in his career, he served as planning director of the Greenville County, South Carolina, Planning Commission and as a planner for the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County, North Carolina, Planning Board. |
Planning for Heritage Tourism PCJ #11, Summer 1993 |
| Charles Wolfe is a Member of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, in Seattle, Washington, where he chairs the firm's Environmental Practice Group. He has over fifteen years experience in environmental, land use and administrative law in both Washington State and Connecticut. His practice focuses on regulatory compliance counseling, redevelopment of properties impacted by contamination and other regulatory constraints, site remediation and liability allocation, permitting, enforcement response, Clean Water Act and wetland issues, historic and cultural resource issues, due diligence and administrative advocacy before regulatory agencies and staff. | Roundtable Discussion: Legal Issues Facing Planning Commissions & Zoning Boards PCJ #22, Spring 1996 |
| Kunio Yamaguchi is Director of the Urban & Regional Planning Institute Co. of Tokyo. He has worked as a consultant to a numberof cities throughout Japan on planning issues. | Planning and Conflict: The Story of Otaru, Japan PCJ #17, Winter 1995 |
