Editor's Picks

The 20 favorite feature articles published in the past 10 years in the Planning Commissioners Journal -- as selected by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville. scroll down this page & click on article title for summary of article, and for information on how to order & download the article.

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1. Growing Greener: Conservation Subdivision Design	by Randall Arendt	11. Proforma 101: A Basic Tool of Real Estate Analysis	by Wayne Lemmon
2. Planning for Historic Preservation	by Amy Facca	12. Procedural Due Process in Practice	by Dwight Merriam, Esq., & Robert Sitkowski, Esq.
3. Citizen Surveys: Taking Your Community's Pulse	by Thomas Miller	13. Energy Conservation & Community Planning	by Karen Hart
4. Zoning Basics	by Michael Chandler & Greg Dale, FAICP	14. An Introduction to Urban Design	by Ilene Watson
5. Back to School for Planners (on school construction & renovation)	by Tim Torma	15. Farmland Protection: What's Behind the Growing Interest?	by Keith Schneider
6. Putting Growth in Its Place With Transfer of Development Rights	by Rick Pruetz	16. Taking Aim at Takings Claims	by Dwight Merriam, Esq.
7. The Promise of America: 10 Successes & 10 Failures	by Larry Gerckens, FAICP	17. Bowling Together: the Role of Neighborhood Associations	by Lila Shapero
8. Public Buildings Should Set the Standard	by Ed McMahon	18. Ten Events that Shaped the 20th Century American City	by Larry Gerckens, FAICP
9. Zoning Ordinances and "Free Speech"	by Alan Weinstein, Esq.	19. Let's Plan on Walking	by Hannah Twaddell
10. Creating the Missing Hub: How Today's Suburbs Build Town Centers	by Phil Langdon	20. Our Vanishing "Third Places"	by Ray Oldenburg