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Zoning Boards & Planning Commissions -- Issue 50, Spring 2003
-- An overview of the role of local zoning boards, and why it's important for planning commissions to be familiar with zoning board decisions.
Linking Elected Officials With Planning -- Issue 48, Fall 2002
-- Why it's important for planning commissions and governing bodies to work cooperatively. With some suggestions for ways of strengthening this relationship.
Zoning & Changing Lifestyles [with Greg Dale] -- Issue 44, Fall 2001
-- Mike Chandler & Greg Dale continue their overview of zoning by focusing on the impact that changes in our society are having on local zoning regulation.
Zoning Basics [with Greg Dale] -- Issue 42, Spring 2001
-- A 7 page overview of the purposes of zoning, the structure of a typical zoning ordinance, and the principal players in the "zoning universe." With sidebars on key zoning-related legal issues.
Bringing the Plan to Life -- Issue 40, Fall 2000
-- Most planning commissioners realize that all the effort spent on preparing a comprehensive plan will only pay off if the plan's policies and objectives are implemented. An eight-step process for helping assure that your plan is brought to life.
Ten Steps in Preparing a Comprehensive Plan -- Issue 39, Summer 2000
-- One of the key responsibilities planning commissions have is to prepare the comprehensive plan. Michael Chandler provides an overview of the steps typically taken in developing a plan.
Strengthening Your Group Process Skills -- Issue 36, Fall 1999
--- Is the Delphi technique Greek to you? Has your commission brainstormed together recently? Do you ever play devil's advocate? Mike Chandler provides an overview of several group process methods that just might help your board deal more creatively (and effectively) with some of the issues it faces.
Decision Making -- Part II -- Issue 33, Winter 1999
--- A look at the substance, form, and function of planning commission decision making.
Decision Making -- Part I -- Issue 32, Fall 1998
--- Why decision making can be hard for planning commissioners, in the first of a two-part series. Plus, responses to Chandler's last column, "The 21st Century Comprehensive Plan."
The 21st Century Comprehensive Plan -- Issue 31, Summer 1998
--- A look at five ways in which local comprehensive plans are already starting to change as we near the new century.
Making Planning Accountable -- Issue 30, Spring 1998
--- How do you measure the success of planning in your town, city, or county? Mike Chandler focuses on ways to make planning more accountable.
Citizen Planning Academies -- Issue 29, Winter 1998
--- One of the major challenges facing most communities, and their planning boards, is how to explain planning and the planning process in terms citizens can understand. A look at how "citizen planning academies" have helped two Virginia counties.
The Role of the Capital Improvement Program -- Part III -- Issue 27, Summer 1997
--- Mike Chandler concludes his three-part series on capital improvement programs with a look at the role of financial analysis.
The Role of the Capital Improvement Program -- Part II -- Issue 26, Spring 1997
--- In the second of a three-part series, Mike Chandler outlines ten basic steps in preparing a CIP.
The Role of the Capital Improvement Program -- Part I -- Issue 25, Winter 1997
--- A capital improvements plan is one of most overlooked tools for implementing the comprehensive plan. Yet its use can offer many benefits.
Commission and Staff: Expectations of Each Other -- Issue 24, Fall 1996
--- Assessing the close relationship between commission and staff -- and the typical expectations each has of the other.
The Planning Commission As Independent Advisor -- Issue 23, Summer 1996
--- Why developing closer relationships with governing bodies is something planning commissions need to work on.
Putting Vision in Our Plan -- Part II -- Issue 22, Spring 1996
--- A closer look at the four steps involved in a community visioning process.
Putting Vision In Our Plan -- Part I -- Issue 21, Winter 1996
-by engaging in a visioning process, communities are discovering that they can choose to act, rather than wait to be acted upon.
Making Change Happen -- Issue 20, Fall 1995
--- Why planning commissions should view change as an opportunity, rather than a threat.
Getting the Job Done -- Issue 19, Summer 1995
--- Strategies planning boards can use to help commissioners better prepare for meetings, participate more effectively during meetings, and follow-up on items after meetings.
Preparing An Implementable Comprehensive Plan -- Issue 18, Spring 1995
--- Key considerations when it's time to prepare or revise your community's comprehensive plan.
Are You Organized For Business? -- Issue 17, Winter 1995
--- Twenty questions for your commission to ask itself to see how well it's organized for business.
Making the Most of Your Meeting Time -- Issues 16 & 17, Summer & Fall 1994
-- Part 1: Two simple exercises that can help you make the most of your meeting
-- Part 2: How to debrief your planning commission meetings.
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