Comprehensive Plans -- articles from the Planning Comm'rs Journal related to preparing comprehensive plans scroll down this page & click on article title for summary of article -- and for information on how to order the article * indicates article can be ordered & immediately downloaded

For articles on: zoning | growth & development | basic planning tools | planning meetings | planning board functions | ethics | community issues | land use law | transportation | housing Several of the articles listed on this page can be found in: This booklet can be ordered for delivery by 1st class mail; it cannot be downloaded.

1. Ten Steps in Preparing a Comprehensive Plan*	by Michael Chandler
2. Bringing the Plan to Life*	by Michael Chandler
3. The 21st Century Comprehensive Plan*	by Michael Chandler
4. Preparing An Implementable Comprehensive Plan*	by Michael Chandler
5. Diagnosing Your Community Before You Plan *	by Joel Russell
6. Putting Vision in Our Plan*	by Michael Chandler
7. Planning Without a Comprehensive Plan *	by Jeffrey R. Levine
8. Developing the Comprehensive Plan, Part I, II, III	by Michael Chandler
9. Dreaming the Future: Community Vision Planning	by Walter Cudnohufsky
10. Citizen Surveys*	by Thomas I. Miller
For articles on zoning & subdivision regulation

	Three publications from the Planning Commissioners Journal you'll want to have on hand: Welcome to the Commission | Basic Planning Tools | Planning ABC's