Planning Comm'rs Journal -- Contents -- Issue 19, Summer 1995

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Issue #19: Summer 1995

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FEATURES

"Building the Future" High School Essays
by Andrea Kincaid -- Wooster, Ohio (1st Prize)
by Leeann Mirous -- University Place, Washington (2nd Prize)
by Jennifer Wolak -- Vassar, Michigan (3rd Prize) --- Winning essays in the Planning Commissioners Journal's national high school essay competition, plus excerpts from several honorable mention winners.

Educating Our Youth
by Ramona K. Mullahey
--- Involving young people in the community planning process.

Notebook: Planning, Geography & School Kids
--- A look at a variety of innovative programs for teaching school children geography -- and getting them to understand what planning is all about. Including notes on: an Ohio urban planning simulation curriculum; Alaska's Geo-Portraits project; reflections on the past in Towanda, Pennsylvania; where to take a friend in Colorado Springs; CUBE's Box City & Walk Around the Block programs; and Geography for Life, the national geography standards. Also:

Teen Partners for Planning
by Karen B. Fernandez & Roger K. Hedrick
Urban Planning -- Kid Style
by Lori D. Roberts
Geography Education: There's Help on the Way
by Richard G. Boehm

Fresh Eyes
by Stanley King
--- By imagining a city, children are brought into the planning process.

DEPARTMENTS

The Effective Planning Commissioner:
Young Visionaries Make Good Planners
--- Elaine Cogan explains how to involve kids in community planning workshops.

The Planning Commission At Work:
Getting the Job Done
--- Mike Chandler provides strategies planning boards can use to help commissioners better prepare for meetings, participate more effectively during meetings, and follow-up on items after meetings.

Planning Law Primer:
Performance Guarantees
by R. Jeffrey Lyman, Esq.
--- Attorney R.J. Lyman review the basics of performance guarantees, including surety bonds, letters of credit, and escrows.

Insights:
Teen Geography
by John Stilgoe
--- Have we failed in grounding students in the fundamentals of knowing the larger world?