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Issue #24: Fall 1996
Special Issue: Perspectives on Being a Planning Commissioner

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FEATURES

Planning from Different Perspectives
by Carolyn L. Braun read full article order and download article

--- Why it's helpful to understand the different perspectives that friends, applicants, and staff "bring to the table."

Being A Commissioner
by Steven R. Burt read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Asking the right question; evaluating information presented; identifying interests; making no excuses. Lessons from nine years as a member of a local planning and zoning commission.

The New Commissioner: Dazed & Confused
by Sharon Wiley Hightower read excerpts from article order and download article

--- A basic framework for orienting the new planning commissioner.

How the Information Revolution Is Shaping Our Communities
by Pamela Blais read full article order and download article

--- An introduction to the impacts information technologies are having on jobs, the economy, and the demand for office and commercial space.

DEPARTMENTS

The Effective Planning Commission:
How to Recognize and Relieve Burnout read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Elaine Cogan discusses ways of dealing with planning commissioner burnout.

The Planning Commission At Work:
Commission and Staff: Expectations of Each Other read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Planning commissioners and staff need to identify the expectations each has of the other, points out Mike Chandler.

Looking Around:
Environmentally Sensitive Development read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Ed McMahon notes that developers and environmentalists agree on at least one thing: local zoning regulations need to be more flexible.

Ethics & the Planning Commission:
Bending Your Ear read excerpts from article order and download article

--- What do you do when you're asked, confidentially, for advice about a possible rezoning request? Greg Dale offers his thoughts.

Economic Development & Communities:
Involving All of the Community read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Jack McCall explains why economic development efforts work best when a broad spectrum of the community is involved.

Insights:
The Role of the Professional Planner read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Long-time planner Perry Norton takes a look at the role of the professional planner.

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