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Issue #32: Fall 1998

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Developing Brownfields, Not Greenfields
by Craig Kasper, P.E. & Mark Aumen read excerpts from article
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--- Tens of thousands of brownfields -- abandoned, often contaminated, industrial sites -- can be found in cities, towns, and rural areas across the country. They represent an enormous potential resource, one that can lead to new jobs, healthier neighborhoods, and increased local tax revenues. A look at brownfields history, and how progress is finally being made. With a sidebar by Matt Kridler.

A Brownfields
by the Editor of the PCJ, with contributions from Tom Maguire, Beth Newkirk, E. Lynn Grayson, and Stephen Palmer

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--- Commentary on barriers to brownfields redevelopment; community planning and brownfields; how coalition-building led to brownfields legislation; and the use of brownfields for parks and open space. With short notes on local brownfields programs in Ohio, Arizona, Iowa, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Florida.

Working With Planning Consultants - Part II
by C. Gregory Dale, AICP read excerpts from article
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--- Greg Dale explains how requests for qualifications can be used in finding planning consultants. Plus a sidebar, "Don't RFP," by Joel Russell.

DEPARTMENTS

The Effective Planning Commission:
Do You Have the "Write" Stuff? read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Elaine Cogan on the importance of clear written communications in public notices and postings.

The Planning Commission At Work:
Decision Making -- Part I read excerpts from article
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--- Mike Chandler considers 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."

Looking Around:
All Development is Not Created Equal read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that is contrary to the long-term health of their community, they will almost always get better development in its place, argues columnist Edward McMahon.

News, Notes & Quotes

--- Brief updates from Dean Pierce on: farmers' attitudes toward regulation; narrow streets and safety; visual preference surveys; and new wireless tower guidelines.

Insights
Metropolitan Pressure Points
by Mayor William Johnson, Jr. read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Rochester, New York's mayor argues that it's time to abandon the myth of the self-sufficient municipality.

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