Summer 2003 issue cover by Paul Hoffman; copyright Champlain Planning Press, Inc.

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Issue #51: Summer 2003

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A Nose for NIMBYs
by Chris Robbins read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Most planning commissioners have sat through stormy meetings, with angry residents confronting project applicants. Legitimate concerns are often mixed with irrational fears. Planner (and planning commissioner) Christine Robbins offers some insights into how to deal with NIMBY situations. Followed by additional perspectives on NIMBYism.

Listen!
by Ilene Watson read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Some thoughts on the skill of active listening.

Tap the Internet to Build Public Participation
by David Essex read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Planning departments in communities large and small are increasingly using e-mail, Web sites, and other "electronic" approaches to reach out to the public. Journalist and planning board member David Essex highlights several effective uses of the Internet, and offers tips on building and maintaining Web sites.

The New "Active Adult" Housing
by Wayne Lemmon read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Marketed as a common sense alternative for single-family home ownership for those over 55 years of age providing maintenance free living close to family and friends. That's part of the pitch for active adult communities, a rapidly growing segment of the housing market. An overview from real estate market economist Wayne Lemmon.

DEPARTMENTS

Planning Law Primer:
Zoning Adult Entertainment Businesses read excerpts from article order and download article

--- Attorney Terence Boga reviews the basic legal principles involved in zoning for adult businesses. Plus a sidebar by Frederick Lane on what's being tried in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Planning ABCs
by Laurence C. Gerckens

--- Planning historian Larry Gerckens concludes his alphabetic review of planning topics with: Water, X-Rated Land Uses, Youth, and Zoning. Illustrations by Paul Hoffman. Note: The Planning ABCs series is available to order in its entirety.

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