Child Care in Our Communities
by David Foster
--- Sixty percent of working families with children under age five now pay for licensed child care. A look at the importance of child care to our communities, and how cities and counties are responding to the challenge of providing for child care facilities.
What Planners Do
A roundtable discussion with planners Carolyn Braun, Larry Frey, Glynis Jordan, and Lee Krohn
--- A discussion of the role of the professional planner; planning commission-staff relations; what commission chairs can do; pre-meeting workshops; and new commissioner orientation.
Planning for Dogs: Exercise vs. Restraint
by Amy Souza
--- Over 60 million dogs live in 38 million households nationwide. A growing number of dog owners are calling on their cities and towns to provide spaces for dogs to run. Amy Souza reports on the often controversial issue of dog park siting, and the environmental and planning concerns frequently raised.
Forward Motion:
The Deep Mystery of Traffic Congestion
by Hannah Twaddell
--- An introduction to the growing use of transportation demand management programs.
Current Planning Issues:
Building a Sense of Community
by Greg Dale, FAICP
--- How do we build "a sense of community"? That's a question many planning commissioners are asking. PCJ columnist Greg Dale examines some responses in his continuing series on current planning issues.
The Effective Planning Commissioner:
How Effective is Your Planning Board?
by Elaine Cogan
--- Elaine Cogan looks at ways of evaluating a planning board’s effectiveness.
Insights:
Our Cities are Home to Great Diversity
by William M. Harris, FAICP
--- Our cities are home to great diversity. But too often our cities have failed. What are we to do, planning commissioners? asks Professor (and former planning commission chair) William M. Harris.
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