Ray Oldenburg is author of The Great Good Place (Paragon House 1989), and teaches sociology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. His most recent book is Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories about the "Great Good Places" at the Heart of Our Communities (Marlowe & Company 2000). Our Vanishing "Third Places"
PCJ #25, Winter 1997

Thomas Paine is author of Scar Vegas a collection of short stories which includes "Unapproved Minutes of the Carthage Vermont, Zoning Board of Adjustment (Harcourt Inc., 2000). His short stories have been published in the New Yorker, Harper's, Playboy, Zoetrope, and Story. Paine is a two-time Puschart Prize winner, and has won an O. Henry award for his writing. Unapproved Minutes of the Carthage Vermont, Zoning Board of Adjustment
PCJ #46, Spring 2002
this is a full reprint of Paine's short story

Tom Peterson worked for eight years at the Burlington (Vermont) Community Land Trust. During that time, Tom inspected over 300 housing units and wrote specifications for and administered over $4 million in rehabilitation contracts. Tom is currently serving as Building & Remodeling Specialist for Best Tile of Vermont. He has also authored articles for the Journal of Light Construction. Community Land Trusts: An Introduction
PCJ #23, Summer 1996

Pamela Plumb is a Portland, Maine, consultant specializing in conflict management, group dynamics, and problem solving. Plumb served on the Portland City Council from 1979 to 1990, and as the City's Mayor in 1981 and 1982. She is also a past president of National League of Cities, and has chaired the Maine Governor's Municipal Advisory Council. Town Councils and Planning Boards: A Challenging Relationship
PCJ #9, Mar/Apr. 1993

Patricia Baron Pollak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Consumer Economics and Housing at Cornell University. She received both the Master of Regional Planning and Ph.D. degrees from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Her primary interests focus on equity issues of housing policy; how local housing policy decisions are made; and how housing policy decisions affect households. She has written extensively on the development of community-based housing options for the elderly. Last, but not least, Pollock has served on the planning board of the Village of Homer, New York, a small community of about 3,600. "Family" Definitions & Shared Housing for Older Americans
PCJ #2, Jan/Feb. 1992

Robert L. Potter is a planner with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service in Philadelphia. His work involves providing technical assistance to local communities on developing plans for improving their river-related resources (under the federal Wild & Scenic Rivers Act) -- as well as work for units of the National Park System.

Note from Wayne Senville, Editor, Planning Commissioners Journal: I had the privilege of working for several years (1983-1987) with Robert Potter and other planners in the National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office.

Sharing the Map: Public Involvement in Concept Planning (co-authored with Evelyn F. Swimmer)
PCJ #6, Sept/Oct. 1992

E. Annie Proulx is an author whose recent works include Postcards and The Shipping News. Her thoughts on the night sky were first published in The New England Monthly and are reprinted with her permission. The Death of the Night (companion article to Robert Prouse's Lighting Our Streets)
PCJ #4, May/June 1992

Robert Prouse is a partner with the firm of H. M. Brandston & Partners, Inc. in New York City, and is a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society. Since 1979 Mr. Prouse has also been on the faculty of the Parsons School of Design, where he teaches in the Lighting Design program. Lighting Our Streets: Understanding the Basics
PCJ #4, May/June 1992

Rick Pruetz, AICP, is a planning consultant in Marina Del Rey, California, specializingin implementation strategies for land use plans. Previously, he served as the City Planner for Burbank. Pruetz is author of Saved By Development: Preserving Environmental Areas, Farmland and Historic Landmarks With Transfer Of Development Rights, the most comprehensive guide available to TDR programs nationwide. For information on ordering Saved By Development, contact Arje Press, at: 310-305-3568; email: arje@ibm.net. Putting Growth in its Place with Transfer of Development Rights
PCJ #31, Summer 1998