--- An overview of "crime prevention through environmental design."
--- In Sarasota, police and planning departments have worked together to implement "CPTED" concepts in a rundown, high-crime district. The results: reduced crime and a neighborhood on the road to recovery.
The Secret to Compromise: Learning to Read Others
by Otis White 
--- In the first of a series of short articles on community leadership, Otis White explores why it's important for you to understand what motivates your fellow commissioners.
--- Reclaiming streets for people in crime-prone areas. That's the aim of "safewalks": a practical, but exciting, concept described by one of the nation's leading greenway advocates.
A Crime
by the Editor
--- Reports on the impacts of disorder; reactions to neighborhood crime; real estate trends; suburban crime fears; mandated security guards; and our new edge cities.
The Effective Planning Commissioner:
It's Time to Discuss the "P" Word
--- As a planning commissioner you operate in a political world. Elaine Cogan discusses how to conduct yourself effectively in such an environment.
The Planning Commission At Work:
Making the Most of Your Meeting Time -- Part II
--- Michael Chandler on the value of debriefing your planning commission meetings.
Ethics & the Planning Commission:
Who Do You Work For?
--- When the Mayor sees you as his voice on the planning commission, what should you do? asks Greg Dale.
Insights:
A Cry for Community
by Kathleen Madden
--- How the Project for Public Spaces works to reinvigorate neighborhoods and downtowns -- with a focus on Riverside, California..
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