This Plan’s For You
…live, work, play, and do business — and the forces that affect your city or town. series of articles by Jim Segedy & Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy Lisa was on the city council agenda that night to…
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Does Your Planning Commission Have Bad Apples? – Part 2
Editor’s note: In their previous installment, Jim and Lisa reviewed eight different Bad Apple typologies that may show up on your planning commission or in your public hearing audience. Today, they will review some options…
Putting the LID on Your Community’s Stormwater – Part II
…rivers, and lakes. Photo by Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy. Photo by Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy. Permeable paving allows water to infiltrate a parking lot rather than run off. A granular base helps to filter pollutants such as grease and…
Your Community’s Little Instruction Book
New Planning Commissioners Journal columnists Jim Segedy and Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy kick off a series of articles on the basics of putting together a useful comprehensive plan….
Think Regionally, Act Locally
…served on the Delaware County (Indiana) Plan Commission. Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP, is the Associate Director for River Restoration for American Rivers’ Pittsburgh field office. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she spent over a decade as a…
Putting Some Oomph into Planning
…elected officials on the policy side. Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy: I think the planning commission and elected body should be trained on plan development and land use decisions together so each has the same basis of understanding…
Top 10 Ways to Make Your Planning Commission More Relevant in Your Community
…the Delaware County (Indiana) Plan Commission. Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP, is the Associate Director for River Restoration for American Rivers’ Pittsburgh field office. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she spent over a decade as a circuit-riding planner…
Smoothing the Rocky Road
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. In the mid-1990s, Jim served a term on the Delaware/Muncie Metropolitan Plan…
Are We There Yet?
…was always exciting yet frustrating to Lisa as a child. There were new sights to see, but no familiar landmarks. Finally, after hearing the vexing whine for the umpteenth time, Lisa’s father handed her a…
Challenges & Opportunities
…in Planning by Della Rucker, AICP, CEcD The Place Where We Live by Edward T. McMahon Redefining Our Future by Wendy Grey, AICP Change & Its Impacts by Jim Segedy, FAICP & Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP…
What Planners Wish Their Planning Commissioners Knew
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Lisa recently visited with Paulding County, Georgia’s Planner, Chris Robinson, whose career…
The Tee-Ball Approach to Development (and how to avoid it)
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. If you’ve been a parent, a grandparent, an aunt, or an uncle,…
Stand By Your Plan
…makes it less effective. You must ask yourself: Is your plan readily available to, and understandable by, elected officials, planning commission, staff, and the public? Does it contain photographs and illustrations to show exactly what…
