Search Results for by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville

portion of George Inness painting, The Lackawanna Valley

For the Love of Steam

by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Scranton, Pennsylvania What, you’ve never heard of “Steamtown”? As you can see from the photo, it’s not about steam coming up out of the ground; it’s about steam…

Jim Brozena in Wilkes-Barre

Punching Through the Walls

by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania “It took some convincing,” says Jim Brozena, but the Corps of Engineers agreed to punch two large “portals” through the massive flood control levee that separates…

The Secrets of Successful Communities

Read ULI analyst Ed McMahon's seven part series.

Basics of Putting Together a Comprehensive Plan

Take a look at this excellent series of articles by Jim Segedy & Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy.

Planner & Commissioner

Our 5-part series on the relationship between staff planners and planning board members.

An Introduction to Form-Based Codes

Joel Russell & Mary Madden of the Form-Based Codes Institute cover the basics of this new approach to zoning.

Building Your Local Economy

Planner Gwendolyn Hallsmith offers a progressive take on planning for local economic development in this five-part series starting with Coping With Economic Meltdown.

Also, take a look at our extended reprints from economic development planner Della Rucker's excellent book, The Local Economy Revolution.

Pro-Forma 101 – Getting Familiar With a Basic Tool of Real Estate Analysis

Ever wonder how a pro-forma is put together & what it is used for? This four-part article provides an easy to understand introduction.