Demolition of strip shopping plaza at Storrs Center.

Building a New Downtown – Part I

by PlannersWeb Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Storrs, Connecticut As someone who lives in a university town, I can tell you it’s not every day that the university’s and town’s perspectives on a key issue…

graphic by Amelia Senville

PlannersWeb to End Operations

From: Wayne Senville, Editor, PlannersWeb.com To: PlannersWeb Members & Others Subject: Future of PlannersWeb.com Date: August 19, 2014 We have decided to discontinue PlannersWeb.com as a membership-based web site effective January 1, 2015. We do…

Brick pavers line sidewalks in West Hartford Center

We Don’t Let Planning Get in the Way: Pt. I

Rob Rowlson by PlannersWeb Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from West Hartford, Connecticut Rob Rowlson, the Town of West Hartford’s Director of Community Services, makes no bones about it: too often planning can be an obstacle…