One of the major challenges facing most communities, and their planning boards, is how to explain planning and the planning process in terms citizens can understand. Mike Chandler looks at how “citizen planning academies” helped…
Mike Chandler offers two exercises that can help you make the most of your meeting time; plus a look at debriefing your planning commission meetings…
Long-time planners and PCJ contributing writers Mike Chandler and Greg Dale take a look at the impact that changes in our society are having on local zoning regulation….
How do measure the success of planning in your town, city, or county? Mike Chandler looks at some basic ways to make planning accountable….
Mike Chandler and Greg Dale look at zoning basics with an overview of the purposes of zoning, the structure of a typical zoning ordinance, and the principal players in the “zoning universe.” With sidebars on…
Mike Chandler provides a 20-question exercise that can help your commission see how well it’s organized for business….
…“The Planning Commission at Work” column, ably written for the Planning Commissioners Journal for many years by our friend Michael Chandler. It is our hope that as a team, we can continue in Mike’s fine…
Just why is planning important? Michael Chandler takes aim at this most fundamental question — in under 1,000 words….
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Planning commissions are charged with preparing comprehensive plans. That is one of…
Too often planning commissioners and citizen groups seem to think that once their plans are completed their work is over. … Well, not exactly. Too often planning commissioners and citizen groups seem to think that…
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. I recall the scene to this day. I had just been appointed…
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. In my last column, I looked at the relationship between the planning…
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Although not mandated by code, most planning commissions would do themselves a…
