Not Giving Up on Flint — Part I
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Flint, Michigan Doug Wieland, Executive Director of the Genesee County Land Bank, pulled out a sheet of paper and pushed it across the table towards me. This is…
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A Remarkable Invention Linking People an Ocean Apart!
From PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: Imagine if you could stand next to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and wave greetings — in real time — to folks in London, England. Big deal, you…
Where America’s Oil Industry Was Born
Site of first American commercial oil well along Oil Creek in Titusville, Pennsylvania. by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Titusville and Warren, Pennsylvania I walked along Oil Creek in Titusville, Pennsylvania, on a sunny…
Can We Connect?
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting on the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations conference in Saratoga Springs, New York One of the key themes I heard during sessions at the AMPO conference was the importance…
Leadership for Diversity
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Linda Trompetter and Arthur Breese Linda Trompetter and Arthur Breese have taken diversity as their mission. Not an easy task in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, an economically…
Dodge City Places Its Bet
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: Perhaps you’re planning on doing some gambling this New Years’ weekend … maybe even at the new casino in Dodge City, Kansas. I visited Dodge City in June 2007,…
Planning for 46 Miles of Lakeshore
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from the lakeshore of northwestern Indiana Mt. Baldy dune formation along Lake Michigan in Northwestern Indiana The sign warned that it would be a strenuous climb. Could this really…
A Suburb Plans for Change
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Troy, Michigan Troy, Michigan, is a spread out (6 x 6 mile), auto-oriented suburb (population 81,000) about 19 miles northwest of downtown Detroit. You’ll find many elements typical…
The Future Belongs to Walkable Communities
From PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: Reid Ewing “The future belongs to walkable communities,” claimed planning scholar Reid Ewing at a forum in Burlington, Vermont, sponsored by the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center and the…
The Beer Belly of America
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: We love maps — and are happy to see that the Web seems to be proliferating with fans of geography and cartography. So, maybe it shouldn’t come as a…
“A Harbor You Can Sail Into”
Stephen Coronella, librarian in Putney, Vermont. by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Putney and Brattleboro, Vermont Those are the words that Stephen Coronella used to describe the role of the Putney, Vermont, public library….
When Rouge Turned Green
Part of Ford’s River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan. by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from the Ford Motor Company River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Ten years ago Ford reached the decision point on…
Who’s Planning?
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Scranton, Pennsylvania In thinking about my visit to the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre region, I heard about a number of challenging land use and development issues. But one group…
