Strengthening Your Group Process Skills
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Increasingly, planning commissions are turning to work sessions to deal with issues…
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Enhancing Your Commission’s Productivity
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Another important strategy a planning commission can employ to maintain or improve…
Our Contributing Writers
Use the drop down menu above or the links below to learn about our primary contributing writers — both in the Planning Commissioners Journal and on the PlannersWeb. Michael Chandler — Elaine Cogan — Greg…
Strengthening the Planning Commission – Governing Body Relationship
…of improving the relationship between the planning commission and governing body, see: “Working Effectively With Elected Officials,” by Elaine Cogan “Linking Elected Officials With Planning,” by Michael Chandler “Town Councils and Planning Boards: A Challenging…
Can “Citizen Planning Academies” Work in Your Community?
…the page). Notes: Editor’s note: In our past look into citizen planning academies in 1998, Michael Chandler examined the communities of King George County and Hanover County in Virginia. Their approaches, while different, emphasized the…
B is for Budget
…comprehensive plan. See Michael Chandler’s three-part series on capital improvement programs. Read excerpt from start of article: The public aspects of cities include not only services (i.e., police and fire protection, education, and protection…
