Talking with new PCJ contributing writer Beth Humstone

Talking with new PCJ contributing writer Beth Humstone

…issue. She is also a co-author of Above and Beyond: Visualizing Change in Small Towns and Rural Areas. We’re pleased that she’ll be regularly contributing to the Planning Commissioners Journal. ————————————— Wayne Senville: What first…

Talking with Wendy Grey about Comp Plans and Zoning

Talking with Wendy Grey about Comp Plans and Zoning

Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: Our Spring 2011 issue features an article by long-time Florida planner Wendy Grey on a topic that virtually every planner and planning commissioner will face — the relationship of…

The PCJ Across the USA ... and Home Again

The PCJ Across the USA … and Home Again

…more than one hundred PCJ subscribers who met with Wayne, and to those of you who followed along with Wayne’s daily blog postings, or sent queries about specific issues during his travels. All of Wayne’s…

Photo of realtor's office with open house sign and view of real estate listing

Reality Check from the Homebuilder’s Sales Floor

Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: Accessible housing is an important, but controversial issue. The Spring issue of the Planning Comm’rs Journal features an article by Jordana Maisel, “Visitability: A Major “No-Step” Towards Inclusive Housing,”…

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…