December 10, 2025 — Update from Planning Commissioners Journal Publisher and Editor Wayne Senville: Since early 2021 I’ve been working for The Bricklyn Eagle newspaper. I think you’ll enjoy reading the Eagle, especially if you…
Two years ago we asked 25 individuals who have served both as professional and citizen planners for their thoughts on a series of five short questions — and published their replies in the Planning Commissioners…
…PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: There’s occasionally – some would say often a tension between planning commissions and local governing bodies. This can come up in the context of development review decisions (in those states where…
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…
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…
Some Background from Publisher & Editor Wayne Senville: For 23 years — from 1991 to 2014 — the Planning Commissioners Journal and PlannersWeb.com served respectively as the nation’s principal publication and online resource for citizen…
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: You might have noticed that we previously posted a note about the health benefits of using stairs. Then we came across a video that shows how using stairs can…
Two years ago we asked 25 individuals who have served both as professional and citizen planners for their thoughts on a series of five short questions — and published their replies in the Planning Commissioners…
…group page. You can still add your own comments or questions there. Wayne Senville: Della: you write that “we need to choose the best opportunities across a variety of sectors and strategies, and we need…
…From: PlannersWeb Editor Wayne Senville To: PlannersWeb Members & Others Subject: Update on Access to PlannersWeb.com Date: November 6, 2014 Important Information: All current annual members of PlannersWeb.com will continue to have full access to…
D is for Design, and for Darn Quick Approval Portland has added a very interesting provision to its zoning ordinance. It’s called “Community Design Standards,” and it’s an option for developers in certain parts of…
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…
General Dynamic’s Bath Iron Works — BIW for short — builds Navy destroyers. Its cranes tower over the city. I mean that literally, as they’re visible from downtown and from just about any street in…
