Winning a Community Over to New Ideas
In this follow-up to his Fall article, Otis White reports on the impact a Pennsylvania planning commissioner had on his community.
Miscellany
A trove of articles and postings on assorted topics — browse through the many articles listed in our Miscellany category, we’re pretty sure you’ll find several that will interest you.
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Three Lessons about Using Storytelling in Local Planning
Lisa Hollingworth-Segedy supplements her article, “Inviting Them In: Using Story as a Planning Tool,” by describing in a short audio clip, three important lessons she’s learned about the use of storytelling.
Inviting Them In: Using Story as a Planning Tool
Storytelling is the universal human language. We think in story. We form our attitudes about the world around us in story. A primer on how story can be used in community planning.
Getting Our Arms Around “Externalities”
How do we account for the indirect effects of decisions we make? Is it even possible?
Integrating Physical, Economic, & Fiscal Considerations in Community Planning
Too often local fiscal and economic development policies fail to mesh with comprehensive plan goals. What can planners do?
What Brand Is Your City?
The idea — and process — of identifying, shaping, and promoting a particular image of a city or neighborhood has come to the fore in both the academic and popular press. It’s called “branding.” A few notes from the Editor.
Piano Stairs
We recently came across this very short video that shows how using stairs can actually be fun!
Where’s Art in Planning?
It’s rare that art is considered relevant — and that’s unfortunate says PCJ columnist Ric Stephens.
The Astounding World of the Future
Many of us probably remember those visions of the amazing, high-tech future — often common at Worlds Fairs from the 1960s and earlier. But how do these visions of the future actually pan out? Scott Dikkers provides an entertaining look.
Gateway Art
An amazing, student-initiated art project along 1200 feet of U.S. Route 322 at the gateway to Meadville, Pennsylvania shows how college, community, and even a state department of transportation, can creatively work together.
The Next Generation of Your Planning Commission
Is your planning commission positioned to deal with not just today’s issues, but tomorrow’s? That may well depend on whether you’ve taken steps to involve the next generation of planning commissioner.
The Importance of Cookies
Don’t lose sight of the little things that make life enjoyable in our community.
The PCJ Across the USA … and Home Again
PCJ Editor Wayne Senville is back from his six week trip across the USA on Route 50. All of Senville’s more than 50 trip reports are posted on our companion Route 50 web blog.
