Issue will be delivered by first-class mail. Noted conservation planner Randall Arendt has developed a framework for subdivision review that encourages the preservation of open space and natural areas, while enhancing the market value of development. Arendt's model ordinance reverses the standard subdivision review process by focusing first on the conservation of natural areas and last on the detailed layout of houselots.
Sidebars explore key aspects of the model ordinance.
Otis White, consultant to local governments and corporations on community involvement and civic leadership, explores what questions to ask yourself before you decide to run. Following White's article are responses from participants on our informal article review group. Elaine Cogan looks at how to deal with newcomers to your board who either hold up meetings with question after question or are too nervous to jump into the discussion. According to PCJ columnist Edward McMahon , each represents a hopeful sign on the planning horizon as we near the twenty-first century.