Community Development

Author(s) Steven H. Grabow. What makes a community special? Principles and Practice of Community Placemaking (G4083) serves as a guide for local o...

Author(s) Will Andresen. No-Box Thinking offers a framework for understanding the automatic and powerful resistance to change those engaged in com...

Author(s) Bob Kazmierski, Mike Kornmann, Dave Marcouiller, Jeff Prey. Recreational trails improve local quality of life and are increasingly consi...

Author(s) Dave Marcouiller, Eric Olson, Jeff Prey. The overall goal of this project was to clearly identify the role of state parks and trails in ...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. How much time do you spend traveling to work, school...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. The Public Trust Doctrine provides the foundation fo...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. Housing, in all its forms, is usually the number one...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. Forests have played a large role in the physical and...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. This publication is intended for local government of...

Author(s) Bill Ryan, Amy Greil, Dayna Sarver, Joe Lawniczak, Errin Welty. Business and property owners, as well as public sector officials, requir...

Author(s) Dave Marcouiller, Terry Mace. Can timber cutting and forest recreation be compatible? This detailed study attempts to answer that questi...

Author(s) Z. Asligül Göçmen. Conservation subdivision design (CSD) is a site-planning approach that clusters residences in smaller lots to reserve...

Author(s) Mike Koles. Change is inevitable! Planning is a process that helps a community prepare for change rather than react to it. The process i...

Author(s) Andrew Lewis, James Schneider, Laura Brown, Amy Greil. The Community First Impressions Participant Guide helps communities assess devel...

Author(s) Brian W. Ohm. The nine elements required in a comprehensive development plan, as defined in the Wisconsin comprehensive planning and sma...

Author(s) Mike Koles. A community's comprehensive plan is a tool to guide the community's future. This fact sheet introduces the concept of pre-pl...

Author(s) Andrew Lewis, James Schneider, Laura Brown, Laura Dombrock, Ann Wied. The Neighborhood First Impressions Participant Guide is a simplif...

Author(s) Cara Carper, Jerry Guth, Ela Kakde, Dave Marcouiller, Paul Ohlrogge, Leon Wolfe. The Cheese Country Trail is a valuable economic, cultur...

Author(s) Brian W. Ohm. The author describes the origin of Wisconsin's 1999 comprehensive planning and smart growth law, its effect on state agen...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. This summary of global warming and resulting climate...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Dan McFarlane, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Linda Stoll. Numerous maps and graphs help tell the tale of how a...

Author(s) Anna Haines. The author describes how visioning can be used to promote cohesion and unity of action in a community, how the visioning p...

Author(s) Jessica Beckendorf, Laura Brown, Ross Dudzik, Anna Haines, Jerry Hembd, Dave Liebl, Jay Moynihan, Erin Peot, Jim Resick, William Risse, D...

Author(s) Sherrie Gruder, Anna Haines, Jerry Hembd, Lisa MacKinnon, Jane Silberstein. This toolkit provides strategies that local governments can ...

Author(s) Bill Ryan, Jim Bloms, Jim Hovland, David Scheler. This guide to estimating and developing a town's tourism potential begins by discussin...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Douglas Miskowiak, Hans Hilbert. Maps, charts, and text reveal Wisconsin regiona...

Author(s) Anna Haines, Lynn Markham, Eric Olson, Rebecca Roberts, Douglas Miskowiak, Linda Stoll. Maps, charts, and text present a panoply of stat...

Author(s) David W. Marcouiller, Gary P. Green, Steven C. Deller, N. R. Sumathi. Research and policy discussions have tended to overlook recreation...

Author(s) Anna Haines. The G4005 series of publications is designed to help Wisconsin communities anticipate and head off problems that may be cau...

Author(s) Z. Asligül Göçmen, Stephen J. Ventura, Amy Seeboth. Explores GIS implementation among Wisconsin's municipal, county, and regional planni...

Author(s) Z. Asligül Göçmen, Stephen J. Ventura, Amy B. Seeboth. This article is the second in a series exploring GIS implementation among Wiscons...

Author(s) Z. Asligül Göçmen, Stephen J. Ventura, Amy B. Seeboth. This article is the third in a series exploring GIS implementation among Wisconsi...

Author(s) Lexa Dundore. Racial inequities in the food system create unfair differences in access to fresh and culturally appropriate foods, increa...

Author(s) Andrew Lewis, James Schneider, Laura Brown, Laura Dombrock, Ann Wied. The Community First Impressions Coordinator Guide helps prepare c...

Author(s) Steven H. Grabow, Mark Hilliker, Joseph Moskal. This detailed discussion of Wisconsin's 1999 comprehensive community planning legislatio...

Author(s) Gary Green, Anna Haines, Stephen Halebsky. Visioning is a process by which a community envisions the future it wants and plans how to a...