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Iii, we are th e ne\\- SPO otlicersl 'v\'c 're looking forw(1!"d to some exc iting t imes and \\ish the prev iolls officers farewe ll I

I 'm illterested in people, ill particu ­lar ItmJles, 111 plallil ill g I woul d say I al11 prohah ly most illterested ill help ill g or fin d i ll g ways to help th ose w ho are di s(l d­vallt<igeci (l ild li ve ill poverty. I th i llk OUI' depmtlnellt does all e\ce llellt job pl'Ovid ing studellts with il well roullded bilCkgl'OUIl d ill p lallnin g, but 111 0re h,1I1ds on skill s woul d Il elp, I pliln to contillue to il11p l'Ove th e se l'\ iccs SPO plovides to plilllilillg stLtd ellts (it CMeer f)l'ep , speakel's, and socia l eve llts) All d o\eral l, l11il ke it a fU ll e:\ per ience, I fill ished off my duties to th e ", illil er of

Ill : ' aLi ct ion 011 EB A Y las t semes ter So, if th ere ilre all y ladies OLit th ere that still

\Vall t il piece of" l<oo l Kory" th ey ca ll

give l11e (1 call.

I belong. to Piltsburgh, PA ilild l11 y Ll ilder­grad u(lIC degree is ill B io logica l Scie t1 ces, U l1i \l;~ rsi t y of N otre Di1Ill e. !\rter il \c ry challengillg sti llt as il Peilce (Olp S vo lull­tee l' in I<e ll v~l, I I'eil li ze d thm I l1 eeded to know l11uch 111000e ilhout eco ll o l11i cs , public po li cy , politics, il il d the dec isio ll-Ill(lking process before I could co t1tit1u e to PI'O­l11 0le t ile ideas 0 1' sustil ill ilb le li v in g., \ 1) cOllecl1tl'mioll is [ nv iro lll11elltal Sciel1ce alld Sustilil1able Deve lopt11ellt ilnd

l11 y illteres ts are in enVil'Ol1 l11 elltal & re­g ion(l l pl allilill g , ri ver corrid or pl'Otcct ioll , greenway systel11 s, b iodi ve rsity conserva­(ion , l !! ball pil rks, reg iollill il11pil cts of c li­mille chilngc, use of G IS to ii!cilitilte dec i­SiOl1-lll il kill g ill these ,Ire as ,

A s iln SPO Cli'licer m) pril11M)' go," is to illlpl ove th e Departl11ellt's c,neel ' as s is­((lIlCe ilnd to help keep students updated 011 cOl1ferences . lec tlll'es ilild otll ~I ' OPPOI'tUt1 i­t ies fo r t1 etwo l'k.il1g ilnd carccr-bu i Id illg.

1'\ ly plilllilillg it1terests il re ill housil1g il ild some oth er interests are fenc ill g, phil oso­ph y " Ild li steni llg to th e ril dio ill t11 y Cil r I th ink the dep"nl11ellf " l1d c lilsses me gl'eil t A lthough, it \Y ould be Ili ce to see t11 0re th,1I1 thl'ee ClilSSI'OO lll S w hile I ill11 hel'e, I plan to work hil rd to t11 il ke SPO the gl 'e iltest group 011 CilI11PU S, I il lso would­like to be able i O gd everYOlle ill SPO to

;v l) llal11e is Rail lall b ir Bhat ia (Ral11ell fo r all A meri c(l ll s). (l ild 1' 111 a first year Gradu(lte student ill U rb(ln PI(lllllillg, I h(l ve il dU(l 1 cOll celltr(l ti oll i ll Illterl1(l ­ti o ll (l l PI ,1I11lillg ilnd Economic & CO I11­munity Developments, Academically, I am illte rested ill Illtelw ltional Dc\c lop­ment issu es with il focus on developing ecollol11ies, 111 spec i fic, t11 y rese(ll'ch (l1'e(l includes Public-Privilte-P,1I'(llerships ill I nfl'(lstl 'UCtliI 'e all d DeCe lltt 'il li z(l tioll. Outside aCademic s, I hil\\; too di verse interests to fi t ill a ten line fo rl11(lt d ic­tilted by our estee l11ed editorsl

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j o il1 APA. I wo rked ilS i1 cO l11puter tech ie after

gettillg l11 y BS ill Plannillg fro l11 lo\\'a Stilte U ili ve l's it y, T his ex peliellce helped (0 convill ce t11 e thilt I re(lily dOll't like

cot11putel's 01' Ill il ll )' of the people who t11is-u se th el11 . I f you il sk nicely (alld bl'ibe t11e with M out1 ti1i ll Dew) I t11ight be will­

ing to help with" cot11pute l' problet11.

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• My interests are to f ind (I w(ly into the (lv iation -fie lel through planning, I 've bee n doing a lot of intem ship clHlsing late ly in (I n effort to ga in exper ience in airport deve lop ill ent th is SUlllmel', I (lill ntl'emely pleased Ili th the way

th ings have tumed out as il n Iv l UP stu­dellt since arri villg fro m Ca lifornia in A ugust. I th ink everyone w ill (lgl'ee this a .:;reat pl(lce to go to planning schoo l. As well, I "(l lue th e clivel'sification of cO l e coursework (l il d autonomy atTmdeei to us in the second yea r of th e pmgralll to

really foc Li s on oLir ilreilS of interest. As GI'aelu(lte Student Rep l'esentilti ve,

ro le in SPO 200 I w ill be a ve l'satil e one, A side hOIll thi s 'Ii l li ng in wh ere needed' ro le, Eugene allCl I have bee ll ki ck ill g amund th e idea of c l es i ~ llill g (I OU RI' stu­dent sUI'v ey , I ee l fr"L' to emai l us your inpLitl

O Lits ide of schoo l, I l11ail1t(lill Illy sanity b) pl(l y ing a lot of p i(l no, I used to pl(lY in a band and hope to soon get imol ved w ith a C hic(lgo f unk tri o called Pecann io, I il lso love to surf, pmvided of course I il l11 110t here,

My interests in planning would 'tit' in ' Planni ng All alysis and In fo rill iltio ll S1's­tel115' and 'Envi ronmel1t (l 1 Sc ience and S ust(l i Ilab Ie Deve 10plllent' concentratio ll s, El11 ergency Illallagement alloca l, nati on(l l and intematiollal levels is all oth el' area w h ich appea Is to ll1 e, Beillg a Master' s swde llt has been full ot new e\ per iences fc)!' Ine so I'm, Sillce I've never been to an A l11 eri c(ln schoo l befol'e I don't ha ve an ything to compare th em with l

As U hl/ords ed itor I I\- ant to i Il1provc sharin g of c\per icnces and inforl11at ion al11 0 11 g students, it helps to know w hat others are (hinking or work ing onl J (l lso lI(\nt to publici/c OUI' (p lanning stucl elllS') e\ istence to planning profess iollals and evell peop le outside th e profession,

1\ 1) concentl'at ion is L(l nd- U,e ilnd nOll ­academ ic intel'e sts in c lude sllO wboal'd ing, guiwr alldl11u sic, The Department is vel'y c lose ly knit. be ­ca Li se oflhe relative ly sl11 all size an cl it g ives people I'esources to l11 any things, " ,I,my U I) stud ents (I re ill th e

sa me c lasses and that allow'S thel11 to wo rk together and de\l:lop a good working I'elilti onship , I alll hel'e to serve as ,111 al11bassildm (md repl'esen\ th e 1Il1de l'gl'adu(ltes in the Stu­dent Plannill g O lganiz(l ti on, It is my goal to addl'ess ilny ques ti oll S, com ments,

fv ly concentrati on is ill Illtemat ional Plan ­n ing, Econom ic Develop l11 ent and Gelldcr Issues, I thillk OUI' p l(l ilning as a coul'se and pro­fess i 011 lacks a~~ I,(~ss i \Ie ma I'keti ng in th e I'e(ll Ivorl d , A part fml11 111 0 re newsletters w ith qU(llity stuff in thel11 , I would like to see SPO playi ng (I strong mle in portray ­ing plan ning profess ion to olltslcle rs and influencing us pl(lilners' ca reer decisiollS ( I am still fi guring out how to get that done, ) Asi de aCildelllics, I love trave ling, peC1I)le , IllU , ic, 111 0vies, food, sleep", guess l ,ill st love life©

or concem s the undergrad cl(lss has, l plan to encourage 1110l'e ilc t il e par­ti c ipat ion of th e ulldel'grnds in SPO (l nd in the Departl11ent.

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:VI) illterests in c lu de Aelv(lnced PI(lnllin g, Urban Design, Social Issues and f\1ulli ci ­pal Gove ml11 l:nt,

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philosophy ofPI~nn i n g bv G1VI17 5c!7eN77et /

( ;(11'111 '\.-/It'I'III,'1" 1.\ Ipnll ""il' 1/1 I' s/ uc!el/ I \I'illl II (,{}J1('t'I1/wliuli iii hlll/''!l/g.

Why do we p lan') \/..., hy al'e we taking the til11e to

IC8rn about p l8nnin g'l I used to l11 ake a dece l1t w(lge

work ing as a cOl11puter technic i,lIl eve ll th o u ~h I was 110t

happy ( fo r tunately . I ha ve forgotten most of \\ hat I knmv

aboul computers already). W hy did I decide to go to gracl uate schoo l to get 111 )' masters in PI Cl nning'l Some

peop le thought that I 8111 insane. O thers ju st th ought thm I

w(lilted to esc8 pe the "re81-world " Cl llci I'et urn to the "easy"

li fe in co ll ege . W ell. th ey would oill y be p81'tially I· ight.

G["(lIlted. in s(lIli ty would prob8b l) be the easiest C\plan8­

ti Oll ofwll) I am In graduate schoo l. "ot w8niing to re­l11 () in ill tile ' 'rCJ I-wol'ld'' wou ld be Clnother. Ihe I'C(l1 re8­

50 11. howevet". is lhill I fe It th e 11 eed ro (lffect soc iCI Y (It (l

greCl ter leve l thClllju St produc ing cClrbo n dio\:ide fOI' the

pl ast ic pl Cl nts o f Cl cubi c le hell.

Like I11Cln y pcople. I hCl\,e an 81truisti c dri ve. T hi s clr ive is w hat makes me wa nt to help littl e blue

hairecl ladies Cl"OSS the street and pickup tra sh th ,ll I see on

th e gl"O ul1d It is also wil(lt l11 akes Ill e COlll l'ibute to ]\ PR

(lnd PBS . Ok so those last t\VO are rea lly 1"01' the gl'eat

g ifts tl12lt they selld out. One C8 1l Il ever have el10ugh Cur

Tu/k Illu gs . SOl11e peopl e mi ght t(l ke thi s 8S 8 litt le bit of

guilt thm 1 l11ight feel fOI' beill g a yOU l1 g white male from (l t'ciirly (lftluent allCl well ed uc()ted back gl"Ound. I do not

bu y that 81·gul11ent. I think the guilt thin g o l1l y kicks in if

yo u l11 ake outlandi sh publ ic di splays 0 r the don(ltion ( I ike R i l l Gates don(lting (l \ \ ho le \ .. hopp ing ";5 million of his

S90 billi on ) Altrui sm is sOlllething ent i re ly different.

,\ Itrui sl11 leads people to don() te their time andillonc)

w ithout e\:pecti ng Ol" dcsiril1 g jJublic recogllitiol1. Pro­g l'21 ms like H2Ibitat fOI' Hum anity () Il d the Re d CI'OSS I'el y

0 11 altl·ui sm.

Howc\c l' alli"Lli stic I fee l Ijust do 110t thil1k that

wou ld bc enough to ge l me to go to g l'ad uilte school. E,, ­

pcc iil ll ) w hell . I kllO\\ lh2lr I co u ld make scvcral times the

sel lary ii' I we re to stay in cO l11puters than as a pla llllC'r. I

think w hat drove me to ellmll ill grad uate schoo l W(lS the

des ire to make iI differellCe. It 111 (1)' also h3ve sOl11ething to do w ith being (l socialist. If I ,vel'e ju st a fo ll ov, er of

dem oc I'acy, I would tl'Y to chall ge things so le ly b~ voting. unless I li ved in Pall11 Beac h. I wa nt to make 111 0re ofa

diftere nce than.lust thmugh votin g. \ o ling ca n elect peo­ple but it CCl nnot change the way our soc iety is stru ctured .

As a planl1 er. I can make institlll iona l :~ Ii () nges thill affect

OUI' soc iety at the roots.

O k, til(lt e\:plains why I al11 in g l'21d uate sc hool.

U11fortU11211c I;. thi s (lnicle is

.''1ld r rlli! II ,-'ed f() LI//i!cf soc iet,· supposed to

(If (/ <\!.rc~all!r ll!l'd Ih"l1 jus f IJr()dl!cil7,~ be abou t the L'( /rho /} dioxide/ill' I/IL' IJ/aslic II/al1f.l o(a philoso ph y o f (,'/lhide hell.'''

planning . W ell . here

goes th e ex tremely condensed ve rsion. T he philosophi ca l

roots of pl 2l nning st retch way b21Ck. It coul d be 8I'gued th at th el'e has beel1 some use ofpl 81111ing sil1ce the time

th at 11l1lll a l1 S first stal·ted to sett le down al1 d develop COI11­

Illuni t ies . I do 110t thil1k thilt anyO lle (at allY til11e) woulci

\\'a llt ", hel'e they skcp to be th e sa me pl ace that someone

else uses as a toilet. The philoso ph y behilld these e(lI'ly

plal1l1ing effons is the Sill11e 21 S the ph il osophy behil1d

pl annin g today: the pl"Otec ti on of th e health . safety . and

general we lfare of the publi c. Granted we have a greater

nUlllber of pmblelll s than our 'earl y countcrparts. but

things hClve not changed (III that much. T he increCise in

pl"Ob lems tllat me taced by plClnners tod())' is based on the

gl'eare l' popu lace and a few lllil1 0r tecl1l10 10gica l acival1ces

SUCll as th e automobile.

Jeil n-.Iacqucs Rou sseCi u ca lll e c lose to capturil1g

th is phi losophy with his tlT2Iti se Soc/ul COl1r l'ucl. Othel

phil osophers. politicic1l1s. eco ll o l11i sts. alld plal1nel"s tilat

have tried to capture the philoso phy succ inctl y. I do not

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believe that I have til e an­

swel' but I call oft~r a fev,' hints. The drive. fO I' pl il l1 ­

ners to be plal1ners. is the

rea li za ti on (consc iously or not) th (l t we. as ind iv idu­

als. have a duty ro the soc iet) th(lt tran scend s our instinct for self-surv i va l. \Vc might attach other

names to thi s dri ve but as W illial11 Shakespeare said .

" A I'ose by il il y o ther name would sl11 ell as sweet". \\c (hU lll Cl I1 S) differ fl'Olll 'soci al' al1 imals. SUCll as

al1ts. o ill y ill OUI' cO llcept that th e indi vidua l is

g l'eate l' than th e society. This cOl1 cept is part of the probl el11 th at w e face as plaI111el·s. Soc iety has duties

to th e individuals in it at the sal11e til11 e th at illdi­

v idual s have duties to the SOCiCl~. Co ntrary to the

t'ci mous Simon and Garfunkel ly ri cs "I am a roc k. I alll an island". th e indi vidual cannot stand-alone.

T his is th e esse ntia l parad ox w ithin humanity We

cannot ex ist w ithout society and soc iety ca nnot be ...... n eated with out us. The co nl1 ecrioll betwee ll the ill­

dividu al and soc iety callnot be broke l1 . il lthough it

hilS bee ll rl' ied m'1I1)' times.

Many afoUl" curlTllt pl al111il1 g th eo l' ies tl'Y to bend soc iety to the will of th e ill dividuCi I. 'Thi s

mu st be chal1 ged John Stual·t Vli ll wlks abo ut the

ty rann y of th e minority . A n ex treme of thi s concept

is soc iety hav ing to change ro appease the cl es ires. ho\\c\"CI" inane. of the indi v idual. Ba lanc in g the

needs and wa nts of soc iety agCl inst the needs il ild wallt s of ind iv idu81s le(l ves us wit h th e f o ll ow illg

qu esti on: how can we. as pl ann ers. prorect the heCi lth . s8 ~.::ry. alld genel'al w elfare ofrhe pop ul (lce if

w e have to make cOl1cessiol1S to illdi v iciu(l ls?

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A PA Illino is St~ te Sect ion W inter ConFerence by BtI~717 /1UgUStll7c

IJ /"/(//I 111.1l,111/IIIV I., " /' (!cci71 :,,,r(l(/II (/Ie n(t ilL' dL'I)(lri lll t'JII. I'('siiling ill ( 'hit'd',:n II ill! .111 i!/lacII in /ulld 1/ 1' (' und 11(11/1'/175:' I I'SlIl' l .

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Sta le Secti on \"i inter Conference in th e c ity of Deca­

tur, I L T he conference consisted of scven different

sess iollS focusillg 011 Redevelop mellt in a Hi sto l'icaL'

Urban DO'vv ll(OWn En vi l'onm ellL T he high Iight of the

sessioll S was th e luneheoll speaker B I'idget Lan e,

O n Decc lnber \ I attended the A P.A. Illino is

B ri dget Lane is th e Proj ect D irecto r of th e

consulting firm B usiness Distri cts Inc. Thi s firm ad­

v ises downlowns on marketin g and redeve lopme nt.

Ms. Lan e has e:-<te nsive nperi ellCe in busilless d is­

tl'iet rC\il a li zation, histol'ie prese l'va rion and retail

Illallagement. In aclditioll to mclll ag­

\~ s . La ll e's sessi ons fo ­

cused 0 11 I .cono mic Devel op ill ell t

and H isto l' ical Do\\ ntowl1 S, The IIIa i 11 focus of Il er

work i" to help de ve lop pub li c and pri vale partner­

sllips T hi s C8 n be accompli shed b) three goa ls, T he

first is to e.\pa nd th e box, th e second is to cO llle lip

w ith Cl sca le tl'iilllg ie and th e third is to llllderSt3 11d Olll '

lim it s.

Wil ell ivls, Lall e w lks abo ut tile "box", sll e is

talking about our perception ofprese l' va tion Expand ­

ing th e box, she exp la ins, is to expand our percep­

tion s of how to preser ve build ings in dow ntown ar­

cas. T here al'e IllallY different types o f histol'ica l

downtowns, T here me al so lll allY d iffe renl ty pes of

thill gs to do w ith these dClII lltOWll areas, Some of th e

ideas slle mentioned I'ange fl'O m cafes to elimbill g

\.va ll s. She also 1'ee ls th at a se nse o f permanence and

image are a lso ve ry important to k (>~p in mind, \\' .:

IllUSt also remember th at a mi \ of uses in dow ntowns

has become co mmonplace. Ove l'a ll it is impol'tallt to look at all aV8 ilabie opti ons in redeveloping Ili sto rical

do w ntow ns.

T he sca le tri ang le, is a tri angl e of our eX Ih:c­

tatioll S of Ecollomic DCH:loplll ent in a downtown

mea. Th e bottom b,lse of lhc tl' iall g le, its widest pan.

is tile bas ic e:-<pectatiolls w e have fc)I' all aballdoncrl

building. Thi s wou ld eOllsi st of small (possibly din)')

businesses ope n fro lll 9-5, T he nex t leve l li p is th e

n pected e\pec tati ons, These consist of government

serv ices, stores open about 9 hours, c lea ner busi­

Ilesses and so me se l'vice OI'i enwted blisinL'sses. The

ing her own reta il consulting fi rm . "T/H' f/n'l II [0 ex/ 'und I/Ie hux, Ihe she is on th e facu lty of DePaul U ni­

set'ond is [ 0 ~ 'ui~'1! II/I Il ilh U ';('(1/(' /l'i£ll1g le vers ity.

lind Ihe li7inl il /0 11I11/ersll/nd our limill, "

Ile 'I;J leve l. seco ml 'i1'01ll th e

top, is th e exte nded expecla­

tiOll S, T hese e:-<pectatioll s in­

c lude conve ni ence offerin g a

"d ining and entertai nment

c lustel'," an em p loyme nt ce n­

tel', ellh all ced st rcelscape and

busy sidewa lks mid-moming thro ugh e'v elling, 'r he

top leve l of the tl ' i811gle is th e potent ial e:-<pect8ti o ll S.

The se expect8tions al'e trul y unexpected, h8 ve hi gh

cost in vestments and Llsuall y are nmi onal reputati on

events.

T il e fillal pan of ril e sess io ll :\'15 , Lall e talked

abollt th e limi ts, These limits al'e key cOll eepts thar

'vie ha ve to I'emember Th e first is that downtowll 'S

are 11 0t srllcs t8 \ generat ors, Th e second is that I'da i I fo ll ows res ide nti8L The thircla nd fou rth are th at eve ­

ryone wants 8 co rn er locat ion and criti ca l mas" is

cru c ial. T ile fifth and I<lSI is thm e \ t: ryone Wil lltS10 be

third, because the fil'st bu sill esses usually 1056

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I II conclusion .\.Is . Lane mentioned tha I ~ ou

ha ve to look beyond rh e traditi onal You 81so ha ve to

be w illing to make a few mistakes and take so me

ri sks.

Overa ll I I'ea lly en­

j o) ed th e con te rence, I vIas

quite impr~'ssed w i th all of

the speakers 8nd fe lt eac h of th em had relevant and

insightfu l ideas/so Ilit iOI1S fOl' deve lop ment ill dOWI1­

town al'eas. I wo uld highly l'ecO llllll end 8ttellClill g fU I'­

tllel' Illin o is or '\; 8ti ona l Plallilill g co nfel'ences.

E \ tl' nd(' d E \ pe l'le II Ba~ ic

The Scale triangle o t Expec ta I ion s

PaCe'

A PA Con rcl'ence Dcc~t Ul' hy l<o lY W;/f770tI

"fliT II ;//11111 il u .JIII/iilr ill I rlll lli 1'/<illl/ill'!, .

W hen yo u mcc t S0l11eO l1e , one of the questi ons that l l lh :: n co me up is, " Wh el'e <l l'e yo u frOIll <) " How

wou ld ~Oll fee l w henevel' you spouted OLit your rep ly, peop le respo llded with an " Oh, 1' 111 SOITY ," or 'Thm

il l Cl ce "lic ks. " ''-lei I b<lsic<l ll y yo u dOl1 't get used to it: you j ust get (lCc ustol11ecl to it. Beillg th at I <l m hOI11 Dec<ltur, I I, I oftel1 get rel11(l rks sil11il <l r to those l11 entioned, T hese

I'ema l'ks see lll to be 011 th e ri se in rece llt y ',~ :1rS

due to neg<l ti ve media attention fo r incidcnts "C;r ((l1l<!d ,I I.T(!I ', t! 1I( l l,e hllildi ll,"-!.,I "re including Jesse J(lckson le<lcii l1 g pmtests ove r velOp l11el1t through

(,1'(,,\' o./"(! \, h ili II/ (ln." 0(111('111 //lI\ 'eschool exp ul sions, a loca l factol 'y mak ing il1cellti ves <l ncl funets

!aulty til 'cs that k ill ed 111 0torists, and nUlllel'­ bein o ~i ve n to (l id in arcl,ileciwo/«.'ill ,lr<!,\ "i~d ('helraetl'r 1/1 (1/ II iii ::> ..

ous other things th<lt seem to pop-up (llld g i ve th e town anoth el' "black ey e" , The ;"('11'

)'orker scclll ed to think th at rh e problel11s

were b ig c l1 0ugh to \"T ite (l story on <l ll of the things bacl ill Dec(ltur <l nd cal l it Toml Oil (/5.'11 ill'S ·, I thought a

town ranked by Fo!h ", as the nUl11bel' Olle small llletl'O

area thi s P<l st year wo ul cl <It least deser ve two stril1 gs, but

I digress

On D ecem ber 1 st , thi s (l ll ch(lll ged for me, (It

least for (l few shon hours, T hi s C<l me w hen the II1il10i s

St(l te Sectio n of APA held their se(l son(l l confel'e nce in

D ecatur, Seve ral fellow pl(lnllil1g students ,llld 111) self

<1tte l1ded thi s co nfel'ellCe together, W hile Decatur W8S

not the ll1 <l in focus of l ile co nference, the day ended w ith (l to ur of downtown <lncl seve l'(l l histori ccll homes ill the

to w n, T his !lave the attel1dees of the confere l1 ce a

ch<l llCe to :. :>~ the oth er side of the stol'y they ofte n get about [j ,::::atur . For Ollce, sO l11 e of my pecI's 8t school \,' ,~ r ,':: s<l y ing good thin gs about the town 1 W(lS fmlll.

Bes ides the tOUI' of Dcc(l tur, the D il'ectol' of

LCOl1 0lllic Develop mel1t for th e c ity, A,J, I(rieger, spoke

Clt th e conle-rcnce on Decatur 's redeve lo pl11ent areas ,

Speci fic<llly he focli sed on how til e c i ty W<l S using (l

newl\ Cl'e(lted TI F Distri ct to red evelop its downtown

<lre(l (l nd a historic neighbol'h ood between th e dOlvntoVvn

<l lld \;1illi k in u ni versity, \Y h<l t sp(l rked the need fo r this

l'edeve lop l11ent of the are<l \N<lS the loss of two l11 <ljor stores frolll the downtown (Sc ars ,llldl( ' s fViel'ch<llldi se )

in 1998 (llld the need to rel110ve il11pedil11ellts fOl' rein vest­

l11el1!. These illlpedi l11ents (lS he saw the 111 wel'e absentee l(lncll ord s and hi gh co sts for rein vestment. T he T I F clis­

. !I'icts 'wo uld help I'C­

duce the costs of rede­

the rcdc ve lopl11ellt, nol / 1(, ree illced A lso to help I'ed uce

(lbselltee I,lllet lo rcl s the

c ity h(l s purch<lsed 111 <l ll y o f th ese bui ldings and is pre par­

ing to tear cl OWl1 111(lll Y ofthel11 that al'e not pr(lctic<l l to I'e­

p<llr or <l ne\\' use,

Pan of thi s pl'lIls c(l ii s fo r the city to te(l r down (lll11os! an entil'e c ity block ofwhm used to be the he(ll't of

the downtown CB D, I was dis(lppoil1ted and skeptic31

w hen I fil'st heard of thi s, G r(lnted scve r(ll of th e bui ldings (lre eyesOl'es , but mal1 Y of the m h<l ve 3rc ll itectLll'(l 1 te Clt urcs

and ch(l racter thClt wi II not be replaced, H owever, <ltier

sOl11 e funher li stel1ing the c ity we nt on to S3Y th ,H th ey wo uld I'eq uire new dnclopl11ell(s in thi s are(l to meet stan­

dmds t ll <lt would requil'e the fu ture land-us es to meet stan ­

cI<lI'ds th(lt would l11<lintain the CUITel1t ch<lrC1c ter of the (lre(l,

Whe ther thi s w i II (lctuall y come to f l'u itio n is another

th ing, I(riegel' el1d ed hi s speec h by d iscuss ing sOl11e of the

positi ves th at ha ve (l lre(lciy co me ti'olll thi s newly imple­

l11elltccl TI F district. Whil e, con struction h<l s ye t to begin

(lny pmj ects. th e c ity is working with 111<lll y c1 c velope l's wh o W(l nt to eto bu s ines~ in th e do\\ ntown (l re(l , In tact. for

once they have more developers in teres ted in doing somc­

thi ng dOw l1 town than in <l ny other p(ln of town.

The creati on of the T I F district (l nd redevelop­

ment of the dOWlltown in

Decatur sO llnd s as if it h(l s

th e potenti(ll of bl'il1 g in g a lo t of l'eill\cstl11ent to the me<l, Just how su ccessful thi s plall and cho ice ofrede­

ve lopment is \vill be seel1 ill th e futu re, Hopefull y the fini shed product w ill be something that will be a

bl' ight spot in the town (lnd \,v ill l11<lke I'es iclents proucl to c<l ll it home, However in all re(llity, th is project

prob8b ly WOI1'r keep Decatu r fm m getting <lnother

" bl(l ck eye," but it 1118Y help t he town beco l11 e <l little healthi er so that it call withst<lnd the 11egative publi c ity

(llld fight back with 1110re power

• Til e anicle refe renced , TOlillOIl I ,"'fI'I17'S, (lppearec/

in th e Oc tober 30, 2000 ed ition of Ne\\' Y orkeI' ,

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Docs URBAN PLAN N I NG helve roo m (ai' SMALL TO\NN S? ? hy L':; LfN : 17 I<teul 1$

1. £1111'< '11 I I ,/ (in! ,1 nil" ,lit/sit,!", .\Im/unl fru/II Sus/II 'iI/,', , lr/w l)slI.I' (U 11))1'1) If IIIr IIlltll 'I//(/li(I/1I1((l/'/1/'iI.I' /I//(/!(,~l' :iIlO/l/lt'II / I/e) ,... ··· · ·011 , .• . . •~;~;~ ~t.. --' . : "\ ,

For many A meri ca ns, the idea l place to ca ll

home is a ':' 111 a I I tc' wn, Consequently. cOl1temporary cul tu re i, nlkd w ith pictures ofs nlCl11 to w ns, Mayberry and [ YC nil1g Shade presented us v\l ith images of towns­peop le \\ ho were in til11ate ly il1 vo lved ill each ot her 's

l i \ es- they shopped. IVol'ked. pl ayed, and worshipped together, Loca Is of sillall towns ha ve typ ica ll y bee l1 third or fourth-generati on I'e ~ i de llts, lending to intl' icate we bs of k i nsh ip and hiend sh i p, Oftentim es. success is decid ed more by yo ur ancestry and associ at ions, rath el' than by y our academic or profe ss io l1 al achievelllellls,

However, these en­deming qu ali t ies ofa slll all " .S'II1 U// IUH n l <In: 1/01 ollh' /os illg p eop/e fOl' su stainab le design, It was not co ml11unit) are apparentl y 11 0t . .: . .

th ell long ago, that comer grocery , h ll///n' l-'ou' (fl w) /osing /li e ir p/uce,l' illenough to keep I'es idents fro lll sto res serviced the needs of its

mi grat ing to largel' c iti es , Im er lt 'u ll lift: , " neighboring residents or th at chil ­Populat io l1 s fo r most small towns have stagnated 01' lost significa nt numbel's, T hese once ag l'a riall-ba sed econo­mi es w ith loca lly owned business di stri cts helVe tl 'al1 si ­t ioned to indu stl' ial employ ment ce nters and large­sca le d iscou nt stores on th e edge Oftowll ,

Small tOW I1 S are not only los illg peop le but they are also losillg their places in ,'\mcl'i ca n life, The ve ry insti tutiol1S that g ive a tOWll it s identity and its sense of pl ace are quickly disappea rin g, Local schoo ls al'e fOl'ced to co n so lid ate~ dO'vvntown bus inesses are I'epl aced by shopp ing strips and ciisco Ullt sto res ; the 19th centul'Y ChUl'ch building is tom do\\'n to be re­pl aced by a 111 0re Illodel'll and access ible stru cture,

Decentrali zat ion an d d iss ipation of natural and cul tu ral re so urces at any sca le should fl 'ighte n any planner who seeks to preserve a high sta ndard in qua l­il ~ of life of, \ lll erican s, Ho\\> ,-,r. sfmtll towns al'e

often forgotten in the field of urban planning as being too small 01' impove l'isheci lO deserve du e

attenti o l1 and iI1 \ Cstment. These co mmuniti es reflect the sa l11e 118tlel'llS of spraw l as in larger c ities, and shou ld therefo re be the obj ects of intensi ve re­sea rch an d pla nning, The sl11all town is 110tjusl to be prese l'vcd and protected 0 11 behalf of its long-t ime resi­de llts, but also as a I'eminder to Al11ericans o f OLII' co lo ­ni 81 (lild pioneel'ing roots, /!l lIIg/lIe Ihe / (1 .1',1 10 (J/ II' I)(/­

Ii/mu/ c/I /flIre Iflhe .1' 1110// IUlI'I7 I l'as 10 en/iJ'eiJ ' r e ' c'lIlhlc'

/11c' / u /' - o/l// l' illg I'/Ihl/I'h, 111/11 no hi.l'/oJ'icI'/J'l/ clilre.l' OJ'

/Ullc/I(,(I/J e .l cOIl/ained \I ' i/I1ill-'

Th e size (lild scale of th ese pla ces are ideel l for implemen ting polic ies

dl'en opted to wa lk to school. There­fore. recrea ting walk\\a ys connecting ope ll-spaces and mi.\ed-use deve lopments should be elltirely possibl e fOl' the neal' future in th ese places if any,

T he only obstac les to be Illet in creat in g berte l' places to live out of the sm all town 2l1'e ill

ga therin g public suppon thl'o ugh ed ucati on, federal

gmnt mon ies, and the ex pel,ti se of

trained al1d sen si­

ti ve plan ners, Fortunately, we as p lanl1 ers al'c equippcd to fa ce these chall ell ges- all that is I'equired is the etlon and w i l l to take tim e f rom 13I'gel' c iti es and focu s 0 11 sillall er COll llllu llities, O nce plann ers rea lize t ilat th e

peopl e of Viahalllet al'e just as de­'~ I\' in g as the peopl e of Chi cago, we co uld h:lVe models fo r higher stan dards of life as we see it ti'o lll both the c1owntowll antique store ,lIld the high­ri se to ' \-cr,

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Stu den t S~,o t l i~h t: Sus::}!} ch Jv~!' !- ! ~ , MLJ P Cl nq!dCl tc hy RJth.Jt.J H!!)S177c7 17

11111'/1 ,1/'" iI' II.finl " " <lr \1,/1 1, '1" \ I IIII i.'l l/ lI' illl (/ Cl!l lcL'/I l r (/ l iul/ II I r 'l1l ' i /'(!II l!I en!iJ l Sc'ience <l III I ,) IISI , l i IlUhh' /)el 'L'i0I ' /1I L'n /

'vl eet SusJn ' .II. Ilew adciitioll to om 'vI UI) pro­gra m tlti s sel11 estc I', Susall is ho we l'e l' not Il ew to the al'C:l. or the depanmellT fm that mattel'. Bol'll and mised ill Champaign. she graciuated fl'Om LJI Li C in 199 7 \vith a Bachelol"s Oegree in Lrbal1 Plan-Ilillg, " } ou lia l'c folhll'c «()/lIlIIliIlif l'

/.\ tIer gl'adu2l­j l)r Ihe 1' /'o/eel ..tiOl1. SUSc1l1joll1ed the

Peace COI'pS. a dream ofhel's since age twelve, She he2lcied off to EI Scllvadol', wllel'e she worked ill a I'elatively "lll'b2l11" to\\ll of 3,000 people fm the MUllicipal Govemmelll Development Pro­gl'am, Hel' pril112lry role was to act 2IS a liaison be­tween the goverllill cll l alld the community alld to help Jllake the local govel'l1lllellt self-sufficieill. Specifi­call:. her duties ilwolved OI'gallizing 'various commu­ni l! inoups and helpil1g them to pI'iOl'iti zc intJ-aSli'uc­ture projects, Susan \yould thel1 ldke this information back to the local goVel'llmellt olTicials, With limited funds to spelld. the go ve llllllellt h2ld to decide be­tweell pI'olects that \\ould providc villages \\ith wa­tet". electl'icity, l'Oad~, bl'idges. and othel' fOl'lllS of il1­frastl'llcture that we Alllel'icans take for grallted daily IVofice fllUf 11'mfe disposul doCl!) 'f el'(!n II/u/(e fhis

lilf".(ifEi Salvador is anything like Kel1ya, where I \vas a Pcace COI'pS volUlltcel'. outhouses me the nOI'm. Other household wastew2Itet" is I'ec) c led tOl' various plll'poses and then thrown ill the gardell l)

Susall was lucky that she \\itnessed two of these in frastructure pl'Ojects come to life, (Fmgress doesn't usually hap pen so quickl) in developillg countl'ies, ) Bec;:lLlse of Susan's 1ll0tiv2Ition and pel'se­vel·allce. a bridge was built. givil1 g access to a hinter­I ~l ll d vi 11,'ge that was iso lated t-!'Olll TO\\ n by a s\\'i fi river. In ,mothcr villagc. a con n ete pkllfol'lll was

built To dil'ect StOl'1ll VI'ater l'ullOffandleduce the risk of flooding,

I asked Susan what she leal'lled most 2Ibout hel- ex­periences as a planl1er in EI SalvadOl', "You ilave to have COllllllunit} backillg fm the pl'Oject." she said, Illothel' words, you cannot 2IITive as all outsider witil fundillg and tell tile villa~c wilatlhcy need, A community Illust have oWllel'ship for the Pl'Ojcct. 01' it simply will 110t be sustaill­able, L'llfor-tLlnately these wOI'ds al'e much silllpler to say tha n to practice sometillles.

l\ow that Su~all has fOUlld hel' wa) b2lck to Cham­paign (h2lppily married to a S2Ilvi1dol'an. I mig ht add), she wOI'ks as a TI-al1sponatiol1 Planllel' with Champaigll County, When asked how she landed the job. Susall did not hesitate befOl'e admittillg that havill g "Peace COI-PS Volullteer" on her l'eSUl11e helped cons idembl) . Hel'duties include doing backgl'Ouf1(j reseal-ch fOI' tile Campa ign Lr­ban i7ed Area T nlllspOi'tatioll Study, The l'esulTs of th is l'eseal'Ch help the cities of ChalllpClign. LJI'balla. Savoy, 2Ind the iVlass Tral1sit Dis li' icl UvlT D) to collabol'ate when Ill ~ k-

il1g planlling decisions, Susall also Illakes policy revisions, identifies intersections pI'olle to tl'aftlc 2Icci­dellTs, pel'fOl'ms li-aftlc illlP2lCt allalyses. alld \\Tites ye2ll'Iy l'epol'ts, I asked Susan ho\\ hel' expel'iences in EI Salv2Idol-help her pel-fol-m her duties as a tl-anspol'­Tat ion plannel' 11OW. Hel' I'espollse was that Peace COI'pS really impl'Oved hel' cOlllfOl't level whell speak­ing in groups of people alld facilitatil1g gl'oup Illeet­IllgS,

When asked what she likes best about working for a govel'llmelll 2Igency. Sus2ln refelTed to the degl'ee Of2lLitoi10my 2Illd indcpclldcllce she is givell to do hel­IAOI-k, She also Iikes the dYllalll ic \1 ol'k cllYironlllcnt. whel-e evny day is full of d ifferelll tasks, meetings, alld site visits. The downside to a gO\cmment posi­tion, howcver. is the bureauCl'acy, which carl "set the ...... decision-making pl'Ocess b2lck by 111011ths,"

Susan will cenainly be al'Oulld longer thall most of us in the MUP pl'Ogl'alll, While \Vol'killg full tillle fOI Champaign COUllty, she will also be taking 1-2 classes per semester towmd het' MLP, (This is 21 COIll­lllcildable ellde2lvOl'. especially ifolle of those classes is L r .:106') Sile believes th2lt 21 iaste(s degree is es­sential fm quick upward Illobility 011 tile professiol12l1 planlli ng laddet'. SUSan's OllC piece of advice to yOUllg burgeon ing planners is: "(;er SOIllr! Ilo/'k e.\penr!l7ce

IInde/' nJllr helf he/ol'e going «')/' ,lOll/' '/Ulfa ',I' degrr!e­

- fhe cOllrse fOIJies umlreudings 11'ill Ilil1'r! IIllICh llIore

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A PA Notes hy G.-7VI/7 5chctmet

(; (/1'11/ S C;'c'rtIlU il <, lil'l l .1 t'1I1' .\ 11 ·1' .llIldelll 11 il" II t'll/Ic<'JJ l rufloll ill hOJlsiJlg

On Friday, February 9, 200 I , I<,OI'Y Wilmot. ';PO Pres ident. A nn Carrera, SPO Member, al1 d I, SPO On a lighter note. I took th e oppo rtunity to A PA Representati ve. attellded the F elxumy Board ask what I could offer as a response to the questio l1 of

:Vkdi llg of l ile Illinois Chapter of APA 'what doe s AP t\ member­( I L. ,\PA ). Our ~)I'imar~ reason fo r at- ship g ive me')' In adei iti on

tend ing thc llleetil1g was to I'equest to Planning \1(/g(/~il7 e . they

fundin g fOl' 200 I . Our req uest was " /J'lW{ do es ,II' I !!Ir!' !lhership g il '(' IIIC:' " had a few th ings to otfer . approved sans the S; I that I<ory added to make ou r req uest match the CUITCllt yeaI'I

It \va s a very interesting meet ing. The l11ail1 topic ofd iscu ssion was the 2002 APA Confere nce in Chicago . The last tilll e the \ 1) /\ Conterence vvas in Chicago \·vas in 1993 (the I OOth anni versa l'Y of the Co­lumbian Expos ition). Wi th the 2002 COl1ference over a yeal ' away. I LA PA. is alreaei y sta nil1g to gear up fo r al l the "vork thilt needs to be dO ll e. The va ri ous com­mittees are start ill g to be f0l'l11ed anei informed ofwh8t needs to be ei one. II .!\PA is lookin g fo r Vo lul1teel'S to se rv e 0 11 the va ri ous com l11ittees. If you wo ulei like to help let me know alld I will pa ss the illfc)I'Illation on to I LAP A.

Probab ly the most illlportant rhing that AP A Stueient membersh ip offers is the

aeieiition ofa lil1e on OUI' res um es that states that we me AP A members. As stueiel1ts, Illeillbersh ip ill APA shows that we helVe some leve l of co III III itm ent to the prot'ession. What thi s means is that the l'eSLImes of A PA members al'e put aheaei of the re sumes of n011­members. AP /\ also provieies stuei ellts exposure to the ' real-IVo l'lei' ofp lallnillg. A ttending confe rel1ces as a stueiel1 t IlOt only gets LI S in for signi fic2I 11t ly less but al so gives LI S a ch,lIlce to get a he2lei stmt 011 estab­li silil1g those all imponant bll sin ess 2111d social ti cs th at can prove invaluable in th e future. There was al so discussioll of establishing a j ob -shaeiowing pro­gralll whne stu dents can fo llow a p lanner iHound t()r

is co nsiderin g alterin g th e transi­tion between swdent I11c mbership rates and pl'ofcss ional membership rates. ArA is looking at n ~ \Vo year phas­ing setllp where student mel11 l)ers get two years or con­til1ued eii ,coul1tedl11cl11bcrship after graduatio n. How­

ever. to gct thi s eiiscount yo u have to be an I\ IJj \ stude nt Ille111 be I' befol'e yo u graduate.

Just a final tho ught the 2002 Co ni'i: ri:'11ee is fast 8ppl'Oaching. I alll goi ng to stan compili ng a list of stuclents who wa nt to volil ntee r for th e conference. There are l11any opportuniti es to help. If you wou ld like to ~c rve 011 oll e of the cOl11ll1ittees 01' if youiust wa l1t to help during th e confercl1l:e to defray the reg istratio n

cost .i ust let l11e knO\\I ©

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MOVIE N IGHTS ARE BACK \N ITH A BANG II

/(ulI/(ll7hir Hhuliu

SPO MOVI E N IGHT is l'eIUVel)~ted cbss ics. 0V ~ col la00 1'Cltion with Illini Film Clnd

I We ~Iso h2t ve t he vel'y 0est of Lookout fOI' OLlI' futU re l ineup t h ~t Video. I!)ten)Clt io n~ I Ci nem~ ~ nd I'ecent inciuLks GiJqi::] t o r, Seven S::]mUl-~i ,

H ockbustel's. W e h:Jve ~ II-e~dy L~ \N I'encc or AI'=l 0iJ ~l ) d man y Ill ol-e Th is im pi ies scree rJlt/~ o f H~ movies screened f il ms li ke Citizen K~ne :;jnd fCl vol- ites , . inclu din ~ contempor~ I'y Cl od o k, BIClqe Runne l'.

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APA ConFel'eli ce by Lottie' PC~7t5017

/ orri c i l "SL'C()I1 i1n'(/ 1" \ /OSll'I'\ ' " Irlelll 1'/10 dIlN./L',\ i ll ('Olll lil Il I7l11 ' / ) n(,/I!! 'IIIt'I7/ /1I /1'1'11(1/'''' 1<1{ {) llIIlIIillg. (//'/(/ (/ hil 0/ II!I/IL'~ It! 1I1"1 'c' ( '1110 IIII.I'/IIII,\!. I(III . I) ( ' "Iia ,l!. I"(/, I,lI/lilill i ll .\ / I l\'

December 1. 200 I . The general topic of the l11eeting \\i15 rccil."l.'lopmell t in a hi srori ca l clown to\ln envil'On­men!. ,lilt! Roc k Island prov id es a successful exa l11ple ofl1o\\ to l11 ake a declining downtown all entenai ll­mel][ l11agnet.

Rock Islal1c1 has a popu lat ion ofClbour 40.000 peop le Its clOWIltOWl1 is th e sl11 a" est (lIlel l11osr COIllPClCt oflhe Quaci Ciries. con tCl in s a stClb le offic e cel1te r but li tr le retail. Hi stor ica ll y. the c1 owntovl'n had bCCl1 a pl ace of entertClinl11 ent for rh e c ity But as the Clgr icul tu re­l11 anufacturing indusrri al sector throughout the city dec lined ancl as the entena inl11ent eli st r ic t beca l11 e 1110l'e seeely a11c1 cr ime-ri elelel1, "The Stl'ip." as th e elOW1110l\ll was C21 " eel. elec I i neel.

UP - COM IN G CO NFERENCES

In 1992. the City of Rock I sl cll1d. to~e thel ' with a local bu sin ess l11 Cl n-rLlrneei econol11ic cl eve lop l11 cnr acri vist. ele viseel a nell' strategy to reve rse the el owntovvn' s decline. The new str2ltegy \ ~l)u lcl name the el owntown " The Di stri ct." bu iId on its h istOl'Y of bei ng a pl ace to pl ay. el epel1e1 011 rhc c\isring al1chors. illlpl'ove safety, and el1 co llrilge Cl I'tS a11c1 speciClI Clcnts to take plilce there.

Since the launching of tile 11ew strCltegy lor the Dis­tri ct. the Cl reCl hCls arrrClcteei nelv Clrt ists Cl nd gCl ller ies. the la iling di nner rh ea tre now thri ves ClS a cO llledy club. yo ung peop le flock to the el ance clubs. and the CClSUCl I bClrs Cln(1re srClUl'ants attl'act Cl v8r iety of peop le to the dOWI1tO\\·11. In 21e1dit ioI1. every yeCl I' seve rClI spe ­Ci81 evellts tClke plClce to 21ppe211 to a v8 ri ety of people: hOIll 21 i\ 1,II 'd i GI'Cls -type festivClI to bi cycl e I'Clces Cll1d outd oo r ConceITs.

1:'I,ril"u I1IJl L' III ,,1 {'III/ Ill ing. -"'he

As th e other Q uad Cities beg il1 to em ice the mts (mel elltertainlllent to settle withil1 thei r jU I·isciictiolls. Roek Isl8nci is look ing to the fUllire Cl nd try ing (0 stay aheCl d. It has begun to incorporate hOllsing w ithin the D istri ct to lure young profess iomli s to Rock Island with its proxi lllity to ell'ts Clnd elltertCl il1l11el1t. Ollly tilll e I,v ill te ll ifCl few 21rt gClllCli es Cl ild bms C3 11 ke-:p yO lll1 g. sl11 an hipstel's ti'olll fl ee il1 g the Mi,.iwest in seCl rch of 111 01'e excitil1g urb Cl l1 cente rs.

Fo r J11 0re inforl11ati on 0 11 the trCl ll sfo rJ11 (ltio ll of Roc k IslCl lld . CO I1t3C( 02111 Cmlll ody. b:ecuti ve Dil'ector. Rel1 Cl iss21 11 ce Rock IslCllld. (3 09) 788-63 11 or DCClI'­111 0 dy,.i:r q co 111 i 11e .co 111.

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I\hlrch 10-14: APA National Planning Conference, S;JOI7IO/" (r/Ju/1 I.unci Inslilllie

Nc", Orleans, LA TheJ11e s: "PICl n M8king" Cl nd Gel conference deltlils ((I Imp :!1 April 26-27: IL APA Slate Seclioll (ISS) Meet " LocCl ll y Unw8 nted La nd Uses IVww.plallning.orgi ing. Makanda, IL ( LULUsj" co nferen' 2UU I index. hl!1l Oct. 3-5: Fou r-Stllte APA Conference (IL, lA,

,Jlllle 3-5: N~ltional Edge City Conference. WI. MN ), Quad Cities April 2-3: The Pradke or EII"ironl11elltall~' Sensi ­ Schaumburg,IL

tive De, clopmclIl, Ch itago. I L Sl wl7l'Ors !?o(},I'el'ell (, nil'enilr uIld Ihe

SI)ol1.wr: ( r/Jun Lund Inslilllle ((/7( 1 /- 'iffug1' ojSc!?ullillhlirg Fo r 1ll 01'e illforlll3tioll. ple8 se wl' i te to 82l rbClI'8 3t Ille C()l7.ler l'ul ion Fllnd hin sI11 811 .uiuc.eelu 01' see the tol low ing web sites:

w \v\N .ilapa,o rg Cl nd w w\\ .uli.org

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Non -Gove~nrnent~1 Ol-~~ I)iz~t io ns in Pu r,l ic- PI-iv;:J te-P.::II-tne l-s hips (0 1' I;\'~tel' S u~) ~-,Iy fy R.7Ir).Jopk Rhc7tiJ

/( ,lflftillhil' I?hu!id i.I" .1l'LlJlltI.I(,lIh',\!cr g nu/II(/!e 1'/I/(h'lI/lrilli sl 'cl'iulc"I/Il /I in /1II<'I'I/III IIII1(/I I'/(//l l1il1,'< UI1c1 ('W/""II/1I/\, /:'ClU1"",ic /)n

'No/)g()1'l!l'l1l11ell lul (ll'go lli::ulioI7.1 und olhl!l' ol'guni­

::ul iuns oj l''' 'i! ,I (}ciC'll , r.VC;UI) urI! ill/I)(}J'lul1l Uc/OI'S

ill Ih l! del 'dull/I/ ('lIi jJl'OCI!SS, These ol'guni::uliol1s cu/)

II/ukc illil lol'lonl c0l111'ihlllio17.1 IOII 'u/'CI enslIl'il1g Ihul

Ihl! \ i elt 's of local I)eo/)Ie (f1'1! /ulwl1 il1lo UCCOllf1l, 1)/'0­

IIwl in'.!, COlli III IInit1' /h lr/ ieilhlliOll, I!XI eliding 1)l'oieci

1'l'lId, 10 Ihe / )()()l'esl. und inlrodllcing fll!xihle: und

il1l1l! l'uli1'l! Ol)/)/'o({ches'

Good Pl'act ice St3tement I <+ 70, W orld B311k, 2000 T he above quote frol11 lhe World B3nk sUl11lllarizes the illlport ance o f )\;GOs but unfortull 3te ly ill pr3c ti ce the ro le of NGOs ill W3ter Supply Cl nd S3 nitati on has bee l1 11 eg lected, 111 the ongoing public/pl'ivate debClte ill W ater Suppl y and Sanitati on, "-IGOs hClve a v it81

Box 1: Activities ofNGOs

NGO s couUl be aeting3.s: • Community orga nizatio ns, represe nting civ iI society, • Community intermediaries and development fucilita tors, acting as enab lers to eo,m munity groups. " • Social Consultants, performing a variety o f socially or~nted services in which they haye ­specialized skills, usually in exchange for a fee (but not for pro fit). • Researc h oriented' know Led ge me ilitato [5, to act as pub lic po lie yfhink tanks, pro mo ting socially aware policies for government cons idera t io n. Adapted from Bwsiness Pa rm ers for Deve lo pment. 2000

101e to p18)' especia ll y as intel'l11 ed iaries on behalf of th e pOO l' (Illd el11 erge as th e thil 'd gl'O up ill Pub lic­Privat c' Pal'tI1 el'ships (PPP). Among the three groups, perspec tives and motiva­

ti ons vary w idely, however, and reac hing consensus often proves difficult Different wo rk processes,

l11 ethods of co n1l11unica ti on. and appr03c hes to deci­sion -Ill ak ing are cO l11mon obs13c les. but when thc',c tl ' i-sec tor parlnersh i ps succeed. C0 1111111111 iti es bene ill. go\'c l'l1l11 ents se l've 1110l'e effectively, and private en ­te rpri se profits (B PD _ 2000), T here shou ld be a

greater recognition by govel'l1lllent and th e pr i\'ate sector of the ro les and potentials of ci v il soc iety 01'­ganiZcltions in achieving uni\ 'CI'sal access,

This p3pel' disc lisseS sOl11e of the areas in whi ch the ' ...:GOs C3 n intervene and recoml11ends sO l11e of the actions req uired to r making " GOs as the third part­ner in PPP

5.1. Pre-PPP Institutiomll Support In tel'llal and e;.; tel'nal pre ssures to in trod uce the pri ­vate sector in WSS prov ision Cl re considerab le, In the face of thi s, it is important th at gove l'l1lllents be ab le to ev,tluate the rel3ti ve Illerits of PPP with some de ­gree of objectivity In so me cases (pa rti cul arl y low-i nco llle countri es l. reforlll of public provis ion l11 ay be a Illore <lppropria L..: opti on in the fi l's t in s13nce, In the event that it is de­c id ed that PPP is a sensibl e op ti on, govel'l1l11ents w ill 11 eed suppOi't ill eva luati ng wh icll f0l'l11 of P I) P is most 2lpprop l' iate, In sO l11e 2lI'ea S, the approp l' iate for-Ill of PPP (g iven market. into rm ation , regul3to ry and other constraints) Illay be lil11ited to the lega li i'C1 ti on of in­forl11ClI providers_ e,g, door-to-door ve ndors and neigh borhood res31e _ through I icel1s i11g or service

contrClc ts, In other areas, large -sc3 le concess ions may be preferab le, (Johnstone, N ick and Wood, Libby. 1998) \; GOs ha ve a role to pl ay in ensuring that gov ­

el'l1lllents are 11 0 t forced illlo pUI-suin g strategies . which are not ill theil' long-I'ul1 interes t. To achin c thi s PUI-pose the intel'I18tiollC11 donor age nc ies lil ,c the

World Bank need to itle lltify and Illaintain open dia­loguc wi th \!GOs that ha ve signitica nt intluence on

'L'I"I"lIcllf.

publi c op ini on or gove rnl11 ents in term s of develop­ment po lic ies and progralll s,

5.2. PPP Enabling Support I , Intluenc ing Willingnl'ss to Pay (WTP)

T8riff regul ati on is one of the 111 0St contentious issues o f a PPP co nt J'C1ct like concess ion, It has been seen that the public's willil1gl1ess to pCly t81'iffs is hea v ily influenced by its clea r perception of the re3 1 costs of the se rvices. regardl ess of wh ether they are provided by publi c or pri va te utilities (Cook , Jacq ues, 1999 ), If Ih e Providei' hCls low nedibility and is pl'One to po liti ­cal Illanipul ations: the CO I1S Ul11 ers w ill have Cl lowel'

BI)\ 2: ;rhl' Low Credibilit)' of l)uiJlic Pr()\ ' ider~ l ndCI'll1'fnt's 1I~l'r~' WTP

W 'I I' for impro ved water ~~ I'\· jct':. might he e:xpected to \ary und er differem conditio ns l)t ~yslell1 ndminiSl rnlinn lo r 1\\0 I'C (lS OI1<;, '::(1.::11 rt~ b I I.' d to :, \1 pPIiI:" r :.; ' {: rt'd ill iii t )' : • WTP for pt() 111 ised se l:' ice improvl.'l1ll' llt s i:, a pO ~ili\'t.' function of I.h e con /l(lcnce Ihnl rile inilHUWd '>e nic,, ' w ill 1ll,1Ierill li ;:e Idlleto greater dlicic llcY ,(lnci 0 1' less co rnqH io ll L • W 1'1' is an In verse fllnclio ll ofthl: ' p t' I'C<:'ivelj ,... cope fhr relll sed,jng, If user~ bel it'H: t he) can ilrl pro\e <;0rv ic es througli PQlitica l mechanisl1l s, Iheir WTP \\ ill be 10\\1,'1'. Adapted from Walk er, Vela3quez, Ordonez und , Rodrlgwez, 2000

W T P, (Refer Bo;.; 2)

\:GOs C3 n play all active I'o le in ed ucatillg consumers nbout the bel1 e'tits and costs of pl'ivati 7i:lli on, By doing so. the) ca ll bring uedibility to th e enlil'c pl'Ocess of ppp , T he donor agencies and the pri v81 e sector need

to se lect NGOs that h8 ve Cldequa te grassroots experi ­ence so thaI l hc::y C8 11 form an errcc t i\ C chanl1el of

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cOlll mun ication bet\\ee ll l he co n ~ u lllers and the utility 10'1-cost tec hno logies to fac i I it (l te se rv ice t ilat is

pl'O'v ideI'. adn pted to loc(l l need s (l11d socio-econ omi c cO l1di­

II. Providil1g T ec llllical SuppOI'! tions. 1'01' e.g . ill Bo livia, Agu21s de I III i III (I n i, LOI1­

T il e ull i l11Hte objt'clive ill IllOSt CO l1li'acts reill ain s uni­ n21ise des ECl U\ 'S subsidiClry, wOl'k ed sy mmell'icClII)

ve rs21 1 CfWe r<1ge ofa st21lldal'cl izeo Ly pe of service pl'O­ with 10cClI ;\GOs to develop simpl e, low-cost tech­

\ isio ll . III ~ollle 21re21S thi s l11 ay be appl'Opriare 11 ,1\-\' ­ nologies (40% less thCll1 tl'(lcliti on(ll) (SLIez LyonllCl ise

ever. ill ma llY it n18)' we ll no t be. By "verric(llly un­ des Eau x, 1998).

bundl ing" the sector, it lll 21y be poss ible to provide I II. Prov iclin g Financial Support

di lTcn:ll t ty pes 21110 lel,e l.:i of se l'vices ill diikrent 81'­ 111 nUlllerous ca ses, mobilizing cO llllllunities to fi­C21S . I~' ol' exaillple, ill poo l'e r Il eighborhooo s, house ­ 11Cll1ce expansion cos ts, ill full 01' ill P(lit, hCl s been a

ho los l11ay have prek l'C nces for ef1icieI1t. but in cxpe ll ­ successful too l fo r l'e ilchil1g areas th elt I(lck watel' ser­

sive, collective fOl'lll s of pl'Ovisiol1 In l11an y cases vice for seve l'Cl I re8S0 1l 5. COllllllUl1ity lll ob ilizCl tion can

slich se n ' ices will requil'e oelegatecl Illall 21gelllcnl re- provide the lll 21rg imil fUl1ds necess,]I'Y to initi ate 21 pro­

.iect alld est21b li sh support �..,.,----~~~=~.,......~~--------.,,..-...,,,.=,-------,..,...,,..,.--,,.-.,,,-.~-,...----,, fo r cominu i ng IIIa i Iltena nce

Box 3: P fh a tc-NCO-co nI rn unit~ )llrt l1l.' rs hi[) and proper operat ion

III 1996, WaterA id pro vided support to an NCiO based 111 Dhaka. i1(1ngludcs il to M(l IlY water pro.i ects such as , dcv<.'I 'JP ,) l)1ode l uP PI'uac h to lhe provis ion ()1"sale wale t· ,1Ild san il atio n ill slum area~ the A hmeda bad Pmiv21rt21Il, ·\vhere I'esidc'nts Iwve lin lega l rig\H to lhe]alld. :The key coJ1)po n,ent$ n f t' he I nod~1 Illcli 21 (Refe l' Bo\ 4 ), l<itLIi­illc ludc' ~lrgi:\ll i lll1g and ll1olii li .r.ing tile COli1lllU ll ity to id<;' fl!·i(\' \\. (.:qlwerlk111 site ior a PUIll\vClni , I<ell ),a, Hitosa, water po int . ro operate and maiinain the water point. "arrc.t TO m anage the ope'rat io ll. 0 11 I:::thiopia (:\!Iii lei', C2lIrie be hulf orthe comrn lll1 it)' tJie local NCO 110gotiH te<J w ith Ihe plihlic land lord and the 1999) allCl \ lv ul Cl T l'ust pro­\\ aler agc llc}' for a c.nl1 l1 t'c! iO'Ji to the Inal ll ~ ~upp I S' and to ' buikl the reser,voir ltl~lL '; jects requireo 8 CO ll11llLl11ity Ilou~eh(l~l:s ,Ire cllIlrgud iI fJxt'd r,l le fur wa lt r taken <lW;,y ami nllot her ru1e for balhlllg 'flnan c i81 contribution. The Hnd w<!sh ,,~ clo l he~ a! the "ale r POtnL The I'iHes are ealcli lated to tOYe r the Cosl o f l he I, ' " t' tl' . . "

l 'IL I . ,~ 'f 1 k' d I 'I ' " L 'II ' I . oUJectl\ e 0 liS l equll e­wate r ) 1 ~ le'SU lit ry 0 t tl: ca reta e r fi ll t Ie cap 1m COs! lor Hilling! 1e water pO Iil t. . 'I . d I .c: . -r l , I r" I ' I . I' b I' ' I ' , I ment IS to s lO\-v elllanc 101le mOue 's lOW~ r 11:.' pote lHli\ to r UI' un aut lorrllc~ 10 lISC 1 11:11' l'e"OllfCb to prOi'K e . . "ate r and SC lwr truilk l11a ill s and tbr c()Jl1 lllunities to lise th.eir re;:;olJrccs to finallce the prOjec t and g ive the distr i b lll i {) ll ~ys l c ll1 <; and ho useh(lJd (; Ollllt>c(ions in J~I\:~ lit(\Jing (recess hy pMrC I' COllll11Ull iti es 21 "lneal1 i11gful C0 I11I111I Il I! ics w watel' supp ly ilnd sa nitation service~ more lWicl~J.y. ,tClke ill th e l)I"oject" (W21tel' AdQptecifromCQlgus.Belinda.199~ 2111c1 Sallitation Pl'Oglal11.

1999)

sponsibiliti es (Johll sto ne, N ick and Wood , Libby , Contributions C21 1l be 1110netary o r in the forlll of

1998). lt is onl y by working c lose ly w ith the lI sers 'sweat equity' w hich is either unp8id labor o r labor

thelll sei ves thM the dem Cl nd for , (llld the cost implica­ paid reduced r21 tes. Studies have shown that illlple­tions of. diffel'enti 21 teci se rv ices C211l be known w ith lllent2lti on of proj ec ts by COlllillun ities CCl Il le(l d to cost

21 Il Y clegree of cel'!ai l lty . ;"\'GOs, tilmiliar I~ ilh workillg reclu ctio l1 S of 30 to 50 pen:elii. Cost decre8ses OCClll'

in pOOl' Ilei ghborh ooo.:i 21 re well placed with the se ClS ­ bec2lLise cO ll t rClct 11 egotiatiolls 21I'e til slel' ano tl'<lllspm­

seSS lllelltS, (Re fel' Box 3) ency 1111proves.

"iG Os can help ill ed ll cm ing tile priv2lte secto r abo ut Local illVo lveme nt in planl1ing all d 11 1(1 1l age l11ent re­

qUll'es strong cOlll l11unity Ill (lmigeillellt organizatiol1s

(OvIO), Sil11ilCl r ly , greater elllpha­

paym ent fm se l'Vlce requires

il1g the ca pac ity to pay through co 111­

munity -baseo creoit system s (CCS)(\!lehta, 1999).

T he NGOs C21 1l mobilize th e CO l11111ul1ities 10 pl'Ovio e

this in st itutiol1211 b(lse on which a panic ipatory ap­

proach can be deve loped . The ro le ofwo lllen in these in stituti ons INil1 be cru c i81

as they are the \-\'orse illlpClcted by the 2l bsence of ba­sic serv ices and e\- iciellCe inoicates that wo men's pal'­ticipati o ll ill CC Ss h21s bee l1 a c l' it icCl I success fClctOI'.

FOI' e. g. the Slulll '\jetwol'k.in g P!'Oject ill AhllledClbao ,

Illoi 21 il1 vo lvecl the Self Empl oyed WOlllell's Assoc i21 ­tion (SEWA ) Bal1k.

5.3, PPP Regulat ory SUPI)ort

Regul21tion to achieve soc i81 objec­tives is 8 vita l cOlllpOllellt when CO I1­

sio erin g increasecl PPP. T he NGOs

ca ll playa clual !'Ole ill bUtli'ess ill g govel'l1lllellt effons

CIt putting regulCltion ill place 811 ci thel1 111011itoring the '-..

il11p21 ct of l'egul21tion ill aoo l'essi ll g the neecl s of th e

pOOl'. The NCOs C21 n influence the govemlllent or the pri ­

vate sector to ensure lll e21s ures as disc ll ssed bell ow, to

111 itigate ri sk to safeguard the poor

• To stilllul21te leg islat i ve change like supply­

ing slulll me21S with out leg211 tenure: For e.g.

ill many cities it has bee n clelllollstrateo th at

cle filcto security of tcn ul'e call be as fUI1C­

ti onal as legal recognition in Illob ilizing low ­

inco ille cO llllllunities for infrastructure illl ­

provements. The NGOs can 21lso negotiate

w ith the govemment to lower its standmds

fo r infl'21s1Iu cflll 'e serv ices fOl' low-il1 co l11 e

al'eas so that obta il1in g lega l tel1me beco mes

silllplel' FOI' e.g. [11 K enya, the regulatory

ti'alllewOI'k W21 S chal1 geo to incOl'porate (I

'oeellleci to s2lt isfy ' regulation, which en­

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'dee med to sali sl\' I-eg lilmi on , w hi ch en­

abl ed tile Illllnicipali l\ to lo\\e r its sta ndards

for these al'eas. ( W ege lin , 2000) • To monitor tariff stnlctllres so th at they pro­

v ide affordable supply to pOO l' customus: The \;GOs mu st also ex pose th e in vestmellt

progra ms of the concess ion8 i I'e to publ ic

sc rutin y , espec iall y w here these progr81ll s

Box -I~ P"rival'ta.II , Pn>jHt in Ahmed,lbad, . Indhl

The A h m edab i1c( P,Hi vrtrWIl , ;I lId i,lcase p.I'ovides n good exalnp le oflne iI1vQ.l vel\1ej11 of <1 11 .s.ecto rs To be ~ o ll ::; ide red 1'01' lll!:' pdljecl Jbilll11 Ut1i ties m ust crente an fls~oc i tl l io n > a l ld CO ll ! l· ibu!\.:Rs ~ 100 . which gUI"s to wal'd 's cap it J I t.:OSl$ ;)nd ' mainie-IHli lC<", e'\ j) ",ils es . Y l1is give the L: o n1il1 un ities acce% to t he servic es l}ein\! oft't!red which " inc Illdes so lid \vas \; IlHI IH'rgel)l Cllt arid \I'filer s upply to indi ,id'ual hOllSeh(lI<l&'~ il1lpiemelltnlibll i~ calTit:d Olllln "Shara da", a tTust ITn a ll cc(1 by Arvind~vl i l l s and the Ahmedab ad r--llIll ic ipal Corporation, '111 11 5 involving b{l!. \j 1hot privalt: i1 nd governI1)': lit ,edo i'~ .

A.dapteafroIK WSP , UNDP- World Battk.lndia

are pl'Ovidillg th e basis fO l' ulI' i ff increases. T hey shou ld also enSUl'e 8n effi cient and eq­

ui rab le use o f subsidies i f they are present as part of the contractual agreement.

• To pl'Ov ide cu stomer manage ment interface

between pri vate sec to r uti I ity provider and

the low -income populati on: So me I'ece lll

studi es done in SOllth Afl'ica show that there

is a missillg cOlllmuni cat ion link between the

PI'iv<IlC sector and poor that cremes short­

comillgs ill custom el' managel11e lll. ( W EDC

2000). NGOs can 111 0 lli tOl" the quality ancl

quantity of sel'vice prov ision to the poorest

sec tion of the community as we ll as cus­

tomer l11an age men t practices like the pl'ocess

tO I' halldling compl8illtS.

• To ensure that the cl1811 ges in el11ploYl11ellt

pattern which al'e likely toemel'gc clu e to increased

outsourcillg, do 110t leacl to exp lo itat ion of the 111211'­

gina l laborers: The possible I'eduction ill pub lic sectOl'

emp loy ment. which is generally pel'Ceiveci as beillg

secure and we ll pay ing, may worsen the eco nomic

conditions of pOOl". One l11 easure adoptecl by the M u­nic ipality of Hyderabad. India is to crea te links be­

t \Veen loca l authorities and the com l11ullity -ba sed

wo mell ' s ~'TO Up S to support employme nt of smal l cO I1!I 'acto rs (mel involve pOOl' ill th e CO llti'clCtillg proc­ess (M el1!a, 1999)

r/-'\/rucl fr()1I! /17/l'l'Iwr/{!/7(// /' /'lIlI1illg /(est'urci, /' ''I JL'I")

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The 200 I ClnnuClI Architectul-e /li1l1ciscClpe AI-chitec­tu l-e Ill-b<11l f)la llllill g C m::er Expo \-VClS held in the TC lll p le Bue l l I fa ll /\ tl-iulll Clnd rchik'--lure E:--:hibi­ti on I-fal l 0 11 IdmlClI') l -l ththl-ough 16 th The I_xpo Iv as gCiIl'eci tow2Irci stucielltS from 2111 thl-ee ciisciplines (Jlit! brought a Imge numbel- offil'lllS to c2lmpus ill hupes of l-eCl'U itillg eClgel- IleVl profess i011211 s_ The highli ghts ofthc I:::xpo wele Cl Real Est2lte Devel­oper's di scussiol1 on ThursciCl) evel1ing, rouncit2lble lunch cliscussions, 2111ci ofcoLll'se, CI soci2l1 hoLll'_ which provicieci Cln illValu2lbie oppol-tul1ity fOI- il1formClI pro­fessiol1211 nCl\\01-kiI1g, Stuciel1ts who chose to rc gistel­fOI- the E:--:po hClci their I-esumes distributed to illtel-­esteci fim1s 21ncih2ld the opportu­ ..

~'m-jr(JI1I/1l'lIIul Illui1I/ing.

Secol1(l YC ClI- :VIUP stucient Matt Gl'Clham haci less luck at th e Cal-eel- I'.\po. I-Ie c:o;plaineci thClt lhere wue 110t el10ugh plal11lil1g firms repl'csenteci Clnci that juci g il1g fi-om th e e_\hibits he saw, those in attel1cial1ce seemed "cieaclpal1 Cll1d sleepy," GrahClm is 100kil1g for Cl less cOilVentiol1ClI Job Cll1ci founci that the jobs he SClVi ad­vertiseci held no reClI ClppeClI fcll' him_

Sl.': l1 iOl' BUP stucient D2Inielle Ricieout founci the Ca­I'eer E:--: po to be a v2lluable eciucationClI e:o;pel-ieI1ce_ She talkecl to l-epl-esentMives ofCl numbel ofClrchitec­ture firms, but fOUI1c1 th2lt most compCll1ies seemeci to

be looking tOI- employees with .. grClciuClte ci e::!yees_ ~ c veltheless_

11ily to I1lClke il1ciiviciuClI presel1­ .In o! I- /) eu/,d 1'(' /ru iil \l' (J.I' 'floi Ih l! L\j li ; sh e was Clblc to accomplish her tatiol1s to prospective employ­ goal of learnil1g about pi-ivate sec­

lUIS ()\ 'e!'1I '//(:/lIlIllgh ',t;)cl lsud ullus_ Most Lll'bCln plCll1nil1g stu­.' tor employers_ what they cio_ anci

cielllS who Mtcl1cieci opteci i 11­ U/'cl! i ( t: c!IIi'1.' CllljJ /OI 'I IICI1I _" . \-\ha( they CKpeCt of prospective steClci for Cl cClsu2l1 ClPIJl'oach ­browsillg the E\po 2111ci 21P­proClching those organizMions thM piqueci their inter­est.

Fil-st yeClI- MUP stucielll BI-iClI1 Pacino Clttel1cieci the Cmeer E\po semchil1g fOl" fil'l11S engageci in airport planning ancihopil1g to IClnci a summel' illternship. He I-epmts having made positive contacts with two pl-i­vate firms al1ci cl 11umbn of face-to-face meetings with repl-esel1tClti ves of Clrch itectme, el1gi 11eel-i ng, and consu>uction fil'l11S thClt haci ""planning" in tileil- 11ames, Ilowe' ·\.T ile lemneci tilat most such firms speci,ilized 110t in urban planl1il1g, but I-Clthel- in project mClstel' pla rliling" tocuseci plil11mily on ciesigl1. Ovwall, tho ugh Pacino said he ciicil10t IClnci Cll1 il1tel'l1silip CIt (he Expo, he iciel1tifieci sOllle leClcis, and he cilaractel-­i7cci it as a gooci e\pcl-ience ill tilClt ile was able to mee t Cl nci speak with some potential el11ployers.

employees, A 11umbel- ofrepl'e­sel1tCltives e:--:plainecl their firms' pl-actice. al1ci some offued gooci acivice about cOl1ciucting a job seal-ch_ Ricieout summeciup her e:o;pel-ience when she de­sCl'ibeci it as, "a goocl taste of the cOI-pol-Clte sphne_" She continued, --It maybe lecime more to\vmci 'vvork ill the public sectOl' insteaci of the pl'ivate sectol-_-­

Some COl11111011 thl'eacis el11ergeci in ciiscussiol1S witil ul'ban plannil1g stuciellts who participClted ill the Ca­reer Expo_ All ofi-ilearcil-eti-ain was that the E\po WClS ovenlhc lm i 11gly focuseci on ClITh itectul-e emp loy­mel1\. Other 2lttel1ciees cOl11menteci that l11any of tile firl11s I-epl-esellteci were hiring fOI- tile same types of jobs, with heavy emphasis on technical Clilci ciesigl1­ITlateci positions, The general COl1sel1SUS al11011g planl1il1g stucients is tilClt it woulci be beneficial to have COl11nlLl11ity cievelopmel1t agencies ancinon­pmfit gl'oups representeci ill adciition to more plan­

pmv icie cl

bmacier I-,mge 0 f p1211l­11il1g firms in orcin to

11111g op­pOliun ities,

All told, the 2001 Cmeer Expo seems to have beel1 a qualified Sllccess as fa 1- as planl1il1g stuciel1ts al-e con­cemeci, [Jerhaps with a bit more pmticip2ltioll ancl guiciCll1cefl-om planners, the 2002 F\ po will be im­proved_ Ifyoll \voliidlike to help orgal1ize next yeClI-'s event. let me k110W. PIClnnil1g has 110t stal'ted yet. but it is 11evel- too eClI-Iy to volullteer. MeCll1while. goocillick with yom job semch l

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