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Sustainable Communities:
Lessons from Wisconsin and Sweden
Anna Haines tries to answer what she considers a key question:
What can [Wisconsin] communities do to move toward a sustainable
future? Over a decade ago, Swedish municipalities stopped
talking about sustainability and started taking action.
Regional Collaboration:
a Framework for Solving Complex Planning Problems
Throughout
Wisconsin, citizens are dealing with planning issues that cross
jurisdictional boundaries and agency service areas. Often there
is no single entity that can serve as the lead or work on their own to
adequately address the problem and implement an effective solution.
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Adopting More Stringent
Standards for Livestock Facility Siting
In most
cases, local governments may only apply the state siting standards
when making a decision about a local siting application. In some
instances, however, local governments may be able to adopt more
stringent standards if the more stringent standard is necessary to
protect public health and safety.
Effort to
Update Shoreland Protection Rules Enters New Phase: Groups to
Focus
on Areas Criticized in Original Proposal
Department of Natural Resources staff finished reviewing the 12,000
citizen comments received during and after public hearings in summer
2005 In June, the citizen advisory committee reconvened and heard
summaries of the public comments on the original proposal to update
Chapter NR 115 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. |
