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Center for Land Use Education

Issue 24

www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/

December, 2007

   

Workshops

Adobe Acrobat Icon  Plan Implementation
Dec 4, 07 - Leon, Monroe County, 6 p.m.

Adobe Acrobat Icon  Comprehensive Planning Implementation Workshop
Dec 6, 07 - Newburg, Washington County, 6:30 p.m. 

Contact CLUE if there is an interest for either Plan Commission or Zoning Board of Adjustment workshops in your area.

More information will be posted to the workshops web pages as it becomes available.


Conferences/Events

Dec 4, 07
Smart Growth Seminar featuring Brenna Holly
UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Milwaukee, WI

Dec 5, 07
Eco-Summit conference 2007
St. Norbert College, Bemis International Center, Green Bay, WI
This conference will explore sustainability for business, industry, educational institutions and healthcare providers

Dec 5-7, 07
54th Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association (WLWCA) Annual Conference
Madison Concourse Hotel, Madison, WI

Dec 11-12, 07
GIS for Comprehensive Planning
UW-Madison Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility, Madison, WI

Jan 24-25, 08
Value Added Ag Conference/WI Local Food Summit
The Plaza Hotel, Eau Claire, WI

News From Around the State

Sawyer County Record - Nov 20, 07
Going green: A look at planned unit developments
Part one of a two-part series
By Will LaBreche, Staff Writer

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Nov 24, 07
Thinking outside the big box
New urbanism promotes smaller homes, sustainable designs
By Joanne Cleaver

Wisconsin State Journal - Nov 28, 07
Town to face Realtors, builders in high court
By Barry Adams


Resources

League of Wisconsin Municipalities
FAQs in the Legal Section cover topics including Zoning, Eminent Domain and Open Meetings Law


If you have an article you would like to submit to the Land Use Tracker quarterly newsletter, contact Rebecca Roberts, Managing Editor, or mail your submission to:

The Land Use Tracker
Center for Land Use Education
UW-Stevens Point
800 Reserve St
Stevens Point, WI  54481

It should be 1,000 words or less;
Be informative;
Be of state-wide concern;
And address a land use issue.


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