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Center for Land Use Education

Issue 28

www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/

May, 2008

   

Workshops

Public Participation in the Planning Process
May 6, 2008, Seneca, WI

Board of Appeals/Board of Adjustment Workshop
May 7, 2008, Waukesha County Courthouse, Waukesha, WI

Understanding TIF, Impact Fees, and Cost of Community Services
May 14, 2008, Local Government Center, Balsam Lake, WI

Implementing the Plan
May 22, 2008, Seneca, WI

Board of Appeals/Board of Adjustment Workshop
May 27, 2008, Calumet County Courthouse, Chilton, WI

Board of Appeals/Board of Adjustment Workshop
June 11, 2008, WITC, Rice Lake, WI.
Details coming soon to the Workshop webpage.

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


Conferences/Events

May 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 21, 2008
County Officials Workshops
Day-long workshops to orient new and continuing county officials. Co-sponsored by UW-Extension's Local Government Center and the Wisconsin Counties Association. Various locations statewide.

May 19-23, 2008
ANREP 2008 Conference
6th Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference
Leopold's Legacy: Extension's Response to a Changing World -- "The land ethic at work today." Madison, WI

Jun 13, 2008
Density, Farmland, Natural Areas, Leadership and More
Bus tour of Dakota County, Minnesota's Farmland and Natural Areas Program

News From Around the State

The Capital Times - Apr 30, 2008
Sustainability ideas from grass roots
By Bill Berry

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Apr 29, 2008
Cities' infrastructure could hit a dead end
New funding sources essential, institute urges
By Tom Held, Journal Sentinel

The Stevens Point Journal - Apr 24, 2008
City adds hybrid to fleet
By Jason G. Zencka, Journal staff

Office of the Governor, Media Room - Apr 11, 2008
Governor Doyle Announces Planning Grants for 149 Local Governments
By Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162


Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Grants

For more information about the Comprehensive Planning Grant Program, please visit the Wisconsin Department of Administration Comprehensive Planning webpage.


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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