Workshops

Plan Commission Workshops
November 13, 2008 – Waupaca County, WI
November 18, 2008 – Monroe County, WI

Wisconsin's Open Meetings and Open Records Law Seminars
October 10, 2008 – CVTC, Eau Claire, WI
October 15, 2008 – UWEX, Wausau, WI
October 28, 2008 – MATC, Milwaukee, WI
October 29, 2008 – Monona Community Center, Madison, WI

Additional Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment/Appeals workshops are being planned for this Fall and Winter. Information will be posted on the CLUE workshops page when it becomes available. Please contact us if there is additional interest in your region.

Conferences/Events

October 5-8, 2008
Wisconsin Towns Association Annual Convention
Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton, WI

October 12-14, 2008
  Wisconsin Counties Association Annual Conference
Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI

October 16-17, 2008
Wisconsin Land Information Association Regional Meeting
Heidel House, Green Lake, WI

October 22-24, 2008
League of Wisconsin Municipalities Annual Conference
Holiday Inn, Stevens Point, WI

October 29-30, 2008
ESRI Wisconsin User Group Conference
Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton, WI

October 29-31, 2008
Wisconsin County Code Administrator's Fall Conference
Tundra Lodge, Green Bay, WI

New Publications from CLUE

Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends: Energy
This publication is intended for local government officials and others interested in investigating the connections between energy and land use. Statewide trends related to renewable and nonrenewable energy are explored together with building, transportation and community design approaches to reduce energy use.

Planning Implementation Tools Fact Sheet
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
A CIP is a community planning and fiscal management tool used to coordinate the location, timing and financing of capital improvements over a multi-year period. Capital improvements refer to major, non-recurring physical expenditures such as land, buildings, public infrastructure and equipment.

News

Livestock Facility Siting Newsletter, September, 2008
Reconsidering siting ordinances and existing conditional use permits

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 29, 2008
Xcel to use wood chips for electricity at plant in northern Wisconsin
By Thomas Content

Media Newswire, Madison, September 26, 2008
Wisconsin Aerial Photos: A Modern Update for a Historic Collection

Baraboo News Republic, September 25, 2008
County launches website, seeks input
By Matthew Ryno

Wisconsin Ag Connection, September 24, 2008
Local Areas Can Apply to Host Land Use Workshops

Muskego Now, September 24, 2008
Governments, farm methods key to dairy farming future
By John Schultz

Environment News Service, September 23, 2008
Great Lakes Compact Clears Final Hurdle