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One of the most critical elements of a successful planning or plan implementation effort is public participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Public Participation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Public Participation Chapter 4<\/em><\/a> from the Plan Commission Handbook<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crafting an Effective Plan for Public Participation <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhancing Involvement in Community Planning Using Incentives<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comprehensive Planning and Citizen Participation<\/a> from UW-Extension Publications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Visioning in a Comprehensive Planning Process <\/a>from UW-Extension Publications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Our Future: A Guide to Community Visioning<\/a> from UW-Extension Publications<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Open Meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Open Meetings Law – Fact Sheet #1<\/a> from the Local Government Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Open Meetings Law – Compliance Guide<\/a> from the Wisconsin Department of Justice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Wisconsin Public Records Law – Fact Sheet #7<\/a> from the Local Government Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Public Records Law – Compliance Guide<\/a> <\/em>from the Wisconsin Department of Justice<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ethics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ethics & Conflicts of Interest\u2014FAQs<\/a> from the Local Government Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethical Principles in Planning<\/a> from the American Planning Association<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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One of the most critical elements of a successful planning or plan implementation effort is public participation. Public Participation Public Participation Chapter 4 from the Plan Commission Handbook  Crafting an Effective Plan for Public Participation  Enhancing Involvement in Community Planning Using Incentives  Comprehensive Planning and Citizen Participation from UW-Extension Publications Using Visioning in a Comprehensive Planning Process from UW-Extension Publications Building […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"parent":405,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912\/revisions\/957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/center-for-land-use-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}