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MCRPC Library
The McLean County Regional Planning Commission has a small library with
a variety of magazines, journals, books and other information to help
provide a better understanding of planning issues. Topics include:
- Urban Revitalization and Neighborhoods
- Planning and Urban Design
- Population and Census Information
- Local Comprehensive plans
- Citizen Participation and Visioning
- Economic Development
- Land Use
- Housing
- Natural Environment
- Transportation
- Historic Preservation
- Community Facilities
- Geographical Information Systems
Periodicals, including:
From the American Planning Association (APA):
- Planning Magazine (very "readable" magazine which covers a
variety of planning issues)
- Journal of Planning (research reports from university planning
departments)
- Planner’s Casebook (case studies of innovative planning efforts
from throughout the nation)
- Public Investment (newsletter devoted to public investment and
finance)
- Planners Advisory Service (PAS) Memo (brief reports covering a
variety of planning and development issues)
- PAS Reports (short to medium length reports which focus on
particular planning issues, such as "Planning for Hillside
Development" or "Traffic Sheds, Rural Highway Capacity, and
Growth Management")
- Zoning News (covers a variety of zoning specific issues)
Other magazines, journals, and newsletters:
- VISIONS (McLean County Regional Planning Commission quarterly
newsletter)
- Small Town (covers community development and planning issues
relevant to smaller communities)
- Urban Land (the Urban Land Institute’s monthly magazine, which
covers a wide variety of issues relevant to the development community)
- New Urban News (newsletter which promotes New Urbanist development
concepts)
- Landscape Architecture (trade magazine for the commercial landscape
industry)
- Illinois Issues (monthly magazine which covers Illinois politics)
- American City and County (magazine covering a variety of issues
relevant to cities and county government)
- Getting Smart! Newsletter (newsletter of the Smart Growth Network,
which promotes "Smart Growth" development practices)
- Governing (magazine covering a variety of issues relevant to
government agencies)
Materials may be checked out of the Commission library for a period of
two weeks without charge. For more information, visit us at the Government Center or contact us by
phone at (309) 828-4331. |
