1.  The first Plan Commissioner Network meeting of 2015 is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 6:30-8:00pm, @ JP Coughlin Center, Oshkosh.  Our discussion topic: Zoning Code Enforcement – please feel free to invite your zoning administrator and bring your questions and approaches used. This will be a discussion about roles, successes and challenges in enforcing your zoning code. […]

Happy 2015! Please mark your calendars for the following dates and workshops/meetings in 2015. REGISTER NOW! 1. Thursday, January 29, 2015, 5:30-8:30pm – Zoning Board of Appeals/Adjustment workshop – at the Town of Winchester Town Hall.  More information, including registration forms, deadlines, costs and agenda can be found in this brochure BOA_LarsenWI_January292015.pdf REGISTER NOW at […]

November 2014 These two resources just crossed my desk and I wanted to share it with you given the relevancy to our recent Network conversations.  Please share or forward this message to anyone that would be interested in the wisline on demographic changes. 1.   At Our Doorstep: Local Government’s Demographics Challenge and Implications for Counties and […]

November 2014 1. Thank you for attending the October 29th Plan Commissioner Network meeting.  Here are some highlights from that conversation: Whether your town is one year or 5 years away from updating its comprehensive plan, this is a good time to start considering how you will accomplish that. Updating your comprehensive plan is an opportunity […]

REMINDER – The Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 6:30-8:00pm at the Town of Winchester Town Hall, 8522 Park Way, Larsen WI.  This is our last meeting of the year.   Our discussion topic will be “Updating and amending your Comprehensive Plan”.   State planning statute requires communities to update their Comprehensive Plans every […]

October 2014 1. Thank you for the great conversation last week in the Town of Utica on aging-friendly communities! Our guest Chris Kniep began by asking the group to think about what their town offered to seniors. There were many great examples of how towns provide social events, opportunities to connect with others, and how […]

1.   REMINDER – The next Plan Commissioner Network meeting  is scheduled for September 24 @ the Town of Utica Town Hall, 6:30-8:00pm.  Here are our discussion topics: Wednesday, September 24, 2014  – our discussion topic will be “Older and elder care in rural areas”.  Christine Kniep, UW-Extension Family Living Educator will be our guest that night and […]

1.   The next Plan Commissioner Network meetings are scheduled for September 24 @ the Town of Utica, and October 29 @ the Town of Winchester, 6:30-8:00pm.  Here are our discussion topics: Wednesday, September 24, 2014  – our discussion topic will be “Older and elder care in rural areas”.  Christine Kniep, UW-Extension Family Living Educator will […]