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You can now order The Community Planner by subscription (4 issues per volume), by the issue, or by the article.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
1 year-- Individual Subscription Rate -- $40.00
1 year-- Institutional/Jurisdictional Subscription Rate -- $60.00
A special rate for governments, agencies, and libraries to allow for multiple users or readers.
TCP 1:1 (Fall 2010) ($15.00) Planning the Planning Process TCP 1:2 (Winter 2011) ($15.00) Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Working with Consultants TCP 1:3 (Spring 2011) ($15.00) Public Outreach, Open Government, and Communication TCP 1:4 (Summer 2011)($15.00) Public Participation
Comprehensive Planning Understanding the Comprehensive Planning Process (TCP 1:1, 1 file, pdf) $5.00 What's the State Got to Do With It: Planning Enabling Legislation and the Planning Process and A Guide to State Planning Enabling Legislation (TCP 1:1, 2 files, pdf) $7.50 Planning the Planning Process: (Part 1) A Survival Guide for New Planners, Staff, and Volunteers and The Comprehensive Planning Process Worksheet (TCP 1:1, 2 files, pdf) $6.00 A Practical Guide to the Comprehensive Plan (Part 2): In-house or consultants (TCP 1:2, 4 files, pdf) $7.00 Practical Guide to the Comprehensive Plan: Public Education and Outreach (Part 3) (TCP 1:3, 1 file, pdf) $4.50 Project Techniques & Tools of the Trade Creating Paperless Project Files (TCP:1:1, 1 file, Excel) $6.00 Gantt Charts: Constructing a Comprehensive Planning Process Timeline (TCP 1:1, 1 file, Excel) $4.00 The "J" (Journalism) Questions: An Essential Invention Tool for Planning (TCP 1:1, 1 file, Excel) $5.00 Concept Mapping: IHMC's CmapTools $3.00 A Guide to Slideware (Power Point Presentations) (TCP 1:3, 1 file, pdf) $3.00 Anatomy of a Press Release (TCP 1:3, 1 file, pdf) $4.00 Requests for Proposals, Consultants, and Alternatives Request for Proposals: Considerations in Using RFPS to Procure Community Planning Services $5.00 RFP, RFI, RFQ: Say What? (TCP 1:2, 4 files, includes examples, PDF) $4.00 Why and How to Hire a Consultant (TCP 1:2, 1 file, pdf) $4.00 Alternatives to Consultants: Regional Councils and Universities (TCP: 1:2, 2 files, pdf) $5.00 Scoping Worksheet for Use with RFP Process (TCP 1:2, 1 file, Excel) $3.00 Cooperative Extension Progams in the United States, by State, 2011 ( TCP 1:2, 1 file, pdf) $3.00 Sample RFPs, by State, February, 2011 (TCP 1:2, 1 file, pdf) $2.00 Public Outreach and Communication Government Writing, Public Documents, and the Art of Plain Language (Quick Course in Writing) (TCP 1:3, 1 file, pdf) $7.00 Getting Beyond the Legalese: Planning and the Press (How to Work with the Press) (TCP 1:3, 1 file, pdf) $3.00 A Citizen's Perspective: Introduction to Open Government and the Freedom of Information Act, plus Open Government an FOIA organizations by state, Document Rention Schedules by state, and Auditors of Public Accounts by state (TCP 1:3, 4 files, pdf) $7.50 Articles are in pdf form and are delivered via email rather than on cd-rom. As a small publishing company, we function on the honor system. While we all share files on a routine basis, we ask that those who purchase articles to not file share. We have tried to keep our prices reasonably low in order to provide planners and citizens with access to information without breaking the bank, but it means that we have to trust our customers to be respectful and honest. Thank you.
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