Documents

Publications:  Previous Plans and Surveys – Available through RPC Office

The Citizen’s Guide to Planning,  Herbert Smith:  American Planning Association, 1979.

Community Planning, Becker & Kelly:  Island Press,  2000.(An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan)

How To Conduct Your Own Survey, Salant & Dillman:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994.

Managing Development in Small Towns, Brower, Carraway, Pollard & Probst:  American Planning Association, 1984.

Ohio Planning And Zoning Law, Meck & Pearlman:  Thomson/West, 2005.

The Practice Of Local Government Planning, So & Getzels:  ICMA, 1988.

The Principles Of Smart Development, Planning Advisory Service: American Planning Association, 1988.

Rural By Design, Randall Arendt: American Planning Association, 1984.

The Small Town Planning Handbook Daniels, Keller & Lapping:American Planning Association, 1995.

The ABC's of Zoning, Ohio County Engineers News, July, 1958.

Other Resources

This Time Around
Holmes County Radio Feature
 

Athens Co. Population Profile 1900-2000

10 Principles of Smart Growth  (1996)

Sperling's Best Places To Live

Athens Chamber of Commerce

EPA Smart Growth Examples

Coal Research Summary

Open Spaces

FAQ About Planning

Athens Co. Forest Report

Plan Websites

Housing Analysis

Place Making In Community Life - Article by Bill Steiner

Programs & Laws

Minutes of Meetings

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June 7, 2006

June 28, 2006

July 12, 2006

July 26, 2006