Resources - Public Participation

• Center for Livable Communities.  Participation Tools for Better Land-Use Planning, Center for Livable Communities, 1997, 44 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Cogan, Elaine.  Successful Public Meetings, APA Planners Press. 2000, 134 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Goldberg, David. Choosing Our Communities Future, Smart Growth America, 90 pages.
• Goldschmidt, Carl.  “What it Takes to Be a Planner,” Michigan Planner, Fall 1993, p. 1. (BAS)
• Jenkins, Marlia.  “Managing Meeting Madness,” Michigan Planner, Fall 1990, p. 8-12. (BAS)
• Knowledge Works Foundation. Community Engagement Guide, 2005, 15 pages, PDF
• Martin, R. Thomas.  “Enhancing Cooperation,” Michigan Planner, Winter 1994, p. 3-4. (BAS)
• National Association of Realtors.  Meaningful Public Involvement:  Charrettes for Community Change, National Charrette Institute for The National Association of Realtors, 50 pages, presentation format, (INT)
• Salant, Priscilla and Dillman, Don.  How to Conduct Your Own Survey, John Wiley and Sons, 1994, 232 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Sanoff, Henry.  Community Participation Methods in Design and Planning, John Wiley & Sons, 2000, 306 pages, hardcover. (ADV)
• Simon, Judith.  Conducting Successful Focus Groups, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1999, 70 pages, paperback. (INT)
• So, Frank S.; Hand, Irving; and McDowell, Bruce.  The Practice of State and Regional Planning, International City Management Association, 1986, 653 pages, hardcover. (INT)
• VerBurg, Kenneth.  Michigan Open Meetings Act, Michigan State University, Department of Resource Development, 1994, 44 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Walsh, Mary.  Building Citizen Involvement, International City/County Management Association, 1997, 125 pages, paperback. (INT)