Growing Change

Growing Change

by | Dec 31, 2015 | Planning

A profile of a farmer that appeared in Illinois Issues, April 2003. Growing Change portrays a farmer who’s struggle with nature to conserve his soil is much easier than his struggle with commodity markets.
At the City’s Edges

At the City’s Edges

by | Dec 31, 2015 | Planning

A guest essay appearing in Illinois Issues, October 2000, in which I call for a regional dialogue on farmland, to consider farmland as land, which in those days of booming development was unlikely. I argue for farmland at the city’s edges.
Stretching the Boundaries

Stretching the Boundaries

by | Dec 31, 2015 | Planning

An article published in Planning Magazine, January 2002, corresponding with the annual planning conference, which was in Chicago that year. I summarize efforts of the many (too many) groups with their hand in the regional planning arena, in Stretching the...
Island Grove Afternoon

Island Grove Afternoon

by | Dec 31, 2015 | People & Places

A ‘first person’ essay, Island Grove Afternoon was published in Illinois Issues, November, 2001. Alvin later told me he thought the story needn’t seem so sad. My original text, more complete, follows below. It is the church standing alone in the...

A Different Kind of Recovery

by | Dec 30, 2015 | Planning

An article about the ideas of designer William McDonough was published in Conscious Choice in April, 2002 . Read A different kind of recovery Conscious Choice, April ’02