Wayne Senville

Current

• Publisher & Editor at Planning Commissioners Journal

Past

• Director of Local & Regional Planning Assistance at Vermont Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs
• Project Planner at National Park Service

Education

• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Minnesota Law School
• Brown University

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Recommended

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Connections

243 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company
• Follow the PCJ Across the USA
• Circle the USA

Wayne Senville’s Summary

I'm the founding Publisher & Editor of the Planning Commissioners Journal, an independent national quarterly aimed at "citizen planners" -- including members of local and regional planning commissions, local elected officials, and citizens active in dealing with land use and zoning issues. We're now in our 17th year, and have some 7,500 subscribers.

I've also written articles on land use planning and zoning topics. More recently, I put together a 250-image slide show/powerpoint presentation titled "Planning Conversations from Coast-to-Coast" that I've given at a several regional and state planning conferences/workshops over the past year-and-a-half. It draws on what I learned during an amazing six weeks that I spent meeting with planners and others as I crossed America on Route 50 (see "Follow the PCJ Across the USA" website listed above).

Wayne Senville’s Specialties:

city planning, journalism, writing

Wayne Senville’s Experience

• Publisher & Editor

  Planning Commissioners Journal

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  June 1991 — Present (18 years 6 months)

  Publisher and editor of the Planning Commissioners Journal, the leading national newsletter for members of town, city, and county planning boards.

• Director of Local & Regional Planning Assistance

  Vermont Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs

  (Government Administration industry)

  February 1988 — February 1991 (3 years 1 month)

  Responsible for working with regional and local planning commissions across Vermont.

• Project Planner

  National Park Service

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  1981 — 1987 (6 years )

  Project planner in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service.

Wayne Senville’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  Masters , City Planning , 1980 — 1982

• University of Minnesota Law School

  J.D. , Law , 1973 — 1976

• Brown University

  B.A. , American Studies , 1969 — 1973

Additional Information

Wayne Senville’s Websites:

• My Company
• Follow the PCJ Across the USA
• Circle the USA

Wayne Senville’s Interests:

Six week "Planning Conversations Across America" tour in June/July 2007, meeting with over 100 planners in more than two dozen cities and towns. See Web site above for details and/or download Crossing America file listed above.

Wayne Senville’s Groups:

Society of Environmental Journalists, Vermont Planners Association, Burlington Planning Commission, (member 1991-1999, and 2008-present)

•    National Trust Main Street Center
•    Urban Planning Group
•    Urban Design Network
•    Urbanist
•    Freelance Writers
•    ULI-the Urban Land Institute
•    Linkin Transportation Professionals
•    City and Town Planning
•    Downtown Revitalization
•    Urban Design Podcast
•    Planning Commissioners Journal

Wayne Senville’s Honors:

Citizen Planner of the Year, 1999, awarded by the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association, and by the Vermont Planners Association.

Wayne Senville’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch