[Massplanners] [External] Planning Book Recommendations

[Katrina O'leary]

Thank you to all who sent planning book recommendations.  I received so many I couldn’t keep up with thanking each of you – I hate when work interrupts fun stuff. 😊
I have decided to copy and paste each of your messages and print them all out and tuck it in whichever book I decide to order for her.  I think reading through the list of planners in different types of jobs from all parts of the state that contributed to the list will give her a thrill.  It will also teach her what a wonderful resource the Planners listserv is!

Kaitlin McKenna is the name of my intern.  I don’t think it will be the last time you hear that name.  She’s a gem.

Thank you.

Katrina O'Leary, AICP
Middleton Town Planner
195 North Main Street     Middleton, MA   01949     PH: (978)777-8917
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Hey planners, your faithful MassPlanners Listserv moderator here.

Our list has a very low message size limit (100KB) before messages start getting held back in our moderation system. This can get triggered if a thread gets too long. This is a great conversation that I want to see continue, but I’ve deleted previous messages in the thread below to reduce the message size. Please respond to this message if you have more recommendations.

Make no little plans!


Tim Czerwienski, AICP
Director of Planning & Community Development
Town of Milton | 525 Canton Avenue | Milton, Mass. 02186 | 617-898-4847



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Subject: RE: [Massplanners] [External] Planning Book Recommendations

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So many great choices already shared. I back the multiple recommendations of the Color of Law – a must read.

Also, Root Shock: How Tearing up Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It by Mindi Thompson Fullilove, MD. A non-planning book that focuses on the trauma created from uprooting neighborhoods.

“Like a sequel to the prescient warnings of urbanist Jane Jacobs, Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove reveals the disturbing effects of decades of insensitive urban renewal projects on communities of color…” Click Here for More<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bookshop.org_p_books_root-2Dshock-2Dhow-2Dtearing-2Dup-2Dcity-2Dneighborhoods-2Dhurts-2Damerica-2Dand-2Dwhat-2Dwe-2Dcan-2Ddo-2Dabout-2Dit-2Dmindy-2Dthompson-2Dfullilove_12401316-3Fean-3D9781613320198&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=EaWBFhlgouCM-eqEWgXO8um7Dw-706JXLWQdmGem7AY&m=Yr_q0X2iK0m2k2QE45JOfM2LyjFkX8O2sGX3NhI5Bi98-LiXFZPLXsnL0yZSD9AS&s=h_MY1yPt1YyODz_i4TOScS8XQAfWUxu4JwWAlh-lguE&e=>


Regards,
Jacquie (Furtado) McPherson, AICP
Senior Program Manager – EOED/MassWorks
T: 617.894.7755


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