Abstract:
THIS PRIMER IS INTENDED TO SERVE Extension personnel and community leaders as they work in local communities facing decisions with long-range implications. Some communities may engage in long-range planning without any compelling
reason to do so, except that they believe it is a good thing to do. More communities will need to face current issues with long-range implications.
For example, an industrial firm may wish to irreversibly alter the local landscape, an urban expansion may threaten a historic building, or a
proposed school consolidation plan may result in losing the local school and busing the local children long distances.
