Growing Demand For Urban Planners

Growing cities scramble to hire city planners as many professionals move to the private sector.

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August 26, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The planner pinch hurts even more in swelling cities as planners flee to private business, searching for less red tape and chunkier paychecks...Cities are constantly adding positions to keep pace with commercial and housing developments, but the pool of applicants continues to drain."

Thanks to Tony Widowski

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