Bio: President of Pashek Associates, a Community and Recreation Planning firm in Pittsburgh, PA. I have completed dozens of Comprehensive Plans, including 3 plans that received recognition at the state level for excellence. My interest is in public process and strategic planning.
Education: BS in Landscape Architecture, Penn State Univeristy, 1974 MBA, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, 1986
Past Assignments: Lectured on the Implementable Comprehensive Plan at 6 sites across Pennsylvania in Summer, 2012.
Bio: Denny Puko is the Planning Program Manager for the Center for Local Government Services, PA Department of Community and Economic Development. Since 2004 he’s been involved in planning help to local governments, planning training courses, state planning policy, and a DCED planning funding program. He prior worked 27 years in county planning including 12 as director of the Mercer County (PA) Regional Planning Commission, a unique joint municipal-county planning commission recognized under Puko for its cooperative planning approach. He taught a planning course at Thiel College, Greenville, PA (1999-2006) and was a 2004 recipient of a PA Governor’s Award for Local Government Excellence.
Education: B.S. in Urban/Regional Planning from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Key Publications: Creating an Implementable Comprehensive Plan Workbook and Reference (2012)
Other Publications: PA State Land Use and Growth Management Report (2010)
Past Assignments: Creating an Implementable Comprehensive Plan training course, PA Local Government Training Partnership, 6 courses throughout the state, June-Sept 2012; Data For Community Comprehensive Plans session, PA State Data Center Conference, Sept 2012; Multimunicipal Planning Basics webinars, Local Government Academy, Feb-Mar 2012; Creating an Implementable Comprehensive Plan session, PA Chapter APA Conference, Oct 2011; Planning for Results, Not By the Book session, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group CD Summit, May 2011; Comprehensive Plan and State Land Use and Growth Trends sessions, PA Land Conservation Conference, May 2011; Duties of a Zoning Hearing Board training course, PA Local Government Training Partnership, Mar 2011
Find out more about APA's Professional Institute.