It might help to review the most recent issue, online at
http://www.planning.org/planning/nonmember/default.htm.
I thought this was a very typical issue. I skimmed over most of it without stopping to read. The article on Richard Florida could have been interesting, but he has been widely covered by everyone for over two years now. Planning needs to be featuring these people before they have been publicized to death, not waiting until they are old news. I did really enjoy the article "Small Can Be Beautiful." I even saved a copy for my files. It presented a new idea; an alternative way to think about the issue of rural depopulation.
That being said, I'll offer a couple ideas of my own:
1) Add regular sections. Jfortin suggested technology, a very good topic to cover on a monthly basis. Others might include environment, planning law, economic development and transportation.
2) Include a monthly column on planning careers - information and advice to help planners in their job, plan their careers and advance professionally.
3) Give me something graphical. I think the drawing of a "loop road" was scanned and posted on this site somewhere. It is a good, innovative solution to a difficult-to-develop site. I saved it for further reference. Unfortunately, I too seldom find anything like it in the magazine.
4) I would like to see a panel of ordinary folks cover a topic. For instance, pick a subject likely to make an appearance on Cyburbia. Then go out and find a half dozen planners from around the United States & Provinces who have dealt with it to comment and offer examples.
5) Make us feel good. Devote a page to the hideous, like the images we post on Cyburbia of our favorite signs, trailers, etc.
Enough for now. I'll add more later.