APA PA – Webinar Wedneday – March 5: Take a Ride on the Reading – Passenger Rail and TOD Planning in Reading, PA

February 19, 2025 / / Comments Off on APA PA – Webinar Wedneday – March 5: Take a Ride on the Reading – Passenger Rail and TOD Planning in Reading, PA

March 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Take a Ride on the Reading – Passenger Rail and TOD Planning in Reading, PA

The recently standardized planning process created by the USDOT Federal Railroad Administration in their Corridor Identification and Development Program (CIDP) and the efforts to-date and planned by the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority to restore passenger rail service between Reading and Philadelphia within the CIDP process.

The current program to develop a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) zoning overlay in the City of Reading to leverage the planned restoration to passenger rail service between Reading, Pottstown, Phoenixville and Philadelphia.

CM credit is pending approval. You must attend the webinar live in order to earn CM credit.

Speakers:
David Hunter
Thomas Frawley

**The Pennsylvania Chapter is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speaker(s) you will hear**

Deadline to register is March 4

If you’re interested in sponsoring a Webinar Wednesday session or have a session for Webinar Wednesday please contact us. Send your request to info@planningpa.org.

Please note: You will receive a reminder email a few days before the webinar with zoom information (please check your spam/junk folders). This email will be sent to the email address you used to register for the event.

Register Now

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APAPASE Awards Planning Excellence Award to Local School

February 19, 2025 / / Comments Off on APAPASE Awards Planning Excellence Award to Local School

Future City is a national middle school STEM program that challenges students to design the cities of the future. Each year, students from participating schools form teams and work with a teacher and an engineer mentor to showcase solutions to a citywide sustainability issue.

The Philadelphia Regional Future City Competition was held on January 18th, 2025 at Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor. The competition included 36 teams from Philadelphia and the surrounding counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware.

The 2025 Competition was entitled “Above the Current” and challenged students to design a floating city that can keep its citizens healthy and safe in the face of rising sea levels and threats from severe weather.

As in years past, APAPASE sponsored this event and awarded a special prize to a deserving team. This year, the recipient of the APAPASE Planning Excellence Award was St. Anastasia, a Catholic school located in Newtown Square, PA that enrolls 650 students from pre-school to eighth grade.

St. Anastasia’s entry was entitled Aquadon and envisions a floating city off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria. The conceptual city combines innovative techniques and technologies, such as floating gardens and energy generated by ocean waves, with traditional planning principles to create a dynamic and sustainable urban center.

Congratulations to the students at St. Anastasia and all of the participants. For more information about the competition and to learn more about all of the winning teams, please visit: www.futurecityphilly.org.

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Feb. 20: Registration Open for Student-Mentor Mixer

January 29, 2025 / / Comments Off on Feb. 20: Registration Open for Student-Mentor Mixer
APAPA-SE is excited to host our annual Student-Mentor Mixer Event on Thursday, February 20th, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Plaza Gallery of Meyerson Hall at the University of Pennsylvania!
210 S. 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Please join us for an evening of networking and mentoring with pizza/sandwiches and an open bar provided. This is a great opportunity for students to engage with a diverse group of seasoned planning professionals and learn about potential career and internship opportunities.
We would like to thank our student and faculty volunteers from the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and West Chester University for their assistance in planning and sponsoring this event.
Note: You do not need to be a member of APAPA-SE to attend!
Please contact the Events Committee Co-Chairs if you have any questions: Danielle A. Baer, AICP at dabaer@urbanengineers.com or Lorianne DeFalco, AICP at ldefalco@akrf.com
Go to the West Chester University Home Page
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In Remembrance of Terry Robinson

January 27, 2025 / / Comments Off on In Remembrance of Terry Robinson

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of APAPASE’s Citizen Planner, Terry Robinson, on December 27, 2024.

Terry was an actuary by trade, but he was involved in planning and zoning through his local Registered Community Organization in Philadelphia. He was always willing and eager to join APAPASE activities to gain a new perspective on the Philadelphia region. He injected his humor into developing the script and route for the orientation walking tours at the 2023 National Planning Conference and the Mpact Conference in October 2024. He loved attending APAPASE social events and contributing his excellent amateur photography skills.

Terry’s sharp intelligence and quirky sense of humor will be missed by those who knew him.

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Featured Job Listing – WSP – Lead Transportation Planner

January 26, 2025 / / Comments Off on Featured Job Listing – WSP – Lead Transportation Planner

WSP is looking for a Lead Transportation Planner! Click through for the full job announcement.

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Feb. 5 – Webinar Wednesday: Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Great Lakes (CM Pending)

January 16, 2025 / / Comments Off on Feb. 5 – Webinar Wednesday: Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Great Lakes (CM Pending)

Webinar Wednesday: Climate Change Adaptation Planning

February 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Great Lakes

The International Joint Commission (IJC) Water Quality Board (WQB) initiated the Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes project to develop a robust community of practice and provide access to dynamic planning tools designed for local and regional governments to support climate resilience in Great Lakes communities. This project highlights issues primarily through the lens of small to medium-sized communities. There are many municipalities in the region that could benefit from an effort to share tools, networks, and guidance. These communities are faced with a complex situation to analyze, with limited resources for technical assistance, and could use help evaluating factors relating to key decisions about infrastructure investments to counteract and lessen climate change impacts. Accordingly, the WQB believes that this project could provide a great service in addressing and improving these circumstances.

The primary output from this project will consist of climate change adaptation guidance for small to medium-sized communities in the Great Lakes.  The guidance includes an overview of the purpose of the guide and toolkit; tips on how to get the most out of the resource; general steps to prepare for climate resilience; tools and case studies showing how other Great Lakes communities are preparing for resilience; guidance on and links to appropriate technical support and resources; educational resources that communities can use to help garner community and political support; and information on available funding for resilience and adaptation planning.

Potomac-Hudson Engineering, Inc. has been retained as the contractor to support this effort, with Michael Baker International and LimnoTech as teaming partners.

CM credit sustainability/resilience is pending approval. You must attend the webinar live in order to earn CM credit.

Speakers:
Dawn Schilling

**The Pennsylvania Chapter is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speaker(s) you will hear**

Deadline to register is February 4

If you’re interested in sponsoring a Webinar Wednesday session or have a session for Webinar Wednesday please contact us. Send your request to info@planningpa.org.

Please note: You will receive a reminder email a few days before the webinar with zoom information (please check your spam/junk folders). This email will be sent to the email address you used to register for the event.

Register Now

 

Category: CM Credits, Upcoming Events /

Feb. 20: Student-Mentor Mixer!

January 13, 2025 / / Comments Off on Feb. 20: Student-Mentor Mixer!
Please save the date for APA PA Southeast Section’s annual Student-Mentor Mixer Event happening on Thursday, February 20th, 2025, from 6:00-8:00 PM at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design! The event will take place at Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall, located at 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, a few blocks south of the MFL 34th Street Station between Walnut and Spruce Streets. You do not need to be a member of APA PA SE to attend!
The evening will include opportunities for networking and mentoring with refreshments provided. We are seeking planning professionals to act as “Mentors” and share their planning experience and expertise with future planners. Mentors are also encouraged to share information or materials related to potential job/internship opportunities.
We would like to thank our student and faculty volunteers from the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and West Chester University for their assistance in planning this valuable event.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information and how to register/purchase tickets, or contact the Events Committee Co-Chairs Danielle Baer, AICP at dabaer@urbanengineers.com or Lorianne DeFalco, AICP, at ldefalco@Akrf.com.
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DVRPC – Summer Fellowship

January 10, 2025 / / Comments Off on DVRPC – Summer Fellowship

DVRPC has announced summer fellowships in coordination with the University of New Hampshire! Click through for the full announcement.

Category: General /

Volunteer for Future City Philadelphia Competition!

December 12, 2024 / / Comments Off on Volunteer for Future City Philadelphia Competition!

Attention Planners!  The Future City Philadelphia competition is underway.  Who better to volunteer than professional city planners?  This is a great opportunity to introduce middle school students to city planning principles and careers in the industry.

The theme of this year’s competition is Above the Current. The students’ challenge is to design a floating city and provide two innovative examples of how their floating city works and keeps its citizens healthy and safe.

You can volunteer several ways – as a mentor, an essay judge, a presentation judge, a special awards evaluator, a photographer, or general support during the competition.

Student teams are working on their models and essays right now, and the competition is set for January 18 at Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor.  It’s not too late!  Sign up to volunteer at www.futurecityphilly.org/fcvolops.html.  If you have questions, contact Matthew Edmond, APAPASE Secretary, at Matthew.Edmond@montgomerycountypa.gov.

 

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Movie Night Recap

December 8, 2024 / / Comments Off on Movie Night Recap

On December 5th, with assistance from Jeff Doshna and Temple University’s City and Regional Planning program, APAPASE presented 3 rare vintage films by Ed Bacon. The films which were part of Bacon’s book, Design of Cites, and focused on the urban design of American cites as well as Rome and Paris.

Eight Temple grads and WCU students braved the cold to attend and network. An interesting portion of the film was Bacon’s plan for the Gallery in Center City, which is often viewed as an unsuccessful part of his legacy.

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