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Join QUE on Wed. August 23 at SkyGarten!

Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) is invites you to join our monthly meet up at the SkyGarten on the 51st floor of Three Logan Circle, 1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (http://skygarten.com/) at 5:30 pm. It is a chance to network with built environment professionals and enthusiasts at different locations around the city.

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July 13: APAPA-Southeast Section Council Meeting – All Are Welcome

APA PA Southeast Section Council meeting
Thursday, July 13th
5pm
McCormick Taylor: 2001 Market Street, 10th Floor
 
Calling in?  Please use the following:
Toll free:  1-866-499-7054 
Conference code: 735 289 0020

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Healthy Community Design Survey Open

Want to help encourage healthy community design in Pennsylvania?

This quick (10 min) survey lets APA Pennsylvania’s Healthy Communities in PA task force know your healthy community design priorities to help identify resources for Pennsylvania’s communities. If you are involved with a program or project related to healthy community design, including it in this survey can help you advertise your program as a resource to other Pennsylvania communities.

Let them know what you think at bit.ly/HealthyComPA!

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PHS and PHL Launch Airport Landscape Design Competition

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) are hosting a design competition to create an “Image Maker” landscape at the Airport. The competition is an opportunity to demonstrate Philadelphia’s position as America’s Garden Capital and create a welcoming image for the Greater Philadelphia region.

The goals of the project are to create an iconic PHL landscape, enhance the environmental sustainability of the Airport landscape, and provide a customer-friendly arrival and departure experience. The focus areas are all landscapes visible to the traveler going to or from the Airport – a scope of approximately 130 acres visible from motor vehicles or from an airplane. The new design will replace the current landscape that features large areas that are both planted and naturalized.

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Funding Opportunity: Delaware Watershed Research Fund

The Delaware Watershed Research Fund (DWRF) is an opportunity for research funding intended to complement the broader watershed protection work of the William Penn Foundation.  A total of $5 million is designated for the Delaware Watershed Research Fund to build on the goals of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI), a program working to ensure water quality in the Delaware Basin through restoration, protection, and monitoring of watersheds.
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June 20 Tour of the Mazzoni Center

Join us for a chance to take a tour of the new Mazzoni Center!  Mazzoni staff have been talking excitedly for months about how this space will make their work with patients much easier.  Come and see how they have designed the space to do just that. Come to see the new features, including expanded medical space and a “town hall” community room. There is more on the features of the new space at http://www.mazzonicenter.org/mazzoni-moving-may-24th-2017.

NOTE PLEASE REGISTER AT https://quemazzoni.eventbrite.com. The tour is on June 20 at 6pm.

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May 11: APAPA-Southeast Section Council Meeting

American Planning Association Pennsylvania Chapter Southeast Section Council

Thursday, May 11, 2017
5pm – 6:30pm
McCormick Taylor (2001 Market St, 10th Floor)

Calling in?  Please use the following:
Toll free:  1-866-499-7054 
Conference code: 735 289 0020
 
all members welcome

Join QUE on Monday, May 15 and June 20!

Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) is invites you to join our monthly meet ups.

  • Monday, May 15, 5:30 at Cira Green on 30th Street between Chestnut and Walnut (http://www.ciragreen.com/#location). Feel free, but not required, to bring picnic items to share. In case of inclement conditions, we will meet at World Cafe Live at 3025 Walnut Street. The event is listed on Facebook and Meetup.
  • Tuesday, June 20 at 6pm we will be doing an architectural tour of the new Mazzoni Center at 1328-1338 Bainbridge Street (at Broad Street) Philadelphia, PA 19107. For this tour, we suggest registering on Eventbrite as well as Facebook and Meetup to get an appropriate count.

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Planning Commission Assistant Director Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Chester County Planning Commission Assistant Director David Ward has always appreciated the uniqueness of communities. That passion started when he was young.

 

That’s why it’s fitting that he has worked for the Planning Commission — an organization that assists communities with future growth and preservation — for four decades. He celebrated his 40th anniversary with the agency on April 4. 

 

“Around the state and region, David is not only known as a great planner and leader of the profession, he’s also known as Mr. Chester County,” said Planning Commission Executive Director Brian O’Leary. “When people think of the Chester County Planning Commission, they think of David and his leadership on a wide range of planning issues during his 40 years at the agency.”

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