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Have You Used www.acsdatausers.org Yet?

October 1, 2013 / / Comments Off on Have You Used www.acsdatausers.org Yet?

If you use American Community Survey (ACS) data in your day-to-day planning work, you might be interested in a new website that was created through a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and Sabre Systems: http://www.acsdatausers.org/. The website is a new American Community Survey Data Users Group. The purpose of the ACS Data Users Group is to improve understanding of the value and utility of ACS data and to promote information sharing among data users about key ACS data issues and applications.

Membership in the group is free and open to all interested ACS data users. The group is led by a Steering Committee comprised of selected external stakeholders representing a broad spectrum of data users with different interests. To facilitate communication among ACS data users, PRB and Sabre Systems will maintain an online community forum, organize webinars and special sessions at professional meetings, and hold an annual ACS Data Users Conference.

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Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

September 18, 2013 / / Comments Off on Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

 

 

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A couple of looming deadlines this week, so hurry up and get a job!

1) Community Planner – URS Corporation – Philadelphia

2) Program Director – The Trust for Public Land – Philadelphia

3) Development Associate – RPM – Camden, NJ

4) Community Planner – Lancaster County Planning Commission – Lancaster, PA

5) Senior Community Planner – Lancaster County Planning Commission – Lancaster, PA

6) Outreach and Engagement Director – Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) – Harrisburg, PA

7) Garden Educator and Events Coordinator – Camden Children’s Garden – Camden, NJ

8) Corridor Planning / Transportation Engineer Intern – Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission – Philadelphia

9) Architect – Cope Linder Architects – Philadelphia

10) Watershed Outreach and Education Manager – Camden City Garden Club, Inc. – Camden, NJ

11) Development Associate – Camden Children’s Garden/Camden City Garden Club – Camden, NJ

12) GIS Interns – Philadelphia City Council – Philadelphia

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Looking for Mentors for Planning Students

September 18, 2013 / / Comments Off on Looking for Mentors for Planning Students

For the sixth year, the American Planning Association of Southeast Pennsylvania (APAPA-SE) is launching a mentor program for professionals in the planning field and local city planning graduate students. The program will include students from the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. This program has helped students learn about the array of planning jobs, day to day work responsibilities, and advice for navigating the job search.

If you are interested in signing up to be a mentor, please fill out this form and email your resume to planningmentorpa@gmail.com by Sunday, September 22.

Mentors agree to be available 2-3 times throughout the year to meet with students on an informal basis and will have the opportunity to meet with mentees at events sponsored by the APAPASE. You do not have to be a member of APAPASE to be a mentor in the program and the specifics of meetings with your mentee are up to you.

Please contact Tali Cantor or Jeannette Brugger at planningmentorpa@gmail.com with any questions.

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Give PennDOT a Piece of Your Mind

September 8, 2013 / / Comments Off on Give PennDOT a Piece of Your Mind

Following is a press release announcing the website for  PennDOT’s new public input process for the State Transportation Commission on the Twelve Year Transportation Program.

http://www.talkpatransportation.com/

Click on the “Take Our Survey/Tell us what you think” icon where you can participate in a survey to prioritize your transportation concerns and identify transportation needs/locations using a web mapping application.  Feedback can be provided through October 7th.
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Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

September 1, 2013 / / Comments Off on Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

 

 
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Check out new jobs for September!

1) Research Assistant – Cross County Connection Transportation Management Association – Marlton, NJ

2) Sustainability Coordinator – People’s Emergency Center CDC – Philadelphia

3) Infrastructure Blogger – Next City – anywhere (but based in Philadelphia)

4) Planner – City of Dover – Dover, DE

5) Project Assistant (AmeriCorps) – Community Design Collaborative – Philadelphia

6) Deputy Director – Protecting Our Waters – Philadelphia

7) Intern – The Northeast Corridor Commission – Philadelphia

Full descriptions after the jump!

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Sept. 24: Come Join the APAPA-SE Events Committee

August 24, 2013 / / Comments Off on Sept. 24: Come Join the APAPA-SE Events Committee

Interested in helping to plan planning events? Join us on the phone or in person at DVRPC for the Events Committee Meeting at 5:30 on September 24! We also welcome your suggestions even if you aren’t able to attend.

Register at https://apapaseeventsq3.eventbrite.com/

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Crowdsourcing for Public Input

August 13, 2013 / / Comments Off on Crowdsourcing for Public Input
opensourceway via flickr

opensourceway via flickr

Have you ever been frustrated by the limitations on electronic surveys? After spending hours creating neutral questions and creating the universe of potential solutions, you find that people keep selecting the “other” box with something you accidentally left off.

One possible solution is looking at crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing, not to be confused with crowdsurfing, is a means allows users to create and vote on each others’ answers to questions or problems. Instead of the surveyor populating the survey, the users are able to come up with, vote on, and discuss their own answers. Users can vote up or down answers that they feel are relevant or irrelevant. In the end, the planner as moderator can get an idea of the most popular ideas as well as potentially new ideas. The user oriented nature can also encourage users to share the survey with their friends providing input from wider groups than your initial contacts.

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Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

August 13, 2013 / / Comments Off on Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

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Just because it’s the dog days of summer doesn’t mean there aren’t still new jobs to be had.

1) Outreach and Volunteerism Manager – Natural Lands Trust – Media, PA
2) FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Fellowship – Please Touch Museum – Philadelphia
3) Part-Time Data Analyst – CamConnect – Camden, NJ 4) Marketing Assistant – Econsult – Philadelphia
5) Business Development Manager – Veolia Energy – Philadelphia
6) Housing Expert – Bekiempis and Associates LLC – Bangor, PA
7) Intern, Citizens Planning Institute – Philadelphia City Planning Commission – Philadelphia 8) Student Positions – Philadelphia Global Water Initiative – Philadelphia
9) Intern, Capacity Building, Community Impact – United Way of Greater Philadelphia – Philadelphia
10) Mapping Project and Development Intern – Asian Arts Initiative – Philadelphia
11) Community Organizer and Strategic Initiatives Manager – John Bartram Association – Philadelphia
12) Watershed Education Manager – Camden Children’s Garden – Camden, NJ

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Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

July 23, 2013 / / Comments Off on Now Hiring: This Week’s Job Postings

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Some outside-of-the-box listings this week. Check ’em out!

1) Grant Writer – Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County – Wilmington, DE

2) Executive Director – Pennsylvania Prison Society – Philadelphia

3) Research and Analysis Manager – Pennsylvania Horticultural Society – Philadelphia

4) Director of Lending and Training – Women’s Opportunities Resource Center – Philadelphia

5) Associate Director of RSVP – Klein JCC – Philadelphia

6) JOIN Program Manager – Job Opportunity Investment Network – Philadelphia

7) Community Organizer – Women’s Community Revitalization Project – Philadelphia

8) Social Service Coordinator – Better Tomorrows – Philadelphia

9) Part-Time Data Analyst – CamConnect – Camden, NJ

10) Part-Time Landscape Designer Position – Groundswell Design Group – Hopewell, NJ

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Aug. 7: Emerging Professionals Committee Meeting

July 22, 2013 / / Comments Off on Aug. 7: Emerging Professionals Committee Meeting

The APAPASE Emerging Professionals Committee will be meeting to plan upcoming events on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 5:30pm at Smokin Betty’s (116 S 11th St). The restaurant is located 1.5 blocks from the 11th Street stop on the Market-Frankford El, as well as several bus lines on Market Street, Chestnut Street, and Walnut Street. If you have ideas for future events or are interested in helping to organize planning-related tours, workshops, and happy hours, we’d love to meet you! If you are interested in attending, please RSVP via this link so we know how big of a table to secure: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7564953981

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