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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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!
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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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.
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
Full descriptions after the jump!
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
Full descriptions after the jump!
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
The PA Chapter of APA is pleased to announce two Professional Development Awards: Jerry S Walls, FAICP Planning Professional Development Award and Irving Hard, FAICP Excellence in Planning Professional Development Award. These awards can be used to cover a range of professional development activities, including graduate or undergraduate planning-related classes, in-depth training on planning-related topics such as but not limited to charrettes and mediation, planning-related workshops such as those offered through APA’s Planners Training Service, or other training relevant to the professional development.
Please review application requirements here. The deadline to complete your application is August 30, 2013.
Jobs, jobs, all for you!
1) VP for Administration/Chief Operating Officer – People’s Emergency Center – Philadelphia
2) Real Estate Project Manager – Isles, Inc – Trenton, NJ
3) P/T Event Coordinator – Main Street Highland Park – Highland Park, NJ
4) Operations Manager Fixed Route – York Adams Transportation Authority – York, PA
5) Technical Services Specialist – Chester County Planning Commission – West Chester, PA
6) Director of Operations – Norris Square Civic Association – Philadelphia
Full descriptions after the jump!
Interested in creating a renewable energy ordinance for your community?
Register for the 7/18 PDI: Choosing the Renewable Energy Frameworks that Work for Your Community
APA PA SE PDI: Choosing the Renewable Energy Frameworks that Work for Your Community
Register at http://energyframeworks.eventbrite.com/
Join a panel of local experts who will provide an overview of considerations for developing a renewable energy ordinance for solar, small-wind, and geothermal energy systems in Pennsylvania. An overview of Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (DVRPC’s) Renewable Energy Ordinance Frameworks, which include a menu of permissive and restrictive ordinance language options; accompanied by explanatory guidance on the barriers, benefits and cautions for adopting language will be provided. Additionally, panelists will address the key issues surrounding the regulation of each type of renewable energy system at the municipal level.
This session is a part of the 2013 Greenbuild Challenge.
