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October 29th: 2025 APAPASE Annual Event, Planning for America250

September 15, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Please join us for APAPASE’s 2025 Annual Event, Planning for America250! Tickets are available here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/apapa-se/planning-for-america-250-2025-apapase-annual-event

The event will take place Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 5:30 – 8 PM at DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

The theme of this year’s annual event is Planning for America250! Come learn how the region is preparing for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (signed just a few blocks away), both in the city and the suburbs. We intend to offer CM credits (stay tuned!).

Confirmed speakers include:

Kathryn Ott Lovell, President & CEO, Philadelphia Visitor Center & PHL250
Michelle Kichline Esq. – Former Chester County Commissioner (2015-2024) and Chair, Chester County 250 Commission Board
MaryAnn Tierney – Chief Officer, Control Center, SEPTA (manages special events planning and operations)
Matthew J. Edmond, AICP, Moderator – Executive Director, Chester County Planning Commission

This is a great opportunity to meet planners, students, and related professionals in the Southeast Section. Admission includes drinks and appetizers.

DesignPhiladelphia is located two blocks north of Market Street, between N. 12th and N. 13th Streets, with easy access to highways and transit.

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.

We want to send a warm thank you to our gracious Sponsors for helping us host this valuable event.

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Oct. 29 – Save the Date – Section Annual Event

August 14, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Please Save the Date for our Annual Event coming up on October 29th, 5:30-8PM at DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107! This is a great opportunity to meet planners, students, and related professionals in the Southeast Section. Admission

includes drinks and appetizers. Stay tuned for information on programming and how to purchase tickets. We hope to make this year’s event as memorable as last year’s!

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Sept. 20: Levittown Bus Tour – Save the Date – Postponed

June 9, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Thank you to those who expressed interest in the Levittown Bus Tour. The tour is being postponed until Spring, but please stay tuned for other learning opportunities this Fall.

Levittown, PA celebrated its 70th anniversary recently and this bus tour provides an overview of its history, warts, and all. Levittown (in all 3 locations) is the prototypical post-World War II American suburb and reflects America in many ways – in its design, discrimination and hostility. Our tour will take us through several of the neighborhoods, including seeing some original homes and some renovated homes (including a TV series makeover house), we will see both the forward-looking designs that Levittown pioneered and its legacy today after 7 decades. We will also highlight how systemic discrimination and racism of federal and local policies and laws played a role in Levittown, and the little-remembered riots after the first Black family moved in.

A model for modern suburbia, a cautionary tale of racism and crowd violence, Levittown remains a living and evolving example of the American suburban landscape. The bus will make stops to see the nearby Delaware Canal, for lunch, and some infrastructure and historic sites, which includes the original mansion.

Interested individuals are strongly encouraged to contact the APAPASE Events Committee Co-Chairs at ldefalco@akrf.com or dabaer@urbanengineers.com to express their interest and reserve a spot by Friday, June 27th. The cost of the tour is anticipated to be approximately $25 per person. The tour leaves from Levittown SEPTA station at 10 AM on 20^th and is anticipated to last approximately 5 hours.

Stay tuned for how to purchase tickets.

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June 18th: Pride Happy Hour

June 5, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

4th Annual Pride in the Built Environment Happy Hour

Writer’s Block Rehab
Wednesday, June 18th
6–9 pm
Free & 21+

Join us on Wednesday, June 18th at 6:00p at Writer’s Block Rehab for our fourth annual Pride happy hour, an event for LGBTQ+ landscape architects, architects, planners, interior designers, and allied professionals in the Philadelphia region.

Come raise a glass with colleagues, friends, and peers as we celebrate Pride Month and the LGBTQIA+ community within the design industry. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, this is a great opportunity to network, unwind, and show your pride in a fun and inclusive environment.

Let’s come together to toast to creativity, inclusivity, and the power of design to shape a more equitable world.

The event is free and open to LGBTQ+ individuals and allies that work in the built environment (bring your friends and colleagues)! Attendees will receive a free drink ticket. The event is 21+ and is sponsored by OLIN, WRT, ASLA PA-DE, AIA Philadelphia, ASID Pennsylvania East, and APA PA Southeast.

For any questions, please reach out to Max at mdickson@theolinstudio.com

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July 10: Section Summer Happy Hour

May 29, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Please join us at Independence Beer Garden (IBG) on July 10th from 5pm-7:30pm for our Summer Happy Hour (cash bar)/Section Council Meeting (weather permitting)!

IBG is located at 100 South Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106 at S. 6th and Market Streets one block west of the MFL 5th Street/Independence Hall station.

This is a great opportunity for planning students and professionals to learn about our Council, the work that we do, and how you can get involved. We also want to hear from you about planning topics and issues that are important to you, or that you’d like to learn more about, including ideas for the theme for our Annual Event, which will take place this Fall (more details to follow).

The meeting will kick off with a toast to the late Terry Robinson, to honor his service as one of our Citizen Planner representatives. Although he was an actuary by trade, he was willing and eager to join in the activities of APA PA and gain a new perspective on the Philadelphia region. He was an enthusiastic tour guide for the orientation tours at the 2023 NPC and he loved attending section social events and contributing his excellent amateur photographer skills. Terry made friends wherever he went, and we hope that you will join us at this event in his memory.

If you have any questions, please contact the APAPASE Events Committee Co-Chairs at ldefalco@akrf.com or dabaer@urbanengineers.com

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June 21: Transportation Camp PHL

May 22, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

The TCPHL24 team is pleased to be hosting our fourth-annual Summer Gathering event on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Initially formed as an extension of our 2021 virtual conference to offer a safe, outdoor in-person experience, the event was such a blast, we’ve been keeping it going as a standalone event… even as we’ve returned to an in-person conference!

As with years past, the event will feature a day of urban exploration with fellow TransportationCamp participants, concluding with a happy hour in the afternoon. What’s it like? Check out photos from 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

The event is open to recent and former attendees of TransportationCamp PHL, other TransportationCamp conferences, APTAtech attendees & affiliates, members of YPT chapters from Philadelphia and beyond, and their friends and family. (Yes, we’re family-friendly, and have had some families join!)

Are you a local or looking to make a long weekend out of it? Our event is designed to help you make the most out of your time in the Philadelphia region… particularly if you’re coming to Philadelphia for the very first time.

We’re ecstatic to be seeing you in-person and hopefully connect with others throughout the region and beyond. Let the summer fun commence!

Tickets are complimentary; there is no charge to participate, although food, transportation, and admission to any activities (e.g. museums, events, sports) are not included.

Registration

Click Here to Get Your Tickets!

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May 7: APA PA – Webinar Wednesday – Vision Zero Delco (1 CM)

April 11, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Vision Zero Delco: An Innovative County Approach to Vision Zero

Developing a Vision Zero Plan for a county that owns no roads and is comprised of 49 municipalities presented many challenges and barriers. Undeterred, Delaware County became the first Pennsylvania County to adopt a Vision Zero Safety Action Plan. It was adopted by resolution on February 19, 2025. This presentation will discuss how the county overcame the barriers and challenges using innovative planning methods and tools to develop an implementable Safety Action Plan that all 49 municipalities could adopt.

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

Speaker(s):
Cathy Spahr

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

Deadline to register is May 6

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

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May 28: Meet Angela Brooks, Philly’s New Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer!

April 7, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

One-on-One with Angela Brooks

May 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Join Design Advocacy Group (DAG) for a special event as we host Angela Brooks, Philadelphia’s new Chief Housing & Urban Development Officer and Immediate Past President of the American Planning Association (APA), for a one-on-one conversation that will touch on issues related to affordable and accessible housing and community development. In this newly-established role in Philadelphia’s administration, Brooks will oversee the implementation of Mayor Parker’s Housing Plan, which aims to achieve the goal of creating and preserving 30,000 units of housing. Leah Eppinger, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Dauphin and President of APA’s Pennsylvania chapter, will moderate the discussion.

This event is a collaboration between DAG and APA Pennsylvania, and will be held at the Center for DesignPhiladelphia, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia PA 19107.

Registration is not required for in-person events, however it is helpful for our planning. Light refreshments will be served.

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April 25: APAPASE Spring Event – Rail Park Tour!

April 7, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Mark your calendars – Friday, April 25^th at 5:00 PM please join APAPASE at our Spring event where we will be offering a tour of the Rail Park! The Rail Park is a former section of the Reading Railroad Viaduct in Philadelphia that has been transformed into an elevated park with walking paths, landscaping, lighting, swinging benches, and expansive city views. The Project Manager for the Rail Park will be leading us through the site and explaining the Planning/Engineering history behind the completed Phase 1 portion as well as the vision for the next phase of the Rail Park. Following the tour (approximately 30 minutes), we plan to convene at Love City Brewing to continue our conversations and network.

Interested in attending? Please email Danielle Baer at dabaer@urbanengineers.com to save your spot. Further details about a specific meeting location and rain plan will be sent as we get closer to the event. This event is free, but we ask that you please consider donating to the Rail Park to assist with the maintenance and upkeep of the space (https://www.therailpark.org/donate/).

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May 13: Smart & Sustainable Mobility Showcase SEPTA & the City of Philadelphia 2025

March 26, 2025 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Tuesday, May 13 · 9am – 3pm EDT

The Navy Yard
4747 South Broad Street #Building 101, Suite 120 Philadelphia, PA 19112

The Québec’s government office in New York, the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA), and the City of Philadelphia, are excited to partner on the Smart and Sustainable Mobility Showcase taking place on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, from 9am to 3pm, on the Marine Parade Grounds. The event is free and open to public and professionals.

More than 20 cutting-edge companies from Québec, Canada will be present at the event, showcasing the latest innovations in transportation and equipment. This event will provide a unique opportunity for participants to connect and network with industry leaders, government officials, and other professionals in the field. Participants can expect to see a variety of vehicles and equipment on display, including battery electric transit buses, electric school buses, electric street sweepers and other innovative solutions designed to reduce emissions and support the Philadelphia region’s climate objectives.

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