Southeast Section Council: 5:30-6:30
Events Committee Meeting to immediately follow: 6:30-7
Thursday, July 11, 2019
5:30pm – 6:30pm
STV, Inc (1818 Market St, Suite 1410)
We will be holding a combined APAPASE Chapter Southeast Section meeting and Events committee meeting on Thursday, July 11: you are welcome to attend both.
July 23, 2019 (2:00-3:30 PM ET)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a training webinar series to build the capacity of 
environmental justice practitioners working at the state level. The fourth webinar on “Application of Environmental Justice to State Environmental Impact Assessment” is now open for registration.
Application of Environmental Justice to State Environmental Impact Assessment
Speakers:
Registration is required. Registered participants will receive details on how to access the webinar when you register. Please share this information with your colleagues and networks.
The first three webinars in this series focused on:
Recording available at: https://youtu.be/1gsI4oIEb0U
Recording available at: https://youtu.be/iz3sc9xSoPg
Additional webinar topics in the 2019 series include:
For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice
For questions about the series, please contact: Charles Lee at lee.charles@epa.gov
| DATE: | Tuesday, June 25, 2019 |
| TIME: | 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Registration check-in 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) |
| LOCATION: | Cheltenham Elementary School 7853 Front Street Cheltenham, PA 19012 |
| Register today to join us next Tuesday for a free event focused on achieving sustainability through partnerships. An organization’s decisions affect not only its operations but the community around it. Making sustainable decisions can help a municipality, school, or any organization be more efficient, act responsibly today, and protect its future. This workshop will help municipalities, schools, and other organizations plan for a sustainable future by highlighting ways to form productive partnerships. A sustainable future manages issues, such as energy strategy, resiliency, environmental protection, local economic development, and health, in a responsible manner.
The workshop will feature a panel of expert speakers from a broad spectrum of organizations who will share their experiences, the challenges they faced, and how they were able to overcome on their way to better operations. The speakers will discuss a variety of topics including energy management strategies and tools, recycling, sustainable procurement, stormwater management design and maintenance, and how to more sustainably design play spaces. This event is being provided as part of Planning Smarter Montco 2019, a Montgomery County initiative offering planning education and outreach, and corresponds to the Sustainable Places theme contained in Montco 2040: A Shared Vision, Montgomery County’s comprehensive plan. Join us as we explore this important topic! |
| 5:30 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. | Welcome Jody Holton, AICP, Executive Director Montgomery County Planning CommissionMontgomery County Commissioners Nicolas Perez Jr., Principal |
| 5:40 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. | Stormwater Operation & Maintenance Jon Lesher, LEED Green Associate Principal Environmental Planner II Montgomery County Planning Commission |
| 5:50 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. | SESSION 1A: Energy Management Session
Building Energy Efficiency Technology Tools |
| 5:50 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. | SESSION 1B: Sustainable Stormwater Management
Cheltenham Elementary School Case Study Stormwater Partnerships & Funding Stormwater Facility Maintenance |
| 6:50 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Break |
| 7:00 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. | SESSION 2A: Sustainable Policies
Rethink Recycling Stormwater Partnerships & Funding Sustainable Procurement & Maintenance |
| 7:00 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. | SESSION 2B: Sustainable Landscaping
The Perspective of Play Installation & Maintenance of |
| 7:40 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
We invite you to join Pennsylvania’s premier planning event of the year – the Pennsylvania Chapter of the 
American Planning Association (PA APA) 2019 Annual Conference. This year’s conference, “Rally Around Reading: Rivers, Rails and Renaissance” takes place October 20 – 22, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Reading in Reading, PA. It promises to be one of PA Chapter’s best conferences.
The PA APA Annual Conference provides a unique and effective opportunity to showcase your work and capabilities to planning professionals and policy makers from across the Commonwealth. It’s also one of the ways to support planning in Pennsylvania by providing valuable networking, education, and development for planners.
The sponsorship page and brochure will allow you to choose the marketing opportunity that best suits your needs. The menu of options is varied – select conference sponsorship, rent prime exhibit space, or advertise in the Conference Announcement and Final Program. All options are first-come-first-serve and we anticipate space will fill quickly. Selecting your commitment level early will help you to get your first choice of placement as a sponsor, exhibitor, or both.
The 111th–meeting of the Information Resources Exchange Group (IREG) is scheduled for:WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 2019 (10 am to 12) at:
DVRPC
The ACP Building, 8th Floor
190 North Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Coffee will be available at 9:45 am.
Lunch will be served following the meeting.
DATE: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Montgomery County Planning Commission (MCPC) and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) will be offering a free webinar to introduce interested municipal officials, design professionals, and citizens to Montgomery County’s proposed Complete Streets policy initiative and to discuss how it may affect local roadway design in communities. MCPC, working 
with a host of public, non-profit, and industry leaders, is developing a Complete Streets policy for county-owned roads, bridges, and facilities. The policy—one of the first of its kind for a county government in Pennsylvania—will direct the county to incorporate Complete Streets principles into its own projects as well as advocate for them when working with partner agencies on their projects, whether public or private.
Complete Streets are streets designed for everyone. They take into account all ages of abilities and provide safe use for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders. The webinar will focus on the elements that will be included in the policy and how the policy will benefit communities. Join us for this interesting topic! An opportunity to comment on the draft policy will be available following the webinar at www.montcopa.org/
*AICP credits pending
American Planning Association Pennsylvania Chapter
Southeast Section Council
Thursday, July 11, 2019
5:30pm – 6:30pm
STV, Inc (1818 Market St, Suite 1410)
June 18, 2019 (1:00 – 2:30 PM EDT)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a training webinar series to build the capacity of environmental justice practitioners working at the state level. The third webinar “Using Comprehensive Area-Wide Planning Approaches to Promote Equitable Development” is now open for registration. Please note that registration is required. When you sign up, you will receive details on how to access the webinar. Please share this information widely with your colleagues and networks.
Happy hour for Planners and related professions: engineers, transit professionals, architects, designers…all are welcome. Happy hour and networking at La Peg followed by short discussion led by Christopher Puchalsky of the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (oTIS) and Chris Dougherty of the Delaware River Waterfront Coalition (DRWC) at Cherry St. Pier.
Details: Happy hour at La Peg can only be applied to items ordered inside, which can be carried outside. Food and beverage also available from food carts outside.
Rain Date: 6/13/19
The median age of transit workers is 51. Research indicates that approximately 50% of the transit industry’s workforce will retire over the next 10 years. Due to this demographic shift, demand for increasingly sophisticated skills, gaps in training, and industry perceptions, the transit industry needs to address these workforce and human capital issues that are critical to the continuing success of the industry.
This workshop will highlight these workforce trends and strive to pinpoint the contributing factors. Learning from a panel of professionals in the transit and workforce development industries, participants will work in groups to think through the problems and uncover solutions to mitigate the challenges of attracting and retaining the next generation of transit workers.
