Take the Lane 2024: Expanding opportunities for more placemaking in the Right of Way

WHEN

Thursday, May 2, 2024

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

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WHERE

Center for DesignPhiladelphia

WHAT

Placemaking in the Right of Way (ROW) presents unique challenges to communities and placemakers. On May 2, StreetBoxPHL, the Community Design Collaborative (the Collaborative), and other advocates will high-light three new public space proposals, and three new policy proposals that will bring equity and innovation to city streets.

Joining the discussion will be Jesse Blitzstein, the Collaborative’s Economic Development Director, who will discuss three pedestrian plaza and how they illustrate the unique challenges faced with designing public spaces in thd ROW, Alex Gilliam, the Co-Founder TinyWPA, who will demonstrate the importance of pilots in placemaking and describe a vision for a short term pilot permit, Nate Hommel, new DAG Steering Committee member and Director of Planning and Design for the University City District, who will be introducing a permit just for them, and Tya Winn, the Executive Director of the Collaborative, who will articulate the need for a Design Manual, making it easier for communities to steward public spaces in city Streets.

The discussion will be moderated by Ariel Ben-Amos, the StreetBoxPHL Founder.

Light refreshments will be served.

The event is free to attend and we ask you to RSVP so that we can get an approximate head count.

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APA PA SE is excited to host our annual Student Mentor Mixer Event on Thursday, April 11th, 2024, from 6:00-8:00 PM at the University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center! Please join us for an evening of networking and mentoring with hors d’oeuvres and alcohol provided. We are seeking planning professionals to act as “Mentors” and share their planning experience and expertise with future Planners. We would like to thank our student volunteers and sponsorships from the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and West Chester University for their assistance in planning and sponsoring this event.

Note: You do not need to be a member of APA PA SE to attend!

Buy tickets online here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/apapa-se/2024-apapase-student-mentor-mixer

For more information, contact Danielle Baer at dabaer@urbanengineers.com .

Learning & Practicing Effective Public Speaking

(For All Ages and Backgrounds)

Please join the Philadelphia YMF for a presentation on “Public Speaking: Projecting Your Authentic Voice” by Matt Reese. There is no “one way” of public speaking.  This presentation will cover multiple techniques for public speaking and guide attendees to find their own public speaking voice and style. The presentation will be for both virtual and in-person attendees. Following the presentation, there will be in-person hands on activities focused on public speaking. Attendees should prepare a 2-minute elevator pitch on themselves or a topic of their choice. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided. Virtual links will be provided prior to the event.

When: March 28, 2024

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm ETA

Where: Urban Engineers, Inc. (530 Walnut Street, Floor 7, Philadelphia, PA 19160)

Virtual: Presentation Only – Will be Shared Upon Registration

Cost: Virtual – Free

In-Person – $15

RSVP:   HERE

by March 25, 2024

Questions? Please contact Matt Reese (mfreese@urbaneingeers.com).

Back for another year in-person, TransportationCamp PHL is on for March 23, 2024!Whether you work in the industry or simply have an interest, we welcome you physically to our nation’s birthplace at the center of the NEC for a day filled with ideas at the intersection of transportation, technology, and urbanism. As always, the participant-driven TransportationCamp conference series follows the “unconference” format, lending itself to a more pertinent, thought-provoking, and active event.

Organized by passionate Philadelphians in conjunction with the Philadelphia Chapter and Mid-Atlantic Region of Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT), the Philadelphia Chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), and the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University, we look forward to seeing you! Connect with us

Logistics

After pioneering the virtual model for three years in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were able to return in-person last year to the same space we’ve called home since our first event more than five years ago, and are pleased to do so yet again.

Summer 2021 also launched our spin-off “TCPHL Summer Gathering” event, combining urban exploration and an outdoor happy hour, which returned by popular demand for 2022 and 2023. Once again, we’re pleased to announce that will also return later in Summer 2024, so make sure to see us again and reconnect with connections made both in years past and at this year’s in-person conference.

Registration

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2024 Virtual AICP Exam Prep Session

 

Register today at https://tcphl.ticketspice.com/transportationcamp-phl-2024

Whether you work in the industry or simply have an interest, we welcome you physically to our nation’s birthplace at the center of the NEC for a day filled with ideas at the intersection of transportation, technology, and urbanism. As always, the participant-driven TransportationCamp conference series follows the “unconference” format, lending itself to a more pertinent, thought-provoking, and active event.

Organized by passionate Philadelphians in conjunction with the Philadelphia Chapter and Mid-Atlantic Region of Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT), the Philadelphia Chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), and the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University, we look forward to seeing you!

Learn more on on TransportationCamp’s website: http://transportationcamp.org/events/phl2024/

 

RSVP: https://philadelphiacfa.org/event/designphiladelphia-public-launch-party

Dear Members, 

For over a year, the Center for Architecture and Design has convened with APAPASE and other various design associations to discuss and examine Philadelphia’s collective design community. The goal for these gatherings was to discuss the landscape, its challenges and determine how the design community can better serve each other. Throughout all of this, the Center has been working tirelessly on restructuring their organization, creating a more inclusive design organization, with this restructure comes a rebrand. 

The Center for Architecture and Design is now DesignPhiladelphia – designed for everyone by everyone. More than just a name change, a year-round, evergreen DesignPhiladelphia signals an all-in effort to help put the Philadelphia design community on the creative map. Now the Center for Architecture and Design and the annual DesignPhiladelphia festival are united under the master brand of DesignPhiladelphia. Why? To formally unite designers of all disciplines, to bring value to Philadelphia as a whole. More exposure, and more business for our region? That’s a win.

We are thrilled to announce that APAPASE is joining DesignPhiladelphia on this journey as an In-Residence Partner. Partnering with DesignPhiladelphia will allow for easier and more fruitful collaborations with designers across industries. Additionally, this will help expand access and create a design industry that looks more like the people it is serving, leaning on us for our leadership and expertise— inviting us to use DesignPhiladelphia as a crucial hub for convening and impactful, thoughtful conversation. 

This will allow us to do three things: 

1. Cross connect with other designers and associations
2. Help usher in the next generation of design talent by volunteering in K-12 design education programs
3. Have space to host monthly meetings and annual events

This is an exciting time for Philadelphia’s design community, and we are excited for its future. Let’s join DesignPhiladelphia and other In-Residence Partners on Thursday, February 8th for the DesignPhiladelphia Public Launch Party unveiling of the new brand and to help them celebrate the future. RSVP here: https://philadelphiacfa.org/event/designphiladelphia-public-launch-party

Best, 

John Federico, PE, PP, AICP
APAPASE Chair