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July 17 – AIA Philadelphia – Resources to Promote Active Design for Healthy Communities

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Date: July 17, 2018
Time: 8 – 10 AM
Location:
Center / Architecture + Design
1218 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19107-2816
Registration: Registration is required – register HERE
Event Cost: FREE

Event Overview

Join the AIA’s Active Design/Healthy Communities Committee for part two of our three-part series on Health and Design.** January’s State of the City event (Part One) gave an overview of health trends and disparities citywide and an insider peak into the design process for the new South Philadelphia Community Health Literacy Center. Part Two dives deeper into inventorying Philadelphia’s tapped and untapped resources for equitable active design, and how to address neighborhood-specific priorities for health.

Part Three (TBD -Fall 2018) will continue to explore Philadelphia’s priorities for equitable active design with an emphasis on action.

The Active Design/Healthy Communities Committee Mission:

The design of buildings, sites and communities have a profound effect on the health and well-being of the occupants and users of such spaces. The mission of the Active Design/Healthy Communities Committee is to provide AIA Philadelphia members, associated professionals, policy-makers and the general public a forum for education and advocacy on design strategies that improve health equity. The Committee will fulfill its mission through collaboratively developing Philadelphia-specific content, tools and opportunities for action with programs, conferences, exhibits and other materials, and by connecting participants with other organizations and experts in the field.

**Note: you do not need to have attended part one to join us for part two!

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July – Upcoming Webcasts for AICP CM Credits

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All webcasts are at 1 p.m. ET and are approved for 1.5 AICP CM credits

July 6
South Carolina Chapter
Planning & Zoning Tools for Preserving Historic Communities
Speakers: Andrea Harris-Long, AICP and Andrea N. Pietras, AICP

Charleston County sits in the heart of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, a federally designated National Heritage Area comprised of communities of Gullah Geechee people, stretching from North Carolina to Florida. In the unincorporated areas of the County, African Americans established communities after Reconstruction and have maintained a distinct community character that, in recent years, has been threatened by development pressures and population growth. This session will share how the County Planning Department has coupled historic preservation efforts with planning and zoning principles to protect these unique cultural landscapes and encourage the communities to thrive for years to come.

July 13
Pennsylvania Chapter
Integrating Green Infrastructure into Pittsburgh’s Urban Fabric
Speakers: Christine Mondor, AIA and Megan Zeigler, MLA

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority recently completed a comprehensive Sewershed Urban Design Study to integrate high performing green infrastructure into the city’s urban design and planning efforts. The sewershed plans identify key elements in creating networked GI systems and demonstrates how these infrastructure improvements leverage additional neighborhood benefits. The presentation focuses on how networked or shed-based systems for rainwater management marry engineering, data-driven decision-making tools to create landscapes, urban places, and projects in a replicable way.

July 20
Transportation Planning Division
Publication Spotlight: The 2018 State of Transportation Planning
Speakers: David Heller, Karina Macias, David Somers, Tim Storer, and Nathan Hicks

This webinar will highlight The APA Transportation Planning Division’s most-recent publication: The 2018 State of Transportation Planning. The State of Transportation Planning is a bi-annual report that focuses on current topics in the transportation planning field; the 2018 report focuses on subjects such as: uncertainty in the future of transportation planning, autonomous vehicles and emerging technology, innovation in data collection and analysis, and urban mobility and livability. In this webinar, a select group of contributing authors will share their articles and discuss major takeaways as well as any updates since the publication. Articles to be covered: “Planning for Autonomous Vehicles: Distilling Reality from Fantasy”; “How LA is Using Technology to Deliver Urban Mobility”; “Transportation Agencies Adopt a Scenario Planning Approach for the Uncertain Road Ahead”; and “Advances in Automated Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting”.

July 27
Women and Planning Division
Women in Planning: Emerging Leaders
Speakers: Corrin Hoegen Wendell, AICP, Dena Farsad, Yemeserach Taddele, Andrea Clark, and Carrie Sauer

Planners just starting out are already making a significant impact to the way we as planners think about tough and intriguing issues in the planning field. Join the APA Women and Planning Division for an exciting and inspiring discussion focused on highlighting division student members from various planning programs from across the country and internationally! A panel of top female recent graduates in their early career will discuss a wide range of important topics including their in-depth research and thesis capstones focused on topics such as equitable and sustainable communities, infrastructure and mobility constraints, environmental issues, and transportation barriers, as well as share their own experiences and stories. See how each has found interesting ways to make their mark on the planning profession. This moderated panel will allow the audience to participate in these planning topics through the use of live polling technology and interactive questions.

Click on the title links to register. You can see the current listing of all webcasts at www.ohioplanning.org/planningwebcast.

CM credits can be claimed by looking up the sponsoring Chapter or Division as provider

Distance Education – These two recorded webcasts from 2017 have been selected for AICP CM DE credit for viewing anytime during the 2018 calendar year.
Law: Images, Creative Commons and Copyright – Urban Design and Preservation Division. Event #9127635
Ethics: Queer and the Conversation: The Ethics of Inclusion – LGBTQ and Planning Division. Event #9138341
Remember that the event numbers for DE credits are different from those for the live sessions.

Category: Education, Upcoming Events / Tags: AICP, certification maintenance, CM

July 16 – Rail Park Talk and Tour

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Rail Park Talk and Tour

Mon, July 16, 2018, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

$10.00 (includes light refreshments)

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rail-park-talk-and-tour-tickets-47517519179

Meet at: STUDIO | BRYAN HANES, 340 N. 12th Street, Suite 415, Philadelphia, PA 19107

The first phase of Philadelphia’s Rail Park is complete—filled with pathways, greenery, and bench swings with amazing city views! Join planners, designers, urbanites, and lovers of parks on Monday, July 16th as APAPASE checks out Philadelphia’s newest amenity. Come hear brief remarks from park designer Studio Bryan Hanes, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC), and Friends of the Rail Park. You’ll hear about how the first quarter mile of park was designed, how the park relates to the surrounding neighborhood, and the vision for revitalizing three miles of unused rail lines into a usable, beautiful, public space for all.

5:30 – 6:00 PM: Networking and Light Refreshments
6:00 – 6:30 PM: Three speakers (10 mins each)
6:30 – 7:00 PM: Question and Answers
7:00 – 7:30 PM: Brief Tour of Park

The Park will be open until 10:00 PM after the event–feel free to hang out after the official part of the event is over.

Category: Education, Upcoming Events /

July 12 – Southeast Section Council Meeting

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Thu, July 12, 5:30pm – 6:30pm

STV Incorporated, 1818 Market, Suite 1410 Philadelphia, PA 19103

APA PA Southeast Section Council meeting (held the second Thursday of every other month)

Calling in? Please use the following: Toll free: 1-866-499-7054 Conference code: 735 289 0020

Please direct any agenda topics and/or questions to secretary@apapase.org.

Category: Committees, Upcoming Events /

Oct. 14 – 16: Save the Date and Sponsor APA PA Erie 2018

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Summer is just starting, but October is around the corner! It isn’t too early to start planning for the PA Chapter conference in Erie from October 14-16. There is still time to sponsor Pennsylvania’s premier planning event. The conference’s exciting keynote and plenary speakers have been announced. Also, pricing is available for the conference, so don’t delay in budgeting and reserving your hotel room.

We also know this is a long trip for our members in the Southeast Section. In fact, it is as far from Philadelphia as you can get in Pennsylvania. But that also makes it a unique destination for our members that can help us bring new perspectives to our part of the Commonwealth.

We want to assist members in attending the conference. In 2013, we organized and subsidized a vanpool that built long term bonds between members, described on our website. In 2017, we used an online sharing app to encourage carpooling. We are looking to continue that effort for this conference, so please sign up to join or lead a carpool.

How can we best help our members get to Erie in 2018? If you have ideas or would like to help plan the trip, please email events@apapase.org.

Category: Featured, Upcoming Events /

July 10 – Game Night! YPT & APA Present: Cards Against Urbanity

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Game Night! YPT & APA Present: Cards Against Urbanity

Join the Philadelphia Chapter of Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT) and the American Planning Association Pennsylvania Chapter Southeast Section (APAPASE) for Game Night on July 10th from 5:30 PM-8:30 PM. We’ll be at Field House playing Cards Against Urbanity – the irreverent card game for anyone who’s interested in cities, transportation, and fun! (If you want to see the types of cards you might come across, click here for Cardsplanations.)

Tickets are $8 in advance; $11 at the door. Your first drink is included in your admission fee–after that, it’s cash bar. We are looking forward to you joining us!

To purchase tickets in advance and register to attend, check out the Eventbrite page!

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June 20 Bike Montco Event – Be One of the First to View the New Bike Montco Plan!

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REGISTER TODAY!

Bike Montco — Building a Bike-Friendly Montgomery County

Be one of the first to view the draft Bike Montco plan, Montgomery County’s new bicycle mobility plan! This plan represents a new approach to bicycle planning in the Philadelphia region. It can be used as a tool to make your community safer and more attractive to bicyclists. During this free seminar, several speakers will share the content of the plan and topics including building safer on-road bicycle infrastructure, linking to the county’s trail network, and the role the county can play in providing bicyclist safety education and encouragement strategies for new riders. Attendees also will have an opportunity to take a brief tour of Morris Road, one of the study areas in the plan, and to hear about the plan’s recommendations to improve bicycle safety at the community college. This seminar is intended for municipal staff, transportation professionals, planners, and school districts, but everyone is welcome! AICP credits – CM | 1.75. Click here to register.

This event is being provided as part of Planning Smarter Montco 2018, a Montgomery County initiative offering planning education and outreach, and corresponds to the Connected Communities theme contained in Montco 2040: A Shared Vision,Montgomery County’s nationally awarded comprehensive plan.

*Montgomery County Community College is not affiliated with the event, and the college should not be contacted regarding the program.

DATE:	Wednesday, June 20, 2018
LOCATION:	Advanced Technology Center Room 101 Montgomery County Community College* 340 DeKalb Pike Blue Bell, PA 19422
TIME:	2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Registration check-in 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

PROGRAM

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Registration
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.	Welcoming Remarks Valerie A. Arkoosh, MD, MPH, Chair Montgomery County Commissioners
2:10 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.	*Montco 2040: A Shared Vision* — The Importance of Bicycle Planning Jody L. Holton, AICP, Executive Director Montgomery County Planning Commission
2:20 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.	Bicycle Level of Stress Tool — DVRPC’s New Online Application for Understanding Our Roads Sarah Moran, AICP, Transportation Planner Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
2:50 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.	Draft Bike Montco Plan — The New Bicycle Mobility Plan for Montgomery County Matthew Edmond, AICP, Section Chief: Transportation Planning Montgomery County Planning Commission
3:25 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks — Moving Forward Together Scott Brown, Chair Bike Montco Steering Committee
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Field Visit — Morris Road Randy Waltermyer, AICP, Planning and Municipal Services Leader Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.

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June 26 – The Divided City Book Event with Alan Mallach and Jake Blumgart

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The Divided City Book Event with Alan Mallach and Jake Blumgart

Join PACDC and WHYY’s PlanPhilly on the evening of Tuesday, June 26^th for a conversation between Alan Mallach, the author of the new book The Divided City, and Jake Blumgart of PlanPhilly, on how cities like Philadelphia can and must chart a path forward toward inclusion and opportunity.

Tickets are available for free, but you must RSVP here in advance.

When? Tuesday, June 26th from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Where? Pipeline Philly, The Graham Building at Dilworth Park, 30 South 15th Street, 15th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102

This book event, co-sponsored by WHYY’s PlanPhilly and the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), opens PACDC’s Forward Equitable Development Conference to be held the following day, Wednesday, June 27th.

About The Divided City
In The Divided City, Mallach tells the real story of both the revival and the growing inequality in America’s older industrial cities, and examines whether, as they continue to grow, they can again become the places of hope and opportunity they once were. Combining big-picture analysis and research with the nitty-gritty reality of these cities drawn from author’s years of working in and studying them, Alan Mallach—a leading authority on economics and urban revitalization—offers an essential contribution to our understanding of American cities like Philadelphia.

Mallach looks practically at how we can make inclusion and opportunity a reality, and makes concrete recommendations in The Divided City on topics ranging from job creation and education to affordable housing and improving the quality of life in high-poverty areas.

Copies of The Divided City will be available for purchase at the event from Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books, a locally owned, independent bookstore in Germantown. You can learn more about the book from Island Press here.

Special thanks to Pipeline Philly for hosting the event.

About PlanPhilly

PlanPhilly is a project of WHYY News providing in-depth, original reporting on Philadelphia’s neighborhoods with a focus on urban design and planning, transportation, and development. Listen to PlanPhilly’s stories on WHYY 90.9 FM in Philadelphia and read them online.

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June 16: Join Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) Meetup and Upper Darby Tour

May 30, 2018 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) is invites you to join our monthly meet up at Inka Wall Peruvian Restaurant (55 Garrett Road, Upper Darby, PA 19082) at 12 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2018 to see Peru play Denmark in the World Cup! The match starts at noon and afterward we will do a tour of Upper Darby. Not interested in watching soccer? Come for drinks and food specials, or join at about 1:45 for the end of the match and the tour. We’ll be checking out some noteworthy Art Deco details in this vibrant community with a vision for the future. Getting there by SEPTA couldn’t be easier as it is only a short walk from 69th Street Terminal!

Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/173114313378187/

Meetup Event – https://www.meetup.com/Queer-Urbanist-Exchange/events/251231621/