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RSVP Today! 2015 APAPA-SE Annual Event: Wed. Oct. 28, at 6:30pm

October 11, 2015 / Angie_Dixon / Comments Off

Please join fellow planners in the Southeast Section of the APAPA at our 2015 Annual Event! For this year’s event, we are inviting you to check out Mural Arts’ Open Source, a citywide celebration of art and innovation! This experiential and educational program created a new series of public artworks that explore and illuminate Philadelphia’s diverse urban identity, and encouraged artists to engage in community-centered explorations, addressing a variety of topics, including immigration, recycling, mass incarceration, the environment, community reinvestment, and displacement—all of which inform Mural Arts’ long-term artistic and social practice.

Location: Mural Arts Open Source HUB, 30 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, events, Philadelphia, resources

Oct. 28-30: Design on the Delaware

October 8, 2015 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

The Design on the Delaware conference features 20 AICP CM approved programs offering 33 credits, and 1.5 law and 1.5 ethics credits. Courses include Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review Process Update; Bartram’s Mile – Revitalizing the Lower Schuylkill Waterfront; Communities Create, Build Their Futures; The Impact of Health in Planning: Creating the Environment for Healthy Living; Infrastructure Impediments to Smart Growth Projects; and the tours From Plan to Reality: Green2015 Coming to Life and Urban Land Trusts as Tools for Fighting Vacancy.

APA members from any chapter are entitled to the discounted member registration. New this year, single session a la carte pricing is available. You can register for an individual course(s) ($35 – $50), for a full day ($200), or two days ($275). October 30 programs and tours are individually priced. Early registration pricing (above) ends midnight October 11. Go to www.designonthedelaware.com for conference details and registration.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, Design on the Delaware, events, Philadelphia, resources

Nov. 5: Can the Suburbs Compete for Millennials?

October 8, 2015 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Can the Suburbs Compete for Millennials?
A presentation and expert panel with
Maureen McAvey, Kevin Gillen, Eric Goldstein, and Tony Maras.

Millennials are driving new housing and commercial activity in big cities. Twenty somethings want density, walkability, mixed uses, and transit. So far, Millennials aren’t enthusiastic homeowners or car owners. Given this, can the suburbs really compete for the biggest generation yet?

To crack this riddle, we have a top panel of experts:

Maureen McAvey, Senior Resident Fellow at Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C. (Keynote Speaker)
Kevin Gillen, Chief Economist, Meyers Research
Eric Goldstein, Exec. Dir., King of Prussia BID
Tony Maras, Area President, K. Hovnanian Homes

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: events, resources

Nov. 12: Healthy Communities Task Force Meeting

October 5, 2015 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

DVRPC’s Healthy Communities Task Force meeting will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2015 from 10am to 12pm. This meeting will focus on equity and active transportation with presentations on the state of active transportation and equity, how complete streets policies affect different communities, and what Philadelphia’s bike share program, Indego, has done to be more inclusive.

Healthy Communities Task Force Meeting

Thursday, November 12^th

Coffee and Tea available at 9:30am

Meeting starts at 10am

Lunch served after meeting

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: DVRPC, events, Philadelphia, resources, transportation

Oct. 9: The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

October 5, 2015 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

Regional Community and Economic Development Forum

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

Friday, October 9^th

Coffee and networking begins at 8:00am

Meeting begins at 8:30am

Adjournment at 10:30 a.m.

DVRPC’s Regional Community and Economic Development Forum (RCEDF) will meet next Friday, October 9^th at DVRPC to discuss the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The meeting will begin with a program overview and, with its authorizing legislation set to expire on September 30^th, a discussion of what the future holds for it. The overview will be followed by a discussion of how EB-5 has been used to fund various projects in Greater Philadelphia. Attached is the agenda – if you have not already done so, please RSVP by emailing RCEDF_RSVP@dvrpc.org no later than Wednesday, October 7^th if you are planning to attend. There is no charge for this event.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: DVRPC, events, resources

Oct. 8 and 12: Art of Active Play

October 5, 2015 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Art of Active Play – Healthy Play Panel
October 8th, 2015, 6pm-8pm

Smith Memorial Playground, 3500 Reservoir Drive
Join the Community Design Collaborative and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health/Get Healthy Philly to talk about play!

We’ll discuss the impact of play on childhood learning and health, and play’s surprising role in creating a great city. Register.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: events, Philadelphia, resources

WTS Philadelphia Scholarship Applications Due Oct. 17

October 1, 2015 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

Each year, WTS Philadelphia awards scholarships to women who are pursuing careers in transportation through high school, junior college/trade school, undergraduate, and graduate degree programs.

To be considered, applications must be received by Saturday, October 17, 2015 by 11:59pm.

For more details and applications, please click here.

For scholarship questions, please contact Jenna at joskowitz@hntb.com.

Category: General / Tags: Philadelphia, resources, transportation

Future City Philadelphia – Mentors and Volunteers Needed

September 30, 2015 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

It’s that time of year again. Hopefully everyone had a great summer. I can’t believe it’s over! The school year is off to a great start. To date 43 schools have signed up and have started designing their cities of the future.

Our greatest need at this stage of the competition is for mentors. Each school is assigned a mentor to work with the students and share their real world experiences to help them develop their future city. Just 1 or 2 hours a week can make a big difference in how students approach their project and how they start to address it. The following is a the current list of schools that need mentors:

Category: Education / Tags: mentoring, resources, students

Oct. 14: Gentrification Webinar

September 30, 2015 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Bridging the Gap: Research and Practice on Gentrification and Equitable Development in Philadelphia

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

12:00 noon–1:00 p.m. EST

Join us for a webinar during which we will discuss gentrification, residential displacement, and strategies for equitable development in Philadelphia. The webinar will feature findings from new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Gentrification and Residential Mobility in Philadelphia, which examines the relationships between gentrification and both mobility patterns and financial health among residents in Philadelphia. This research also focuses on which neighborhoods in Philadelphia are gentrifying, who is moving into and out of gentrifying neighborhoods, and the experiences of vulnerable residents in those neighborhoods.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: events, Philadelphia, redevelopment and revitalization, resources

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