Planners can earn both their Ethics and Law AICP CM at Design on the Delaware conference October 29 – November 1 in Philadelphia.
The conference, in its 11th year, offers 23 AICP CM accredited programs in addition to the ethics and law courses. Programs cover a range of planning topics including form based zoning, campus planning, Skyplane regulations, SITES rating system, and numerous programs focused on urban and suburban projects. Planners can earn up to 25 AICP CM at the conference.
APAPASE and The Reinvestment Fund are pleased to kick off the 2013-2014 Mentor Program at a mixer held at the TRF office on Thursday, October 24. This will be an opportunity for students and professionals who have been matched as mentees and mentors to meet each other as well as fellow program participants.
Professionals who are interested in learning more about the program and becoming a mentor this year are welcome to attend!
Event Details:
Thursday, October 24, 5:30-7pm
The Reinvestment Fund, 1700 Market Street
Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP required by October 21st: https://2013mentormixer.eventbrite.com/
(Students must be signed up for the 2013-2014 Mentor Program to attend)
A great week for job searching, especially if you’re an urban designer or real estater.
1) Entry-Level Urban Designer (Provisional) – Philadelphia City Planning Commission – Philadelphia
2) Urban Designer/Planner – WRT – Philadelphia
3) Program Associate, Community Planning & Development – Isles, Inc. – Trenton, NJ
4) Strategy & Sustainability Planner – SEPTA – Philadelphia
5) Senior Policy Associate – Philadelphia Works – Philadelphia
6) Analyst – Athenian Razak LLC – Philadelphia
7) Real Estate Associate – Doyle Real Estate Advisors – Philadelphia
8) Programs Director, Philadelphia Office – DREAM – Philadelphia POSITION FILLED!
9) Intern – Garden Justice Legal Initiative/Grounded in Philly – Philadelphia
10) Research Assistant – Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers – Camden, NJ
11) Manager, Policy Communications – Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce – Philadelphia
12) Wetlands Project Coordinator – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – Philadelphia
Full descriptions after the jump!
The 2012 William H. Bates Memorial Award for Outstanding Land Development went to a project in Glenolden Borough titled “Knowles Avenue Pedestrian Tunnel.” The project was completed by Stantec Engineers and nominated by Brian Hoover, Glenolden Borough manager.
The Delaware County Planning Commission is now accepting nominations for the 2013 William H. Bates Award for Outstanding Land Development. These awards, named for the late Chairman of the Delaware County Planning Commission, honor excellence in site planning, development practices, and innovative use of land resources.
The DVRPC Regional Student Forum is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to come together to discuss planning issues, career development, and other topics of interest. The next DVRPC Regional Student Forum will take place on:
Thursday, October 24, 2013
3:00 PM-5:00 P.M.
Philadelphia History Museum
15 South 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Topic: Urban Planning in Philadelphia’s History
The Esri-Philadelphia office has added an extra date, Tuesday October 29th, for our ‘Sharpen Your Skills’ fall seminar in order to provide a location that is convenient for the GIS community in the Philly metro area. The seminar will be held in room 1450 of the Municipal Services Building at 1401 JFK Blvd in Philadelphia. While the event is being hosted by the City of Philadelphia (thanks to OIT and GSG!) it is open to any/all GIS professionals, so please feel free to share this invitation with other friends and colleagues who may be interested. Registration is free, and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please use this EventBrite link to register, and we look forward to seeing you there!
More information on the seminar agenda can be found here, or please email Rachel Weeden(Esri) with any questions.”
The Master Plan for the Central Delaware River waterfront proposed a new vision for Penn’s Landing: a spacious green park, sloping gently towards the river, connecting Chestnut and Walnut Streets from Front Street, over I-95, and across Columbus Blvd.
DRWC is now moving the conceptual plan to the next phase! The design team, led by Hargreaves Associates, is creating a plan for the site that incorporates landscape architecture, urban design, engineering, programming, development, and cost estimates. Join us for a presentation and discussion about the next phase of this exciting project!
Register here.
We received the following note from our friends at DVRPC:
As many of you may have realized, access to data through the U.S. Census Bureau’s web site is not available during the current government shutdown. As an FYI, DVRPC has downloaded much of the 2006-2010 and 2007-2011 American Community Survey data for our nine-county region and for the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, searchable at the links below.
ACS 2007-2011, nine-county region: http://www.dvrpc.org/asp/ACS2011/default.aspx
ACS 2006-2010, nine-county DVRPC region: http://www.dvrpc.org/asp/ACS2010/default.aspx
ACS 2006-2010, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: http://www.dvrpc.org/asp/acs2010pa/default.aspx
If you use American Community Survey (ACS) data in your day-to-day planning work, you might be interested in a new website that was created through a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and Sabre Systems: http://www.acsdatausers.org/. The website is a new American Community Survey Data Users Group. The purpose of the ACS Data Users Group is to improve understanding of the value and utility of ACS data and to promote information sharing among data users about key ACS data issues and applications.
Membership in the group is free and open to all interested ACS data users. The group is led by a Steering Committee comprised of selected external stakeholders representing a broad spectrum of data users with different interests. To facilitate communication among ACS data users, PRB and Sabre Systems will maintain an online community forum, organize webinars and special sessions at professional meetings, and hold an annual ACS Data Users Conference.
