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Last Chance to Register: Vacant Land Planning in a Land Bank World — 3 CM Credits!

May 24, 2013 / Jeff Barg / Comments Off

: What will a land bank mean for vacant land–and for planners? Credit: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

A land bank is (very likely) coming to Philadelphia. Learn all about what a land bank is and how it will change vacant land planning, and hear it from the people who are creating, implementing and advocating for the new legislation. Everything you need to know about Philadelphia’s land bank—before it happens, from the people who are making it happen.

Speakers include John Carpenter, Jennifer Kates, John Kromer and Karen Black.

This session is a part of the 2013 Greenbuild Challenge.

Click here to register!

Wednesday, May 29, 8:45 am – 12 pm

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

Coming Soon: DVRPC Audio/Web Conferences

May 24, 2013 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

DVRPC’s Municipal Outreach program will be showing two APA audio/web conferences in June 2013, one at Center City District and one at the Montgomery County Planning Commission. If you are interested in attending either one, please register through the links below. Please note: You must attend the event in person; you cannot watch from your desk.

Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning (1.5 CM credits)
Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 3:30-5:30pm (DVRPC presentation from 3:45-4:00pm; APA webinar from 4:00-5:30pm)
Center City District, Philadelphia, PA
Register at: [https://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/]

2013 Planning Law Review (1.5 Law Credits)
Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 3:30pm-5:30pm (DVRPC presentation from 3:45-4:00pm; APA webinar from 4:00-5:30pm)
Montgomery County Planning Commission, Norristown, PA
Register at: [https://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/]

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, DVRPC, events, law, resources, transportation

Reminder: Renewable Energy PDI on May 8! Registration Deadline Is May 6!

April 29, 2013 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Interested in creating a renewable energy ordinance for your community?

Register for the 5/8 PDI: Choosing the Renewable Energy Frameworks that Work for Your Community at http://energyframeworks.eventbrite.com/

Join a panel of local experts who will provide an overview of considerations for developing a renewable energy ordinance for solar, small-wind, and geothermal energy systems in Pennsylvania. An overview of Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (DVRPC’s) Renewable Energy Ordinance Frameworks, which include a menu of permissive and restrictive ordinance language options; accompanied by explanatory guidance on the barriers, benefits and cautions for adopting language will be provided. Additionally, panelists will address the key issues surrounding the regulation of each type of renewable energy system at the municipal level.

This session is a part of the 2013 Greenbuild Challenge

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

8:30 (registration & breakfast)
8:45 to 12 noon (program)

Register by Monday May 6, 2013
$25 for APA-PA members & students, $30 for APA members (not PA Chapter), $35 for nonmembers
3 AICP CM Credits pending approval

At the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), 190 North Independence Mall West – 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520

Webinar option: If you are not able to make it in person, we are working to provide a webinar option at the same price. Simply select “yes” to the “Are you interested in attending this event as a webinar?” question after selecting your ticket price. Webinar log in information will be sent to you by Tuesday May, 7.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, energy, environment and sustainability, events, PDI

Central Section Event: Meeting the Letter and Spirit of the Law – 5.75 CM

April 20, 2013 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Central Section Event: Meeting the Letter and Spirit of the Law: Legal Components of Comprehensive Plans | 5.75 CM

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the legal connection between Comprehensive Plans and the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Matthew J. Creme, Jr., Esq. will cover all of the applicable laws that are noted in Article III, Section 301(a)(6) which require municipalities to plan for the protection of natural and historic resources. Other applicable laws that are required to be followed when completing a municipal, regional or county comprehensive plan will also be covered Community planning documents that impact the development of comprehensive plans and how these plans including recreation plans, sewerage plans, and housing plans can complement each other will also be discussed. In addition, this workshop will discuss the five key components to developing plan content and the process to create a comprehensive plan more likely to be implemented and provoke action and results will be a key topic.

This workshop has been approved for 4.25CM credits and 1.5 Law .

Start: May 2, 2013 8:30 am

End: May 2, 2013 4:15 pm

Organizer: APA PA, Central Section

Venue: Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Community Room

Address: 3899 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17110, United States

Registration fee is $40.00 for APA PA members and $45.00 for non members.

For more information and to register for this workshop, click here>>

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, events, government, multi-municipal planning, resources

May 3: Planning for Livable Communities

April 17, 2013 / Susan Elks / Comments Off

The PA Chapter and Temple University School of Environmental Design are pleased to announce Planning for Livable Communities: Incorporating an Aging Perspective. The one day planning institute will be held May 3, 2013 at the Temple Harrisburg campus. The institute will provide planners, policy makers and other stakeholders with the tools to incorporate an aging perspective in community planning, thereby creating livable communities that support people of all ages. Planners will learn to recognize impediments to the aging population and techniques to avoid and minimize these impediments. The event will address transportation, zoning, development standards, parks and recreation, accessibility, and planning ethics. AICP CM credits are pending approval. Over lunch attendees will be able to review the work of three Temple University Planning Studios that spent the 2013 spring semester focusing on community planning for aging in Lebanon and Montgomery counties. Full registration information and agenda: http://www.ambler.temple.edu/news/planning-institute.htm

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, environment and sustainability, events, resources

Field Trip!: APA Prez in Bethesda

April 9, 2013 / Susan Elks / Comments Off

Vibrant Streets Learning Lab
April 29 & 30, 2013
Bethesda, MD
6 CMs, $325

You can’t learn about what makes a Vibrant Street work in a conference room. From speaker sessions in the Row’s Arts Theater to walking tours to dining in Bethesda’s restaurants and wine bar, this Learning Lab will send you home with an authentic Vibrant Street experience. More importantly, you will return to your community with an ACTION PLAN you have crafted with our Vibrant Streets specialists.

Attendees will learn from presenters about current Vibrant Streets best practices and the future of Vibrant Streets around the world, land banking for retail redevelopment, creating a pop-up gallery space through the ArtPlace program, creating a temporary retail district, how communities can collect data through an app called LocalData, how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more urban and more sustainable places, and how a foundation works with a community and the American Sign Museum to create effective and creative district branding.

Mitchell Silver, AICP and current APA President will be one of the instructors for the Learning Lab.

For full details and to register: http://www.vibrantstreets.com/learninglab/

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, events, public spaces, resources

May 8 PDI: Choosing the Renewable Energy Frameworks that Work for Your Community

April 4, 2013 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Interested in creating a renewable energy ordinance for your community?

Register for the 5/8 PDI: Choosing the Renewable Energy Frameworks that Work for Your Community at http://energyframeworks.eventbrite.com/

This session is a part of the 2013 Greenbuild Challenge

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

8:30 (registration & breakfast)
8:45 to 12 noon (program)

Register by Monday May 6, 2013
$25 for APA-PA members & students, $30 for APA members (not PA Chapter), $35 for nonmembers
3 AICP CM Credits pending approval

At the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), 190 North Independence Mall West – 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, energy, environment and sustainability, events, PDI

April 5: Community Marketplace: Investing in the Delaware Valley’s Downtowns

March 25, 2013 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance (DVSGA) presents “Community Marketplace: Investing in the Delaware Valley’s Downtowns”

Friday, April 5, 2013, 7:45 am to 11:30 am

PECO, Energy Hall, 2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

Private Sector: $40 / Public Sector: $25 / Student: $10

Registration closes Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

Finding the right development properties and partners is a real challenge. The Community Marketplace will highlight 14 transit-oriented communities with redevelopment opportunities. Join builders, developers, investors, realtors, architects, engineers and economic development professionals to learn about these great places and how to leverage the right partnerships for success.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, events, Philadelphia, resources, transit-oriented development

March 14: Improving Connectivity

February 23, 2013 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Registration is now open for the Improving Connectivity and System Function Through Local Planning seminar on March 14th at the Arcadia University King of Prussia Campus. The seminar is hosted by GVF in partnership with Parsons Brinckerhoff and the PA Chapter of the American Planning Association. Two CM credits are available for attending! Costs is only $15. Registration is from 8 to 8:30AM and program is from 8:30 to 10:30AM.

PennDOT’s new handbook on “Improving Connectivity and System Function through Local Planning” provides guidance to municipalities on how to enhance vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian connectivity. This training offers an overview of the handbook and includes strategies to effectively regulate and manage a connected transportation network within a community including a review of connectivity index calculations and model ordinance language.

See attached flyer for more information. You can register here http://tinyurl.com/connectivity-seminar

Download: improving_connectivity_flyer(1)

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

Feb. 13: Fracking and Resource Extraction and Community Planning

February 7, 2013 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

Fracking and Resource Extraction and Community Planning (1.5 CM credits)

Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 3:30PM – 5:30PM

DVRPC, 190 N. Independence Mall West, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tickets are free, but you must reserve a spot at http://dvrpc.ticketleap.com/fracking/

Join DVRPC to view APA’s upcoming national webinar, Fracking and Resource Extraction and Community Planning. As America turns inward to develop energy sources and extract natural resources for local production, communities are facing major issues, including economic, environmental, housing, and social challenges. How are communities planning for this new era of resource extraction and how are they responding to new pressures on local resources? Examine the issue from multiple perspectives and examine innovative solutions.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, environment and sustainability, events, resources

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