The APAPASE Emerging Professionals Committee will be meeting to plan upcoming events on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 5:30pm at Smokin Betty’s (116 S 11th St). The restaurant is located 1.5 blocks from the 11th Street stop on the Market-Frankford El, as well as several bus lines on Market Street, Chestnut Street, and Walnut Street. If you have ideas for future events or are interested in helping to organize planning-related tours, workshops, and happy hours, we’d love to meet you! If you are interested in attending, please RSVP via this link so we know how big of a table to secure: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7564953981
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Young Professionals in Transportation Comes to Philly
Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT) recently launched a Philadelphia chapter. They have two events coming up in August–a members-only tour of the Reading Viaduct and a professional chat about The Future of Turnpike Tolling. Other events on the horizon include Transportation Trivia Night and an Airport Tour. Annual dues are $20.
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Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Emerging Professionals, environment and sustainability, events, Philadelphia, students, transportation
June 27: PECO Green Roof Tour With APAPA-SE and PHS Young Friends
Join APAPA-SE Emerging Professionals and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Young Friends for a tour of the PECO Green Roof on Thursday, June 27, 2013
As part of APAPASE’s participation in the Greenbuild 2013 Challenge pledge, APAPASE will be partnering with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Young Friends group for a tour of the PECO headquarters Green Roof on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:30pm. There will be a happy hour after the tour at Bistro St. Tropez. PECO is located at 2301 Market Street in Philadelphia.
Tickets are $5 (or free if you are a PHS Young Friend–find out more at http://www.pennhort.net/yfaddon.
Registration is required through http://phsonline.org/events/phs-young-friends-peco-green-roof-tour
Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Emerging Professionals, environment and sustainability, events, Philadelphia
Save the Date: PECO Green Roof Tour on June 27
Save the Date: APAPASE Emerging Professionals and PHS Young Friends Tour of PECO Green Roof on June 27, 2013
As part of APAPASE’s participation in the Greenbuild 2013 Challenge pledge, APAPASE will be partnering with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Young Friends group for a tour of the PECO headquarters Green Roof on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 5:30pm. More details will be coming soon, but mark your calendar!
More details about the Greenbuild 2013 Challenge are available here.
Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Emerging Professionals, energy, events, horticulture, Philadelphia
Tomorrow!: APAPASE Emerging Professionals’ 2013 Reading Viaduct Tour — Just a Few Spots Left!
May 18, 2013 | 10:30am-12:00pm
On Saturday, May 18, the American Planning Association SE PA Section(APAPASE) Emerging Professionals Group invites you to an exclusive look at one of Philadelphia’s most talked-about pieces of urban infrastructure: the Reading Viaduct. Following a very successful sell-out tour in the spring of 2012, we are excited to offer another opportunity for planners, park enthusiasts, and anyone who is interested in the future of Philadelphia’s public spaces to explore the historic rail trestle. The founders of the Reading Viaduct Project will provide a guided tour and discuss the developing vision for Philadelphia’s own high line.
Registration is limited to 35 people, so sign up early to secure a spot. Participants will be required to wear appropriate shoes/clothing in order to take part in the tour. The tour will begin promptly at 10:30am on Noble Street between 13th Street and Broad Street.
Tonight!: Emerging Professionals Happy Hour
Celebrate Springtime with us! Join APAPASE for happy hour! We will be mingling and enjoying drinks on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 5:30-7:30 PM at the Black Sheep Pub (247 S. 17th Street just south of Locust). This happy hour is open to all: emerging professionals, emerged professionals, and friends.
There is no cost for registration. Food and drink are on your own, but there will be specials.
DIRECTIONS & PARKING:
Black Sheep is a short walk from the 15th Street stop on the El, the Walnut/Locust stop on the Broad Street Line, Suburban Station, and the 15/16th stop on PATCO. There are also several SEPTA bus routes, like the 12 and the 2, nearby. Plan your trip at www.septa.org or www.ridepatco.org. If you choose to drive, you can locate nearby parking lots and garages at http://philapark.org/locator/.
May 7: Emerging Professionals Happy Hour
Celebrate Springtime with us! Join APAPASE for happy hour! We will be mingling and enjoying drinks on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 5:30-7:30 PM at the Black Sheep Pub (247 S. 17th Street just south of Locust). This happy hour is open to all: emerging professionals, emerged professionals, and friends.
There is no cost for registration. Food and drink are on your own, but there will be specials.
DIRECTIONS & PARKING:
Black Sheep is a short walk from the 15th Street stop on the El, the Walnut/Locust stop on the Broad Street Line, Suburban Station, and the 15/16th stop on PATCO. There are also several SEPTA bus routes, like the 12 and the 2, nearby. Plan your trip at www.septa.org or www.ridepatco.org. If you choose to drive, you can locate nearby parking lots and garages at http://philapark.org/locator/.
Nov. 29 Book Club: See You There?
If you plan on attending the Emerging Professionals 11/29 book walk & discussion, please complete this doodle poll so we can tell the coffee shop how many people are coming.
The book can be downloaded using the Google play link below. We’ll be discussing the book on November 29th during a walk that includes streets described in the book and continuing our discussion over hot beverages. Walk begins at 6:30, hot beverages at 7. We’ll meet at 1111 Locust Street in front of Garces Trading Company then we’ll proceed to the Good Karma Café at 928 Pine Street in Philadelphia.
Click here for the Google Play download.
Recap: Emerging Professionals Happy Hour
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, forty planners converged on Frankford Hall in Fishtown for APAPASE’s November Happy Hour. Practicing planners from the public, private, and non-profit sectors and planning students mingled over half-liter steins of beer and pretzels at Stephen Starr’s Bavarian biergarten-inspired restaurant. While the happy hour officially lasted from 5:30 to 7:30pm, a dozen or so people stayed to enjoy the outdoor firepit in the restaurant’s interior courtyard.
This Week: Happy Hour at Frankford Hall
Join APAPASE for a happy hour on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 from 5:30-7:30 PM at Frankford Hall. This happy hour is open to all: emerging professionals, emerged professionals, and friends. Please register here so we know how large of an area to reserve. Food and drink are on your own, however, there will be specials:
½ liter drafts: $5
1 liter drafts: $10.
Any ½ liter and a pretzel: $6.
Any ½ liter and any sausage: $8.
If you buy a burger, you can get a ½ liter to go with it for $3 more.
