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Philadelphia Trail Master Plan Now Open for Comments

May 21, 2013 / Jeannette Brugger / Comments Off

The Philadelphia Trail Master Plan is available for public review until May 31st. The plan is the first of its kind in Philadelphia and was recommended in Philadelphia2035 to coordinate the planning and construction of trail systems in Philadelphia going forward. It inventories existing trails and details and prioritizes 75 proposed trails citywide. The implementation of the plan includes forming a Philadelphia Trail Committee to coordinate proposed trails citywide. The plan will be adopted by the Planning Commission this summer. Public comments on the draft plan are due at the end of May and can be emailed to Jeannette Brugger at jeannette.brugger@phila.gov.

Category: General / Tags: community participation and public outreach, environment and sustainability, Philadelphia, public spaces

Recap: Environmental Careers Roundtable Discussion

May 20, 2013 / Tali Cantor / Comments Off

On Friday, April 5 the APAPASE Mentoring Program held a professional roundtable discussion at PennDesign focused on Environmental Careers. Professional guests included Kathleen Grady, Director of Sustainability at Temple University, Chris Linn, Senior Environmental Planner at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, and Emily Linn, Environmental Protection Specialist at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The informal discussion was moderated Jeannette Brugger, Pedestrian, Bicycle and Open Space Planner at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.

Category: Recent Events / Tags: environment and sustainability, mentoring, students

May 17: Civic Horticulture Conference

May 13, 2013 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

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Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: environment and sustainability, events, horticulture, landscape architecture, public spaces, urban design

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

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

Philadelphia: A National Leader in Green Infrastructure

April 17, 2013 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

In recent years the term green infrastructure has become well known to planners. At the municipal and regional scales it refers to a network of natural areas, parks, greenways, and working lands that provides multiple benefits for people and ecosystems. At the local and site scales it refers to a stormwater management approach that mimics natural hydrologic processes. These two definitions come together in the City of Philadelphia’s ground-breaking green infrastructure program, which includes Green City, Clean Waters and two related planning initiatives, GreenPlan Philadelphia and Green 2015.

Category: General / Tags: environment and sustainability, infrastructure, stormwater management

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: Planning Movie Night and Environmental Planning Career Roundtable at PennDesign

March 8, 2013 / Jeannette Brugger / Comments Off

PennDesign Student Council partnered with the APAPA-SE Mentoring Program on a planning movie night on April 5, 2013 at 8pm in the Meyerson Hall Lower Gallery. Promised Land, with Matt Damon and John Krasinski, about fracking in a rural Pennsylvania town.

This is an ideal event for mentors to get together with students and refreshments will be served. For the students, there will also be an Environmental Career Roundtable at 6:30pm in Meyerson B7 to coordinate with the movie subject. Representatives from the Delaware Regional Planning Commission, US Environmental Protection Agency, and Temple University Office of Sustainability will discuss environmental planning in the real world with planning students.

We hope to see you there! Please contact Lauren Trice at planningmentorpa@gmail.com with any questions.

Download: PromisedLand_MentorsFlyer

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: environment and sustainability, events, Philadelphia

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

Feb. 21: Lessons From Sandy: Is Philadelphia Prepared for the Next Natural Disaster?

February 1, 2013 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Join the Pennsylvania Environmental Council for the February Urban Sustainability Forum as they consider the lessons we have learned from Hurricane Sandy and what will be required to make Philadelphia more resilient to storms, extreme weather, and other impacts of climate change in the future.

The past 10 years were the costliest in U.S. history for natural disasters. Hurricane Sandy left 131 Americans dead, more than 6 million without power, and $50 billion worth of damages, making it the second most destructive Atlantic hurricane behind Katrina. Cities along the Jersey Shore and in New York faced property damage, widespread flooding, power outages, crippled transportation systems, and loss of life. These extreme events are expected to grow in frequency and intensity because of climate change.

Panelists will discuss how we can use our knowledge from Hurricane Sandy to reduce our vulnerability and manage the risk of building and living in hazard-prone areas through better planning, engineering, and policy.

Speakers:

Scott Gabriel Knowles (Moderator), Associate Professor, Drexel University and author of The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America
Chris Linn – Manager, Office of Environmental Planning, DVRPC
Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Professor, Wharton Business School, UPenn
MaryAnn E. Tierney, Regional Administrator, FEMA, Region III

http://www.ansp.org/Visit/Events/Details/?eid=2494&iid=8847

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: energy, environment and sustainability, resources

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