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Feb. 25: Annual Conference Planning Committee Meeting

February 11, 2014 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

The 2014 Pennsylvania Chapter of the APA conference, Innovation from Historic Foundations, will be hosted by APA-PA-SE at the Society Hill Sheraton in Philadelphia. This is the first time the conference will be hosted in Philadelphia in over a decade, so it is an exciting chance to show off our great city. You can register here if you are interested in helping to show off our region to planners statewide.

The February 25 meeting will be at 5:30 pm at The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) offices at 1700 Market Street, 19^th Floor and also via conference call. See the detailed agenda below for detailed information and to sign up for the google groups. Agenda additions are welcome and can be sent to events@apapase.org

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Annual Conference, events, Philadelphia

Announcing the APA PA Annual Conference Call for Presentations – Deadline February 28

February 10, 2014 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Has your community undertaken an innovative planning initiative that you’re really excited about? Has your firm designed a project that was greeted with enthusiastic approval by your client? Have you recently come upon new solutions to age-old land use and transportation problems? Have years of work finally paid off and you’re just itching to share your story with the world??

Then submit a proposal for a session at the 2014 APA PA Annual Conference, October 12-14, 2014 in Philadelphia!

This year’s conference theme is “Innovation from Historic Foundations“ in recognition of the way Philadelphia has used its rich history and legacy of planning to position itself to be a green, global city in the 21^st Century. We want to hear how everyone in Pennsylvania, as well as our neighbors in New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, is meeting the challenges of today while preserving resources for future generations.

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

Feb. 19: Managing Complex Relationships in Planning (1.5 CM credits)

February 10, 2014 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

Planning commissioners and planners are often at the crux of intersecting values, demands, and viewpoints and finding the means to keep moving forward (and remain personally balanced) can be a challenge. Gain insight into managing varied and complex working relationships—political, professional, personal, and role-related. The experienced panel shares insights into managing different personalities and maintaining a vision through difficult circumstances. This program is suitable for planning commissioners and planners.

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

Early Registration for APA National in Atlanta

February 4, 2014 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Come to Atlanta April 26-30, 2014 for the biggest, brightest, boldest event in planning! Take this opportunity to advance your skills, your career, and the future of your community. New this year are sessions, events, and resources designed for emerging professionals, including the Emerging Professionals Institute which provide you with very hands-on, interactive, small group access to top professionals. Register by February 27 to save! For more information, visit www.planning.org/conference.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Annual Conference, events, resources

APAPA-SE Needs Your Event Suggestions

January 31, 2014 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

The APAPA-SE Events Committee developed a survey to evaluate your event preferences. The survey aims to collect information on how you prefer to learn about events, topics of interest, ideal location, and your availability. The results from this survey will inform how events will be planned in the future. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey: http://bit.ly/APAPASEeventsurvey.

Category: General / Tags: about, events

Call for Presentations – 2014 Delaware/Maryland Regional Planning Conference – Deadline February 10

January 17, 2014 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Organizers of the 2014 Delaware/Maryland Regional Planning Conference, “Planning for Healthy & Sustainable Places,” have extended their search for conference sessions and presentations through February 10. The two-day event, co-sponsored by Nemours, will be held at the Embassy Suites in Newark, Delaware on October 28 and 29, 2014.

Click here to learn more and submit an idea: http://delawareapa.wordpress.com/2014-conference/

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: events, resources

Feb. 1: PlanningCamp!

January 10, 2014 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

PlanningCamp is an unconference about technology and the future of urban planning.

Join us on February 1st if you’re working at the intersection of technology and the hard effort of making better cities — on the technology side, or the planning side, or a bit of both.

Spend a day in sessions led by your peers, exploring new and old challenges. Whether you’re thinking about the role technology in public involvement, increasing equity, modeling, analysis, community organizing, at local to regional scales, PlanningCamp will be an opportunity to go deep into conversations and form new connections.

January 27: Annual Conference Planning Committee Meeting

January 8, 2014 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

The January 27 meeting will be at 5:30 pm at the Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel (2^nd & Walnut) and we will have a chance to view the site. Unfortunately, that means we won’t be able to offer a conference call option for this meeting. See the detailed agenda below for detailed information and to sign up for the google groups. Agenda additions are welcome and can be sent to events@apapase.org

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Annual Conference, events

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