Do you want to help plan events in the LGBTQ planning events in the Philadelphia region? Sign up at http://bit.ly/GALIPPHL to get in on the ground floor of a group doing just that. The Gays and Lesbians in Planning (GALIP) Division is looking to partner more locally on events in our region. Through this group you will be able to shape the way this group forms and what sorts of events are planned.
Roger Tomlinson
Wednesday April 9th 6:30-9:00. Film starts at 7:00 PM.
PhilaMoca 531 N 12th street, (just North of Spring Garden Street)
The GeoPhilly meetup would like to invite planners to GeoPhilly film night. This screening of short archival films related to mapping, cartography, and planning from as early as the 1940s. “Data for Decision” (1967), our feature for the evening, focuses on Roger Tomlinson (the “Father of GIS”) and the first ever use of digital analytical map making. Other films will feature WW2 era cartography, challenges of non-digital map projections and how to deter everything from boredom in suburbia to mob fights through proper planning. This event is part of Philly Tech Week. Drinks and snacks will be for sale.
Join APAPASE’s Emerging Professionals for a guided tour of The Woodlands, Philadelphia’s historic cemetery, on Thursday, April 10th from 5:30-7pm. The event will start with a pre-tour drink in the historic neoclassical mansion and will be followed by a tour of the grounds. Woodland Cemetery is the final resting place for many prominent Philadelphians, including Paul Cret and Thomas Eakins.
The cost of the tour will be $10.
Register for the event at: apathewoodlandstour.eventbrite.com
The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / muraLAB is hosting San Francisco-based artist Jenny Odell on March 26th at 6pm at Moore College of Art and Design, Stewart Auditorium, 1916 Race Street. Jenny will give a lecture about her work collaging digital images — harvested from Google Earth, streetview and other Internet sources — of urban infrastructure systems. She calls it “Looking at Cities” because she is both documenting the extent of the infrastructure that undergirds urban life, and also opening up questions about relationships city dwellers have to the resources that sustain them. Her broader work as an Internet collagist can be seen at www.jennyodell.com. Please register by emailing muralab@muralarts.org. Additional details are found on the attachment below.
Thursday, March 20, 6:00-7:30 PM
PHS, 100 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Meet & greet reception at 6:00 pm
Lecture 6:30-7:30 pm
THE EUGENE AND MARIE-LOUISE JACKSON LECTURE SERIES
Lecturer Ken Smith is an internationally recognized, award-winning landscape architect, engaged in developing designs for large-scale projects. Recent projects include such innovative designs as the two-mile East River Waterfront Esplanade in New York City, the Croton Reservoir Water Treatment Plant in the Bronx, the 1,360-acre Orange County Great Park in Southern California, and the Museum of Modern Art Roof Garden in NYC. His lecture will focus on issues of concept and craft in the creation of public landscapes.
Fee: $10 PHS members, $15 non-members
Registration is required.
www.pennhort.net/phsprograms or 215.988.1698
Download the flier: 2014PHS_LectureSeries_KenSmith_eblast
This year’s annual training series, which is a joint venture of APA-PA and DCED, features Todd Poole of 4ward Planning and Mark Keener of The RBA Group. Planning Matters: Demographic Change and Land Use Policies will focus on the significant demographic changes occurring in the United States (from an aging population, to a more ethnically diverse population, to a more diverse household formation population) and developing land use strategies that are not only market receptive but also fiscally prudent. The series will take place in four locations across the state, with the Lower Merion Township Building in Ardmore hosting the southeast session on the morning of April 10th. The event is approved for 3 CMs. This interactive session is sure to be full of great information and ideas! Full details and registration are available here: http://planningpa.org/wp-
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is holding a series of events titled “Investing in People and Places” to discuss the region’s economic development priorities. The “Investing in People and Places” series is part of the DVRPC’s effort to update the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, which is required by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) every five years.
Join DVRPC, the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, Select Greater Philadelphia, the Southern New Jersey Development Council, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and other economic development leaders at one, two, or all three of the “Investing in People and Places” events to discuss Greater Philadelphia’s priorities for economic development, public investment, job creation, and talent retention and attraction. As speakers are confirmed, agendas will be posted on the CEDS project webpage: www.dvrpc.org/economic/ceds.
Event: Census Data for Nonprofit Organizations
When: Tuesday, March 11 | 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Where: Parkway Central Library | 2nd Floor | Regional Foundation Center (RFC)
Noemi Mendez Eliasen, Information Services Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, will provide an overview of the census and the types of data the Census Bureau offers and discuss how to access and use that data for nonprofit decision-making. Advance registration is required as space is limited; please contact the RFC, erefrfc@freelibrary.org or (215) 686-5423.
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, 1–2 p.m. (EST) (GMT-5)
American Community Survey estimates are collected over a period of time (12 months, 36 months, or 60 months). For small geographic areas, only 5-year estimates are available. But for larger geographic areas, data users have a choice between ACS estimates, and need to consider the tradeoffs between the currency and reliability of the data. In this webinar, Phyllis Betts, Founding Director of the Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action at the University of Memphis and now a partner with Strategic City Solutions consulting, and Timothy Bray, Director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at the University of Texas at Dallas, will discuss some issues for ACS data users to consider and best practices in using ACS multiyear estimates and data for small geographic areas. Their discussion will be followed by 10-15 minutes of Q & A.
Space is limited.
Go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/
Share your expertise, experience, and leadership in the design and building industry by presenting a program at the 12th Annual Design on the Delaware Conference in Philadelphia.
Program proposals are now being accepted for the 2014 Design on the Delaware conference taking place November 12 -14, 2014, at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel and Center for Architecture. This multi-disciplinary conference for planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and other design and building professionals features four keynotes speakers, 36 professional education programs, three days of tours and a full day design charrette. In addition to programs that could qualify for general AICP CM credits, programs that could provide AICP Law or Ethics credits are encouraged.*
Program proposals are due April 11 and must meet the guidelines as outlined in the Call for Programs. To download the Call for Programs, visit www.designonthedelaware.com.
Questions, contact pat@aiaphila.org.
