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July 19 – Aspiring Mentors: Sign up for the Future City Info Webinar

July 5, 2018 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Photo: 2018 Future City Regional Winner: Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School, Source: futurecityphilly.org

Please tune into our webinar on July 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. if you are interested in becoming a Future City mentor for the 2018-2019 school year at one of your local schools. Mike McAtee, the Future City Philadelphia Mentor Coordinator, will give a presentation and take participants’ questions at the end.

The Future City program offers a variety of volunteer opportunities to get involved with students in your local community. This webinar will help you understand if you are ready to be a mentor, judge, or a general volunteer for the 2019 Future City Philadelphia Regional Competition.

The Philadelphia Regional Future City Competition is a 501 (c)3 educational outreach program of DiscoverE. It is one of 41 regional programs conducted throughout the country. Future City is an inspiring program that helps introduce 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students to the engineering, architecture, and planning professions. Participating STEM teams across the country compete once a year in a regional competition in January. Finalists then proceed to present their projects at the National Competition during National Engineers Week in February in Washington, D.C.

The competition requires participating teams from schools and youth-focused organizations (e.g., Boy or Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, 4-H, YMCA STEM clubs) to create their own future city, based on project criteria and guidelines for that year. Students are encouraged to prepare a variety of deliverables, including a project plan, tabletop-scale model, and virtual city, under the supervision and assistance of a teacher and mentor. Mentors should be professionals in the fields of engineering, planning, and architecture interested in investing time and energy in helping students realize their projects. For more information visit: http://futurecityphilly.org/.

Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-city-mentor-info-webinar-tickets-47650342457. Registrants through Eventbrite will be emailed webinar log in information to their registration email. We look forward to your participation!

CM Credits for Pro Bono Planning Service

AICP members can obtain up to eight CM Credits for Pro Bono Planning Service, including volunteering time with the APA PA SE Council or a committee as outlined on the APA National website at https://www.planning.org/cm/logging/selfreport/probono.

Category: Education, Engagement, Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, CM Credits, FutureCities, mentors, students

Mar. 20: Join Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) Meetup

February 28, 2018 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) is invites you to join our monthly meet up at Prohibition Taproom at 501 N. 13^th Street, Philadelphia at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, March 20. We are going to run out to check out the Reading Viaduct Rail Park at some point (or maybe in shifts).

Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/191926611400267/

Meetup Event – https://www.meetup.com/Queer-Urbanist-Exchange/events/248259816/

Can’t make it? Select your availability in April at https://doodle.com/poll/94wzdrk5nbq5stmb.

Category: Division, Upcoming Events / Tags: Architecture, Emerging Professionals, engagement, events, landscape architecture, mentoring, Philadelphia, QUE, social, students, urban design

March 1: 2018 Edmund N. Bacon Awards + Talk Honoring Enrique Peñalosa

February 26, 2018 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

March 1: 2018 Edmund N. Bacon Awards + Talk Honoring Enrique Peñalosa

Join the Center for Design and Architecture in honoring Enrique Peñalosa and the student winners of the 2018 Better Philadelphia Challenge. Enrique Peñalosa was selected to receive the 2018 Edmund N. Bacon Award because of the world-wide influence his pioneering initiatives as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia have had on public transportation, infrastructure investment, and public space, including on cities such as Philadelphia and New York City.

The 2018 Better Philadelphia Challenge coincides with the 100^th anniversary of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This year’s challenge, Philadelphia’s Next ‘Park+Way’ asked student teams to share their grand vision of what a new ‘Parkway’ could be in a dense and developed 21^st century city and how Philadelphia’s existing natural and cultural resources could be better linked with their neighboring communities. Come meet the winning teams and see their visions for the next great Philadelphia Parkway.

The ceremony will be followed by a coffee + dessert reception for all in attendance.

Date:

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Location:

Moore College of Art & Design

1919 Race Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Cost:

$150 | VIP
$20 | General Admission
$5 | College Student
FREE | High School Student
*email photo of your VALID Student ID to david@PhiladelphiaCFA.org for discount code

Details: Eventbrite

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: environment and sustainability, public spaces, students, transportation

Feb 28: Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership to Host Author Richard Louv

February 11, 2018 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) presents NATURE TALKS: a series of annual, thought-provoking conversations with Author RICHARD LOUV on The Nature Rich Life: Nature-rich cities, homes, schools and more. Followed by a Meet the Author Reception. Proceeds from this program will fund TTF outreach and education programs. Louv’s books are available to purchase in advance or at the reception from the Open Book Bookstore. This program is sponsored by the Scattergood Foundation.

WHEN: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 from 6 pm – 8 pm

WHERE: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia 19102

TICKETS: $50. Purchase at ttfwatershed.org/NatureTalks or call 215-744-1853.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Education, environment and sustainability, events, students

Feb. 26: Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) Quizzo Night

February 6, 2018 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) is invites you to join our monthly meet up at Tavern at 243 S. Camac St. (Downstairs at Tavern on Camac) at 8:00 pm on Monday, February 26. Note we will be starting later than usual and meeting downstairs to join long time (maybe founding?) member Simone Allender for Quizzo at 8:30 pm, so stay for a drink or bring your trivia knowledge. It was really popular in December and one of our teams won.

We’re going to do brief updates on our projects before quizzo starts (around 8:15). Please come with ideas of things you’d like to see the group participate in. If you’re interested in seeing more, check out our Meeting Notes from our past meetings.

Category: Committees, Division, Upcoming Events / Tags: APA PA, events, Philadelphia, QUE, Quizzo, students, urban design

Don’t forget to apply to APA’s Ambassador Program by December 31

December 21, 2017 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

As the end of year quickly approaches, so is the December 31 deadline to apply to become an APA Ambassador. This important initiative is designed to encourage future planners with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. The application is short and easy to fill out, even during the end of year crunch. Participation in the program will provide valuable skills and earn you up to 8 pro-bono AICP CM credits in 2018.

Check out our previous blog post with all the important information on the application and details of the program. You can apply as an individual or as a team. Contact Al Beatty at ab5562@nyu.edu if you would like to join the local team of ambassadors. Thank you Al for stepping up to be a regional team leader!

Post Authored by: Maggie Rwakazina

(Image from APA Ambassador’s blog: https://www.planning.org/blog/blogpost/9127770)

CM Credits for Pro Bono Planning Service

AICP members can obtain up to eight CM Credits for Pro Bono Planning Service, as outlined on the APA National website at https://www.planning.org/cm/logging/selfreport/probono

APA Future City Mentorship could relate to these allowed activities:

Planning-related support to groups that lack adequate planning resources, including service that expands choices and opportunities for everyone.
Planning to meet the needs of the disadvantaged and to promote racial and economic integration.
Mentoring the development of students, interns, beginning professionals, colleagues, and members of underrepresented groups to help them advance in the planning profession.

Category: Committees, Education, Engagement, General, Upcoming Events / Tags: Ambassador, APA, community participation and public outreach, Education, engagement, students

Economic Development Division Holzheimer Memorial Student Scholarship

December 20, 2017 / APAPA-SE / Comments Off

Applications due February 2, 2018

The Economic Development Division is currently accepting applications for the Holzheimer Memorial Student Scholarship for Economic Development Planning. Though applications are not due until February 2, early submissions are encouraged. Applicants must be Master’s level students currently enrolled in or recently graduated (2016 or later) from PAB-accredited planning programs in the United States.

The scholarship is named in memory of longtime APA member and economic development visionary, Dr. Terry Holzheimer of Arlington County, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The $2,000 award is a scholarship provided by the APA’s Economic Development Division. Winners are strongly encouraged but not required to use the award money to support attendance at the APA National Planning Conference. The application materials should include an original student paper or work that is 2,500 words or less (including citations and footnotes), and must include the name and contact information of a faculty member involved in supervising the student and/or the submitted work. The application form is available at: https://goo.gl/forms/RObcycBRCpNv7BSi2.

Category: Education / Tags: redevelopment and revitalization, students

Future City Mentors Needed – One Month until Competition Day

December 18, 2017 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Downingtown Middle School – Honorable Mention at the 2017 Future City Philadelphia Regional Competition (Source: futurecityphilly.org)

If you’ve been looking for a way to give back this holiday season, become a Future City mentor for a school in your community. 10 Future City Philadelphia teams still need mentors, and the students could really use your support in the final days leading up to the regional competition. Students must prepare a model of an “Age-Friendly City” to present in front of a panel of judges on Saturday, January 20, 2018.

As a planner, you can provide meaningful feedback and assistance as the students creatively tackle this topic.

The following 10 middle schools need mentors:

Eisenhower – Norristown
Keith Valley – Horsham
Mother Teresa – King of Prussia
Murray Avenue – Huntingdon Valley
St Albert the Great – Huntingdon Valley
St Elizabeth – Uwchlan
Helena – Blue Bell
Ignatius – Yardley
WCPA Homeschool Group – Pleasant Mount
Windsor Christian Academy – Uwchlan

Check out our latest post for a refresher on the Philadelphia Regional Future City Competition.

CM Credits for Pro Bono Planning Service

AICP members can obtain up to eight CM Credits for Pro Bono Planning Service, as outlined on the APA National website at https://www.planning.org/cm/logging/selfreport/probono

APA Future City Mentorship could relate to these allowed activities:

Planning-related support to groups that lack adequate planning resources, including service that expands choices and opportunities for everyone.
Planning to meet the needs of the disadvantaged and to promote racial and economic integration.
Mentoring the development of students, interns, beginning professionals, colleagues, and members of underrepresented groups to help them advance in the planning profession.

Category: Education, Engagement, Upcoming Events / Tags: community participation and public outreach, Education, engagement, FutureCities, students

Nov. 28: Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) networking happy hour

November 14, 2017 / Justin Dula / Comments Off

Queer Urbanist Exchange (QUE) is invites you to join our monthly meet up at the newest bar in the gayborhood Bar X at 255 S. Camac St. at 5:30 pm. It is a chance to check out this new venue while networking with built environment professionals and enthusiasts at different locations around the city.

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: Division, Emerging Professionals, engagement, events, LGBTQ, Philadelphia, QUE, Queer Urbanist Exchange, social, students, urban design

Nov. 15: APAPASE 2017 Annual Event: Water, Water Everywhere

October 16, 2017 / Christina Arlt / Comments Off

Join us for APAPASE’s Annual Event, which includes an opportunity to meet and mingle with other Greater Philadelphia planners, hear an educational presentation (1 CM credit requested), and honor the winners of the John E. Pickett Student Scholarship competition. Ticket price includes two drink tickets and heavy hors d’oeuvres.

Water, Water Everywhere: A Dialogue on Flooding and Disasters in Greater Philadelphia

The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season is on track to be one of the top ten most active seasons on record, with five major hurricanes, and a streak of eight straight hurricanes from August 9 to September 29. This begs the question: what is the role of planners and planning in reducing risk to flooding and increasing community resilience? How can flood risk reduction meet other community planning goals, like water quality improvement, neighborhood development, and community cohesion? Join us at the APAPASE Annual Event to explore these issues and more. A panel of water and resilience planners will explore these issues and more with APA members from across the region.

Tickets:
$30 for members/students
$35 for non-members
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apa-pa-southeast-2017-annual-event-tickets-38509904160

2017 Annual Event Flyer

Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: events, Philadelphia, resources, stormwater management, students

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