Catch Sunday’s Conference Action
Yesterday APA’s institutes for emerging professionals, planning managers, and seasoned leaders drew a great response. The First Timer Mixer gave conference newcomers a chance to make friends fast. And...
View ArticleA Thousand Views of Planning for a Just and Repaired World
By Steven Kanner Master of Urban Planning, Development & Design Cleveland State University Jose said, “It’s about zoning code flexibility.” Shelly said, “Keep it fun.” My mantra, “Got to have...
View ArticleTake a Sneak Peek at OWL Virtual Reality Viewers in the Tech Zone
By Aaron Selverston Founder and CEO, Owlized APA’s first-ever Tech Zone showcases technology innovations for planning. One of them is the OWL, a brand-new virtual reality viewer. Read what its...
View ArticleSeattle’s Tent City 3: Housing Hundreds for 15 Years
By Matt Warfield MSW / MUP Candidate University of Michigan Before the 2015 conference began, I had the opportunity to visit Tent City 3 in Shoreline, Washington. Located in the parking lot of the...
View ArticleOpening Keynoter Ron Sims Exhorts Planners: ‘You Are the Answer’
By Meghan Stromberg Executive Editor, Planning magazine 6,400. 727. 56. That’s how many planners have converged in Seattle, how many newly certified planners have just joined the AICP ranks, and how...
View Article‘I’m an Advocate’ Takes on New Meaning at #APA15
By Emily Pasi APA Communications and Outreach Associate With more than 6,000 attendees from all across the country at APA’s 107th National Planning Conference in Seattle, planning professionals are...
View ArticleWayfinding and Walking
By Shaun Jacobsen Master of Science, Planning (Candidate) University of British Columbia The ease at which people are able to find their way around a city has an important impact on a neighborhood’s...
View ArticleMonday: Follow the Buzz at NPC
Yesterday, former HUD secretary Ron Sims blew us away with an opening keynote so tweet-worthy it trended at #1 on Twitter in Seattle. The Meet the Authors coffee had the APA Bookstore buzzing. And the...
View ArticleVisiting Seattle’s Pioneers: Urbanscape Contributions by Residents of Lake...
By Gibrán Lule-Hurtado Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning University of Texas Located on a scenic hill with magnificent views of the city, water, and mountains, the Lake View Cemetery...
View ArticleSharpening Leadership and Management Skills in Seattle
By Ann Dillemuth, AICP APA Research Associate APA’s Planning Leadership Institute is now in its 11th year. Eighty planners kicked off their 2015 NPC experience Saturday with this full day of intensive,...
View ArticleThe Many Modes of Seattle
By Anna C. Potter Candidate, Master of Urban & Regional Planning University of Minnesota | Humphrey School of Public Affairs To the outsider, Seattle is the city of coffee, rain, and Seahawks. But...
View ArticleKicking Off the Climate Symposium
By James C. Schwab, AICP Manager, APA Hazards Planning Center One of the key features of this year’s National Planning Conference in Seattle is an 18-session symposium devoted to Planning and Climate...
View ArticleAged to Perfection? A New Tool for a Growing Need
By Pat Vaccaro APA Senior Marketing Writer America is getting older — and that’s a good thing. With a better quality of life, more people are celebrating more birthdays. By 2030, one in five Americans...
View ArticleLast Day! NPC Puts the Focus on the Future
Yesterday HUD Secretary Julián Castro packed the room and then some at the annual Awards Luncheon. Congratulations go to the winners of the 2015 National Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards....
View ArticleInfrastructure Planning and Climate Adaptation
By James C. Schwab, AICP Manager, APA Hazards Planning Center How do cities around the U.S. integrate climate change planning into their plans for infrastructure development? Three speakers in the...
View ArticleA Warm Climate for Discussion
By Natalie Hanson Master of Urban and Regional Planning (Candidate) University of Hawaii at Manoa The weather — and the tone — in Seattle on Monday was warm, both physically and metaphorically, with...
View ArticleOn the Precipice of Great Changes
By Emily Ritchie Master of Urban Planning candidate University of Washington Experiencing the National APA conference while a Master of Urban Planning student at the University of Washington was both...
View ArticlePlanning Honors and Inspiration from HUD Secretary Julián Castro
By Meghan Stromberg Executive Editor, Planning magazine After a few days of soaking up fresh ideas, hoofing it around sustainable Seattle, and catching up with colleagues and friends, the thousands of...
View ArticleInternational Plenary: The World of Tomorrow
By Anna Read, AICP APA Senior Program Development and Research Associate Plans focused not on what happened yesterday, but on what is happening tomorrow was one of the takeaways of Tuesday morning’s...
View ArticleSeattle: An Equitable Transit Town?
By Stephen Maples Master of Urban Planning Candidate Hunter College With anticipation and excitement in the air, my classmates and I stepped up to vending machine to purchase our ORCA card, Seattle’s...
View ArticleClosing Keynote: Taking the Long (Now) View
By Pat Vaccaro APA Senior Marketing Writer Look ahead. Way ahead. Could that be a woolly mammoth in your backyard? Before you scoff, consider: a few years ago, who would have imagined we’d have 2,000...
View ArticleGood Night, Seattle!
If you were with us in Seattle, you know how amazing it was. Four sunny (!) days packed — did we say packed? — with programs, people, and places that represent the best of what planning is all about....
View ArticleAPA and CNU Find Common Ground
By Meghan Stromberg Executive Editor, Planning magazine It was a busy few days in Seattle, but APA’s Executive Director Jim Drinan and Congress for the New Urbanism President and CEO Lynn Richards made...
View Article2015 Conference Poster Award Winners
By Ben Leitschuh APA Education Associate The posters on display at the 2015 National Planning Conference were outstanding. The research included a wide range of planning topics from adaptive reuse of...
View Article2015 AICP Community Planning Workshop: Belltown Neighborhood
By Ryan Scherzinger APA Senior Outreach Associate With thousands of planners in Seattle for the 2015 National Planning Conference, how might they share their diverse collection of knowledge and...
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