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August 13, 2018
APA Ambassador Highlights Planning on Palm Springs Career Day
APA Ambassador Kimberly Glas-Castro, AICP, excites students about planning as a career choice. -
August 12, 2018
The Workplace Conspiracy Against Change
A "Guide for the Idealist" post: Tips for planners on how to be effective change-makers. Take a broad view of the change process and your role. -
August 8, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Partnering for Healthy Iowa Communities
The Planners4Health initiative in Iowa built on the success of the Linn County Plan4Health project, advancing cross-sector partnerships across the state. -
August 7, 2018
Lessons from the One Water Summit
APA Research Associate Joe DeAngelis, AICP, reflects on lessons learned at the 2018 One Water Summit and previews APA's Water and Planning Connect conference. -
August 5, 2018
Movement, Victories, and New Challenges Ahead for CPAT
APA's Community Planning Assistance Teams program shares some of the success of its past projects with updates from a few communities and provides an update on upcoming new projects. -
July 30, 2018
Action Item: Support the Senate Farm Bill
This congressional recess season, we're calling on planning advocates to tell your federal elected officials to support the 2018 Senate Farm Bill before next month's conference on the differing House and Senate bills. -
July 30, 2018
Meeting the Housing Challenge in Norfolk as Sea Levels Rise
Norfolk, Virginia, is facing unique housing challenges from sea-level rise. Planners there are working to give residents more housing options in low-risk flood areas. -
July 30, 2018
What Does the Farm Bill Mean for Planning and Public Health?
Discussions about the next Farm Bill are under way, both in Congress and across the country. Learn more about this multi-year law that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture. -
July 25, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Advancing Health and Knowledge in Wisconsin
The Planners4Health project in Wisconsin leveraged local expertise and Plan4Health coalition connections to advance the integration of planning and public health across the state. -
July 24, 2018
What to Know as Congress Gears Up for Farm Bill Conference
The current farm bill is set to expire on September 30. The House and Senate will meet to confer on bills that differ on policies for farming, land conservation, nutrition programs, planning, and rural development. -
July 24, 2018
Planning with Autism in Mind: A Six Feelings Framework
Ohio State University students and faculty explore ways of planning to improve the lives of individuals with autism. Learn more in the latest issue of PAS Memo. -
July 23, 2018
Reframing Anxiety
A "Guide for the Idealist" post: Useful anxiety in your planning practice deepens you and reminds you of the importance of choices. -
July 23, 2018
House Transportation Chair's Infrastructure Plan Includes Gas Tax Increase
House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster proposes phased, temporary gas tax increases to fund infrastructure spending and an expanded grant program to fund projects. -
July 18, 2018
Planning Resilient Urban Forests with i-Tree Landscape
i-Tree Landscape is a free geographic tool that uses tree information to aid local and regional planning for more resilient communities. -
July 16, 2018
Pisces Foundation Awards Grant for Disaster Recovery
APA and its Foundation have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Pisces Foundation. Funds will help support communities affected by recent hurricanes with their post-disaster recovery planning efforts. -
July 16, 2018
APA Ambassador Brings Children’s Workshop to Life in Texas
APA Ambassador Diana Wilson, AICP, partnered with Texas A&M University to engage youth and their parents in planning process. -
July 12, 2018
APA Foundation: Paying It Forward
The APA Foundation invests in future leaders through the Judith McManus Price and Charles Abrams Scholarships. Max Sokol, AICP, was awarded the Charles Abrams Scholarship in 2011, strengthening his commitment to APA. -
July 11, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Taking Action in Ohio
The Planners4Health initiative in Ohio engaged leaders from the three Plan4Health projects to identify next steps for a statewide campaign to integrate planning and public health. -
July 9, 2018
Moving Into Planning Management
A "Guide for the Idealist" post: Tips for planners entering into management. -
July 1, 2018
Celebrating July 4 in Great Places
Here is how some of the best planned places in the nation — Great Places in America — are celebrating Independence Day. -
June 27, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Creating a Sidewalk Without Building a Sidewalk in Maine
The Planners4Health project in Northern New England implemented a traffic calming demonstration in Gray, Maine, to engage planners and public health professionals in healthy design strategies. -
June 18, 2018
Mentoring Is a Two-Way Street
Whit Blanton, FAICP, makes the case for mentoring and being mentored at the mid-point of your career. -
June 17, 2018
APA Ambassador Turns Students into Map Makers in Polk City, Florida
APA Ambassador Leny Huaman builds off the APA Florida Chapter’s Kindergarten to 2nd Grade Guidebook to teach elementary students about creating plans for their city. -
June 10, 2018
Latest Housing and Inclusive Growth Resources from APA
Increasing housing choice and affordability, and promoting growth in an inclusive and equitable manner has been on the top of planners’ minds across the country and at APA. Here’s the latest in housing and inclusive growth resources. -
June 7, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Training Local Leaders in Arkansas
The Planners4Health initiative in Arkansas focused on training local leaders through regional summits. -
June 4, 2018
The Benefits of Mid-Career Mentoring
Mentoring is not just for students. The Suncoast Section of APA's Florida Chapter offers a Coaching for the Advancement for Mid-Level Planners (CAMPs) Program that provides mentor opportunities to help make the move into planning leadership. -
June 4, 2018
State-Level Housing Action Heats Up Nationwide
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Louisiana are among the states making housing news. From inclusionary zoning to affordable housing, these states demonstrate the geographic reach and varying approaches to the housing crisis. -
June 4, 2018
7 Answers to Questions About Mentoring
A "Guide for the Idealist" post: Answers to common questions about mentoring. Mentors can help you interpret events, reflect on your practice, make decisions, and see the bigger picture. -
June 4, 2018
Efforts in Motion: Planning, Policy, and Equity
Equity remains one the most important issues facing planners today, and APA is committed to addressing the issue head on through our policy, research, and education work, including the upcoming Planning for Equity Policy Guide. -
May 31, 2018
Congress Making Progress on Appropriations, CR Still Likely
Congress is racing to complete as much appropriations work as possible prior to the August recess, but legislators are unlikely to avoid the need for a continuing resolution. -
May 23, 2018
House Appropriators Maintain Some Transportation, HUD Funding Gains
The House Appropriations Committee recently approved a spending bill for transportation and housing programs that maintains some of the dramatic increases to programs made by the FY 2018 omnibus. -
May 23, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: LGBTQ Division Picks a Partner for Ongoing New York Initiatives
Planners4Health work in the New York Metro area goes on through a relationship between local institutions and APA's LGBTQ and Planning Division. -
May 21, 2018
CPAT and a Young Planner's Journey to Graduation
Tristan Lanza tells the story of how his internship and meeting with an APA Community Planning Assistance Team in Belize City, Belize, led to his choice of Texas A&M, where he recently graduated with a master's degree in urban planning. -
May 20, 2018
Fostering Social Equity: “Equity Needs to Be Normal”
How can planners foster social equity in their communities? That question drove an engaging conversation between panelists and audience members at the “Fostering Social Equity” session at NPC18 in New Orleans. -
May 20, 2018
APA Ambassadors Empower Middle School Girls Through Crafting
APA Ambassador Shawna Kitzman, AICP, and her team from Fitzgerald, build off the Girls Are Brave program to teach middle school girls about the power planning and zoning plays to improve communities. -
May 17, 2018
Small (But Mighty) Cell: Perspectives from Indiana
As APA focuses on telecommunications as a part of Infrastructure Week 2018, here's a look at technology that’s transforming the way planners engage with wireless: small cell towers. APA's Indiana Chapter shares some insights. -
May 16, 2018
Complete Streets + Green Infrastructure = Vital Streets
This Infrastructure Week we're highlighting the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, which revolutionized its approach to designing, maintaining, and using its streets over the past five years. -
May 15, 2018
5 Scenarios for "Reading" Your Supervisor
A "Guide for the Idealist" blog post: An important career management ability is to see circumstances and issues through your supervisor’s eyes. They are not only managing you, they are managing a process. -
May 15, 2018
APA Foundation: Scholarship Launches an APA Division Leader
The APA Foundation invests in future leaders through the Judith McManus Price and Charles Abrams Scholarships. A 2004 recipient, Gabriela Juarez, AICP, shares how the scholarship connected her to APA. -
May 15, 2018
House Farm Bill Heads to Vote with Blows to Food Planning Programs
The Farm Bill, expiring in September, is one of the few “must do” items likely to make it across the finish line before election campaign season takes over. Jason Jordan previews the fight ahead. -
May 13, 2018
TIGER Becomes BUILD
The next round of TIGER applications is here, and with it some noteworthy changes to the popular program. Learn about new shifts in the longstanding program and their likely impact on planners. -
May 13, 2018
House Panel Set to Tackle Housing, Transportation Funding for FY 2019
Congress is gearing up to tackle housing and transportation funding questions for FY 2019. Will Congress support the administration’s cuts and return to budget austerity, or will it maintain or increase funding based on current enacted levels? -
May 13, 2018
Empowering Youth — and Planners — at NPC18
A partnership between YEP! Youth Engagement Planning, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana, and APA's CPAT program organized a youth engagement workshop during the 2018 APA National Planning Conference in New Orleans. -
May 9, 2018
Plan4Health Success Story: Tennessee's Healthy Development Coordinators
The Planners4Health work in Tennessee developed a range of resources to continue the integration of planning and public health across the state. -
May 2, 2018
APA Foundation: Hurricane Katrina Recovery Assistance
The APA Foundation provides planning assistance to communities hit hard by natural hazards. Some of the first to be helped were in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. -
April 30, 2018
Finding Your Way to the Best Planning Job
A "Guide for the Idealist" blog post: Choosing from among a variety of planning jobs can be made easier by doing research and assessing the employer. -
April 30, 2018
Navigating ‘One Water’ at NPC18
With New Orleans as the back-drop, NPC attendees learned about the relationship between water resource management and planning and the ‘One Water’ approach at a number of conference events. -
April 24, 2018
#NPC18 Social Media Rewind
A look back at social media stats and highlights from the 2018 National Planning Conference in New Orleans. -
April 24, 2018
NPC18 By the Numbers
NPC18 put up big numbers, both on social media and on the ground in New Orleans. Relive the conference, by the numbers. -
April 24, 2018
7 Things Planners ❤ About New Orleans
NOLA won the hearts of planners at NPC18. Here are the top seven things they loved.
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