APA Interact February 24, 2021

This Week at APA
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February 24, 2021
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Urban planner, artist, and activist Katanya Raby strives for equity across all that she does. She joins People Behind the Plans podcast host Courtney Kashima, AICP, to talk about educating communities by carrying forward her grandfather's legacy of fighting for civil rights and for those who have been disenfranchised. The two planners discuss using racial equity impact assessments in public-sector work, and how even children can grasp complex urban planning scenarios.

She touches on her work at the Office of the Mayor for the City of Chicago, her time at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), and her post as executive director of the Al Raby Foundation.
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Al Raby's photo courtesy the Al Raby Foundation; Katanya Raby's photo by Sandy Steinbrecher
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Uncovering JAPA
Urban heat management and the legacy of redlining

Neighborhoods that were once targets of redlining have higher land surface temperatures than other neighborhoods in the same city. Through an equity lens, planners identifying areas that are vulnerable to heat increases could also demonstrate connections to racial discrimination, lasting patterns of residential segregation, and access to green space. Plus: For more on this topic, check out Planning's article, "The Heat is On."
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From Planning
Main streets are key to economic development and recovery

Whether they know it or not, communities are already starting to ready themselves for "after COVID," says Mary Means, a National Planning Award recipient and founder of the National Main Street Center, which helps bring people and prosperity back to historic districts across the country. In this exclusive conversation, she talks about how Main Streets can be key to economic development and recovery, even during a pandemic.
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Planning History Timeline
In 1964, one of the first community design centers was founded. The Architects' Renewal Committee in Harlem was dedicated to putting the philosophy of advocacy planning into practice by getting residents involved in planning, design, and development of low- and moderate-income communities. Visit the timeline.
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