We will be able to provide CM credits for attendance.

Event information can be found on the conference website at www.iwaterconference.org, on our Facebook page, or through the SC Associations’ website, which may be accessed at www.weasc.org or www.scawwa.org.

Registration form.

Visit the Hubbell Lighting Design Center where the training will be held.

The Rethink. Recover. Rebuild: Reinventing Older Communities conference will be held Wednesday, May 12 to Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing.  The conference consists of plenary speakers such as former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, concurrent sessions led by 58 nationally recognized practitioners and researchers, and three community tours.

Members of the American Institute of Certified Planners can obtain certification maintenance (CM) credits for all plenary and concurrent sessions on May 12, 2010, and May 13, 2010. The American Planning Association (APA) has approved the sessions for credits.  The remaining sessions and tours have been submitted to the APA for CM approval.
This conference, the fourth biennial Reinventing conference, focuses on reinventing older communities in the wake of the subprime foreclosure crisis and the federal government’s economic stimulus programs.  The conference covers urgent community development issues and brings together planners, policymakers, community developers, bankers, researchers, funders, and government representatives.

Conference topics include foreclosure prevention, sustainable homeownership, investor-owned properties, increasing the middle class, the financial crisis facing cities and towns, federal transportation funding priorities, and reforming the housing finance system.  Tours are being conducted of The Navy Yard, Temple University Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives, and Mastery Charter School.

Sponsors include the William Penn Foundation, the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, the Ford Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Urban Research and Wharton School, The Reinvestment Fund, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.

Early-bird registration ends April 9.  Hotel reservations must be confirmed by April 20 to ensure a discounted conference rate.

Go to http://www.philadelphiafed.org/community-development/events/reinventing-2010/ for the latest agenda, conference invitation, and other news.  Contact Kenyatta Burney at kenyatta.burney@phil.frb.org or (215) 574-6037 for further information.

Tuesday and Thursday evenings, April 15 – May 4, 2010
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Good Urbanism 101 is a six-class course focusing on quality urban design. Learn about the history, principles, and current practices of urban design, including an emphasis on walkability, integration of alternative transportation options, sustainability, and the relationship between urban infrastructure and the urban experience. Join the Georgia Conservancy’s Growth Management Program and Georgia Tech professors David Green, Richard Dagenhart, and Doug Allen to learn about urban design and how different professions can collaborate to improve the city of Atlanta and its region. The professors will be joined by different guests each week who are professionals and experts in their field.

Each of the six sessions will explore a different theme and set of issues that are crucial to the development of the built environment today. These themes include platting and subdivision, street design and transportation, zoning, and urban design. The course contextualizes urban issues in the history of urban design while paying special attention to the specific challenges facing Atlanta.

The courses will be presented in informal PowerPoint lectures with questions welcomed at any time. Sessions will include handouts and time for questions and discussion. Every session will include a midway break with light snacks available. However, meals are not provided and attendees are encouraged to brown bag, given the evening time of the classes.

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in planning, designing and building a better Atlanta – neighborhood residents, government officials, engineers, non-profit advocacy and advisory groups, architects, landscape architects, planners, , attorneys, financial professionals, developers, and real estate brokers.

Register Now! Space is Limited

Good Urbanism 101 is sponsored by the Georgia Conservancy in partnership with the Urban Design faculty in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech.

The Georgia Conservancy collaborates, advocates and educates to protect Georgia’s natural environment. Through its focus on clean air and water, land conservation, coastal protection, growth management and education, the Georgia Conservancy works to develop solutions to protect Georgia’s environment and promote the stewardship of the state’s vital natural resources.

Instructors:

Richard Dagenhart is associate professor of architecture and urban design at Georgia Tech, where he teaches urban design seminars and studios in both the Architecture and City and Regional Planning programs and heads the master’s of science-Urban Design Program.  He is an architect and city planner with more than 35 years’ experience in teaching, practicing and learning about urban design in the United States and across the globe.

David Green is an architect and professor of practice in the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, teaching urban design and architecture studios while also being involved in an emerging national and international urban design practice as associate principal with Perkins+Will in Atlanta. He has been involved in all stages of urban design practice from urban design visions, neighborhood participation, zoning and subdivision processes and building design.

Doug Allen is professor and associate dean of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech where he teaches the most popular course in the college, The History of Urban Form. His teaching focuses on the American City and American Landscape and includes undergraduate, master’s degree and Ph.D. students in architecture and city and regional planning.  Prior to becoming associate dean, he maintained a landscape architecture practice, winning numerous awards in Atlanta and across the Southeast.

Continuing Education Credit:

In the past, we have been able to offer continuing education credits for some professions. We have offered twelve (12) AIA Health, Safety, and Welfare and Sustainable Design Continuing Education Credits and twelve (12) AICP Certificate Maintenance Credits. For Professional Engineers and other fields that are self reporting, the Georgia Conservancy is happy to provide assistance. Our credits are still pending approval for Spring 2010, and we will update the website and inform registrants as we learn more.

Additional Information:

Cost: $200, with an extra $100 charge for continuing education credits.

ALL PROCEEDS from Good Urbanism 101 support urban design education at Georgia Tech by supporting graduate students with scholarships or research assistantships.

Any questions? Please contact: Katherine Moore, Georgia Conservancy, kmoore@gaconservancy.org

Location: Centergy Building at Tech Square, 75 5th Street, Atlanta, GA
The Centergy building is in walking distance from both the Midtown and the North Avenue MARTA stations
(note: the Tech Trolley stops at the Midtown station).
We regret we cannot offer free parking, but there is plenty of deck and street parking in the vicinity.

Visit the Good Urbanism 101 Web page for more information.

This event is co-sponsored by AIA Atlanta and the Georgia Planning Association

Keynote presentations by individuals from the Council on Environmental Quality, Louisiana’s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will provide participants with a discussion of NEPA under a new administration, coastal restoration in Louisiana, and the role of Historic Preservation in a Sustainable Environment.

Finally, two day long NEPA-themed training sessions will be held on Tuesday, April 27 – “Improving the NEPA Process” and “Section 4(f), Section 106, & NEPA” (7.5 AICP CM credits are available for both courses).

Please peruse NAEP’s conference webpage or GAEP’s conference webpage .

The Planning Institute of Colorado (a non-profit subsidiary of APA Colorado) is offering a special on Certification Maintenance credits until April 30, 2010. For only $10 per course, you can get four hours of CM credit! Visit www.vaned.com/planners today. We have recently added a new course, so you can choose from

• Land Surveying and Platting (NEW!)
• Demographic Forecasts and Economic Analysis
• Transportation Planning
• Growth Management Systems

Take any or all of these courses at your own pace (all in one sitting, or spread out the sections over several days or weeks) – all from your personal computer at any time of the day or night. Registration is easy and the courses are designed for a variety of interests. For any AICP planner who is in the grace period, this is a convenient way to get up to 16 hours of CM credit for $40 or less – just remember, you have to allow time to finish the course and report it before April 30, 2010! For those AICP planners who have completed their CM requirements, this is a great way to get an jump on the next reporting period.

Do not delay! The CM grace period ends on April 30, 2010 and so does the special pricing for these courses. You can even do a five day FREE trial through the VanEd website at www.vaned.com/planners.

Three former City of Atlanta Planning Commissioners – Steve Cover, Michael Dobbins, and Leon Eplan – will share with us suggestions and warnings they would offer if they were to write a “Dear Mayor Reed” letter.  

Join us to hear from these planning leaders and to pose your own thoughts and proposals for their consideration:

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
White Provisions
1170 Howell Mill Road, 4th Floor

Check out a wonderful new in-town space, hear some provocative insights from our former Planning Commissioners, visit with fellow Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning alums, eat some gumbo, and help support current planning students.

Recommended $10 donation to benefit the Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning’s New Orleans APA conference scholarship fund.  Click here to make your donation.

Please bring your receipt with you to the event.  We would also appreciate your donations even if you do not plan on attending!

Any questions, please contact Jodi Mansbach, jodi.mansbach@gatech.edu.

CM credit applied for.

Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth is hosting a symposium to honor the career of Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer.  The symposium titled, A 2020 View of Urban Infrastructure: A Festschrift in Honor of Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer on the Occasion of his 45th Year of Law Teaching, will be held in Atlanta on March 25 & 26, 2010.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Infrastructure Planning: Challenges and Visions – Focusing on current infrastructure needs, planning trends, and potential solutions to problems many communities are now facing.
• Future Directions – Dealing with the impact of environmental concerns on the future of planning and how planning professionals can incorporate sustainable technology and smart growth principles into planning practices.
• Infrastructure and Property Rights – Discussing the legal interests and rights of landowners, zoning officials, and government organizations.
• Transportation Infrastructure and Control of Sprawl – Addressing transportation issues facing many large metropolitan regions and offering perspectives on controlling sprawl through transportation infrastructure.
• Social Infrastructure – Focusing on the importance of providing necessary affordable housing for low-income families and addressing how environmental concerns impact affordable housing.
• Financing Infrastructure – Comparing fee generating methods to cover the rising costs of infrastructure, including a cross-national perspective on the use of developer agreements and exactions.
• Water Infrastructure – Looking into wastewater management through new directions and changes to the law and policies.

Georgia and Florida attorneys attending the symposium are eligible to receive 9 hours of CLE credit.  Planners will receive 9 hours of AICP for CM credit, including 1.5 hours of law credit.  Engineers attending will also be eligible for individual application through the Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.  If you have any further questions please contact us at Infrastructure2020@gsu.edu.

Download the brochure for more information.

Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium, Architecture East Building on the Campus of Georgia Tech.

The third book event in the SCaRP 09-10 series will be next Wednesday evening.  Professor Ross will suggest the next directions in the Megaregions work; Mayor Shirley Franklin, ARC director Tom Weyandt, and civil engineering professor Mike Meyer will comment. Copies of 2009 Architecture College faculty-authored books will be on sale. Refreshments will be served. We expect the event to be approved for AICP CM credits.

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Full-day training on ethical issues related to planning (3 Ethnical CM credits are being pursued).

Cost is $50 for One person; $90 for Two; $120 for Three.
This includes breakfast, lunch and all course materials.

3 AICP CM Credits are being pursued for this course – Register today!

Register online at http://ethicsinplanning.eventbrite.com