Date: March 21, 2012
Location: Dunwoody, GA
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
The 2012 Spring Conference will offer up to 6.25 CM credits, with optional mobile workshops at up to 2.5 CM credits each.
Come one; come all to GPA’s Spring Conference 2012, to be held at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia in Dunwoody, GA on March 21, 2012.
It’s time for our annual spring gathering to learn from one another, build on our professional talents and discuss the issues facing our communities both today and tomorrow. This year the spring event will be a one-day more intensive conference, offering four classroom sessions, a keynote speaker and two mobile workshops. This year’s conference will provide participants with an opportunity to learn about how the young City of Dunwoody is working to redevelop aging commercial centers and craft its identity as a new municipality with strong residential neighborhoods and the largest concentrations of office space in the United States.
The 2012 Spring Conference will mark GPA’s debut in the City of Dunwoody, one of Georgia’s youngest cities. Primarily developed as a residential suburb in the 1960’s and catalyzed by the construction of Perimeter Mall in the 1970’s, Dunwoody traces its roots back to after the Civil War. Dunwoody was incorporated in 2008 after a citizen led effort and today utilizes the third-party operated form of government for many services, including planning and zoning. The City has continued to grow and prosper as many well known shopping and mixed used developments have opened, along with many of the Atlanta metro area’s top restaurants.
Doug Hooker the new Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission will be our luncheon keynote speaker. Jason Jordan from the American Planning Association will also be speaking on national concerns facing planning. Conference registration will begin soon.
Hotel reservations can be made by calling the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia at 1-888-233-9527, please let them know you are with the “Georgia Planning Association (GPA)”.