2009 GPA Fall Conference in Review

September 30 – October 2, 2009 in Athens, GA

AICP Prep

• Functional Areas of Planning (868 KB pdf)
• Plan Making and Implementation (4.7 MB pdf)
• Significant Events in American City Planning (108 KB pdf)
• Foundations of Modern American City Planning (99 KB pdf)

Planning Officials Track

• Local Planning 101 (4.2 MB pdf)
  presented by Adam Hazell, Georgia Mountain Regional Commission
• The ABC’s of Zoning (577 KB pdf)
  presented by Michelle Alexander, Pond & Company
• More than Meets the Eye – An Introduction to Design Standards (11.8 MB pdf)
  presented by Eric Bosman, Urban Collage
• Planning Trends and Hot Topics – Planning for Seniors, Green Planning, Public Markets (5.5 MB pdf)
  presented by Dan Reuter, Atlanta Regional Commission

Professional Development

• A Planner’s Progress: Lessons Learned in the First 5 Years (2.2 MB pdf)
  sponsored by the Young Planner’s Group
• Regulating Signs in the Digital Age (316 KB pdf)
• Communicating the Planner’s Role in Recovery (1.1 MB pdf)

Environmental & Sustainability

• No Adverse Impact – the “Do No Harm” Principle (3.9 MB pdf)
  presented by Terri Turner, Georgia Association of Floodplain Managers & Tom McDonald, City of Savannah
• The Planners Guide to LEED – Part 1 (1.4 MB pdf), Part 2 (3.0 MB pdf)
  – John Cantrell, Interior Designer and Sustainability Leader, HOK
  – Dan Shultz, Development Director, City of Chamblee
  – Avanish Pendharkar, AICP, Senior Urban Designer, HOK
  
• “Triple Bottom Line” Approach to Environmental Sustainability – Part 1 (1.29 MB pdf), Part 2 (175 KB pdf)

Comprehensive Planning / Quality Growth

• Integrating Economic Growth with Livability: Creating a Balance in Our Communities (3.1 MB pdf)
• Peachtree City: 50 Years of Lessons Learned (41.1 MB pdf)

Transportation

• High Speed Rail: Reality or Myth and What it Could Mean for the Southeast (2.9 MB pdf)
• “Pre-Wiring” Suburbia: Transportation & Urban Deisgn Solutions for Emerging Suburban (7.3 MB pdf)
• Transportation Planning in a Collegial Environment (coming soon)
• Access Management: A Case Study and Panel Discussion –  Part 1 (6.8 MB pdf), Part 2 (3.4 MB pdf), Part 3 (3.5 MB pdf)

Session Descriptions

• Full Session Descriptions (pdf)
• AICP Prep Session Description (pdf)
• Comp Planning Session Description (pdf)
• Environmental & Sustainability Session Descriptions (pdf)
• Professional Development Session Descriptions (pdf)
• Transportation Session Descriptions (pdf)
• Mobile Workshops Session Descriptions (pdf)