2019 GPA Fall Conference in Review

ONE GEORGIA.

Date :: October 2- 4, 2019
Location :: Classic Center in Athens, Georgia

GPA would like to thank everyone who attended the 2019 Fall Conference, One Georgia, in Downtown Athens! We would like to extend a special thank you to our host, Athens-Clarke County, for welcoming nearly 300 attendees and making this conference a huge success. Thank you also to the conference sponsors and annual sponsors for their financial support.

Keynote Speaker

As planners, we tend to be deeply connected to our communities. How do these connections form, and how do we leverage them to be effective leaders in our communities? Social psychologist and conservationist Rob Williams will take us on a tour of the many Georgias we work in, and discuss the power of place in planning, politics, and policy.

Panelists included: Rob Williams, PhD

Conference Presentations

• Big Plans Coastal Georgia – Whitney Shephard, Bridget Lidy, Cassie-Branum
• Short Term Rental Ordinances in Georgia – Vanessa Foster, Bridget Lidy, Adam Hazell
• Medellin Colombia, an Emerging City – Samantha Eberhard
• Planning for Resilience during Blue and Gray Skies – Lawrence Frank
• Innovation in Public Outreach – A Different Kind of ARTS – Oliver Page, PhD
• ARC’S Community Development Assistance Program Strengthening Local Relevance Through Technical Assistance – Nick Miller
• Mobile Technology’s Role in Bridging the Gap Between Science and the Public for Environmental Futures – Micah Taylor
• Planning for Extreme Weather: Assessing Transportation Vulnerability on a Regional and Local Scale – Megha Young
• The Future of Single-Family Zoning in Georgia – Matt Lonnerstater
• Connect Athens Corridor Plans: A process-  Gavin Hassemer, Aron Hall
• Planning for the Athletic Arms Race – Jack Crowley, Danny Sniff, Derek Schuber
• Talamanca OSA Ecological Forecasting II – Samuel Furey, Samantha Trust, Iris Fynn, Olivia Landry
• Applied Sciences’ Capacity Building DEVELOP Program Background & Project Applications – Austin Stone
• Identifying Environmental Stressors Impacting Sugarbush Longevity and Maple Syrup Agroforestry in Vermont – Brooke Bartlett, Shannon Healy, Melanie Rausch, Li-Wei Lin
• Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Assess Sea Level Rise and Develop Optimal Green Infrastructure Plans to Restore Mangrove Habitat and Enhance Coastal Resiliency – Maria Luisa Escobar Pardo, Christopher Cameron, Abhishek Kumar, Sonia Linton, David Rickless, Navid Hashemi Tonekabon, Sam Weber
• GDOT Statewide Transit Plan – Leigh Ann Trainer
• Advocacy in Georgia 101: Why, How, and What – Leah Dixon, Charlotte Davis, Todd Edwards, Rep. Scot Turner
• New Urbanism Traditional Neighborhood Developments & Sustainability – Laura Richter
• Columbus Brownfields Program – Laura Johnson
• Foundations of Modern American City Planning – Larry Keating
• Atlanta City Design Process, Scenarios & Future Directions – Kevin Bacon
• Atlanta City Studio – Kevin Bacon
• Virginia Avenue Smart Corridor – Keli Kemp
• Data Accessibility as a Pathway to Genuine Equality for Atlanta’s Westside Communities – Katie O’Connell
• Think Outside the Main Street: Supporting Your Downtown from the Outside In – Katherine Moore, Geoff Koski, Sam Collier, Tina Garver
• Fifty Years Ahead: What Land Cover Can Teach Us About Building A Sustainable Georgia – Katherine Moore, Tony Giarrusso
• Northwest Georgia Planning for Connections, Recognizing Opportunities – Julianne Meadows
• What could be improved about the planning process? Write your thoughts on the provided sticky note(s). User Experience (UX) Design – Julia Brodsky, Sarah McColley, Matthew Ockwell
• Suburban Placemaking – Vanessa Bernstein-Goldman, Julia Brodsky, Alex Fite-Wassilak, Rachel Evans
• The ABCs of the West End: Athletics, Brews, and Collaboration – Jourdyn Fuga
• Assessing the Impact of Youth Advocacy Training on Student Activity and Attitudes – Jasmine Jones-Bynes, Nisha Botchwey
• Atlanta’s Westside Neighborhoods Prepare for Development: A Land Use and Zoning Case Study – Glenda Matute
• Jackson County – Gina Roy
• When public art is not so public – Miranda Kyle, Christopher Swain
• Redeveloping Plans Review an Overview and Panel Discussion of the Athens-Clarke County Plans Review Process – Gavin Hassemer, Doug Hansford, Elizabeth Hargrove, Brett Nave
• Chattahoochee River Greenway Study for the Chattahoochee Riverlands – Erin Thoresen
• Engaging Diversifying Communities – Eric Lusher
• Fall 2019 AICP Exam Review GPA – David C. Kirk
• Reptiles, Plants, and Birds, Oh My! How Planners Can Balance Development and Species Protection – Krisztian Varsa, Charles McMillan, Jennifer Ceska, Neil Fleckenstein
• Social Media and Big Data for Transportation Planning – Joseph Boyd, Steve Cote, Caroline Evans
• Engaging the Public around Transportation Planning – Caroline Daigle
• Misadventures of Zoning, Overlays, Form-Based Codes, Variances, and Other Such Tales to Realize a Vision – Brantley Day
• Milton, Georgia – Best City to Live in Georgia – Parag Agrawal
• To Boldly Zone Where Zoning Has Not Been Before – Ariel Godwin, Matt Martin, Parag Agrawal
• Ethics Cases of the Year: 2019 – Ariel Godwin
• Measuring Public Participation Methods – Amy Martin