This Web briefing provides background and examples of collaborative planning, community and thoroughfare design, design issue resolution, innovative financing,  value capture through redevelopment and public/private partnerships. It will provide two examples of the use of the Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) approach to develop a vision, objectives and design for an urban thoroughfare in areas targeted for redevelopment.

GAZA is an approved provider of Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for AICP-certified administrators, and the Summer conference will be submitted as a CM-eligible event.

Around the country, communities are confronting threats to their health and quality of life - high rates of chronic disease, unhealthy food choices, stress, economic challenges, and few opportunities for an active lifestyle, as well as overwhelming medical costs and a growing elderly population. Increasingly, they are seeking to solve these threats by changing the places they live, work, and go to school.

The Joint Land Use Study Implementation Summit for Fort Stewart/ Hunter Army Airfield.

"We'll get through it, but the era of cheap and abundant water is over." -Bill Holman Once considered an unlimited resource in the Carolinas and Georgia, protecting both the quality and availability of water is becoming an ever increasing challenge. To offer a forum for discussion of these critical issues the first Tri-state Watershed Symposium […]

Elected city officials attending the Summit will receive a 6 hour credit through the Municipal Training Institute. The Summit is also approved for 4 hours of AICP Certification Maintenance Credit.

GCHP, is a new web-based interactive tool created to provide a better understanding of coastal resources, coastal hazards and the effects of rapid population growth and development. This online tool can be utilized in many ways; such as, identifying vulnerability to coastal hazards and identifying connections between hazards and natural resources.

The Appalachian Regional Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Sustainable Communities, in partnership with the NADO Research Foundation, the Development District Association of Appalachia, and USDA Rural Development, are convening this event. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to learn about best practices in creating strong, vibrant rural communities; to discuss […]

All planners are invited to join the GPA Young Planners Group for a tour of the Gulch area in downtown Atlanta and a presentation on the multi-modal passenger terminal (MMPT). The proposed MMPT will serve as a hub for existing and future transit systems and will also serve as a catalyst for development in the area. The tour will take place on the evening of Thursday, May 24th, beginning at 5:30.

The 2012 Georgia Institute of Transportation Engineers (GA ITE) Summer Seminar is being held July 15-18 in St. Simons Island at the beautiful King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort!

Public officials at the state and local level are frequently called on to consider the siting of freight intermodal terminals, inland ports, and warehouses and distribution centers.

Session example: What are the emerging trends and challenges in the 21st Century and how are planners well-positioned to lead and innovate as we move forward as a profession?

This Tri-State (GA, SC, NC) conference is held annually to encourage dialogue about watershed issues in the Southeast. AICP credit (4.0 credits) for this conference is now available. A Pre-Conference Technical Workshop on communicating effectively with emerging media. This will be led by Alan Heymann, Chief of External Affairs, DC Water. Learn about the history […]

Join Program Co-Chairs Harold Buckley, Jr., AICP, a partner with Wilson Brock & Irby LLC, and David C. Kirk, FAICP, a partner with Troutman Sanders LLP. They lead an outstanding faculty for multiple topics.

Save the date for the GPA Fall Conference 2012.

The Alabama APA Chapter in concert with Alabama A&M University is sponsoring an AICP Exam Preparation Workshop to be held on the Alabama A&M Campus on September 29, from 8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m. More details will be provided shortly.Save the Date!

The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth advances interdisciplinary dialogue, academic exchanges, and research related to challenges facing the physical and built environment in Atlanta and around the world.

National and local experts in the fields of transportation, regional economics, public health, environment and aging will discuss integrated approaches for creating communities where older adults can age in place and age well. The event will showcase ARC’s Lifelong Communities Initiative, present models that can be replicated in other communities and introduce ARC’s exciting new […]

Richland County Government will be hosting the 8th Annual Neighborhood Planning Conference on Saturday, October 13. Mitchell Silver, AICP (APA President) will provide our Keynote and a session.

Celebrate World Town Planning Day at Georgia Tech, Monday 5 November 1800-2000, 123 Architecture East Building.

This workshop explores creating regulations that are clear, concise, defensible, user-friendly and match the right tools for a community’s needs, philosophy and goals.

Join Program Co-Chairs Harold Buckley, Jr., AICP, a partner with Wilson Brock & Irby LLC, and David C. Kirk, FAICP, a partner with Troutman Sanders LLP.

This year, the New Partners Conference makes its way to America’s heartland – Kansas City, MO. Long acclaimed for its legendary jazz, blues and barbecue, Kansas City is now striving to implement a vision of smart growth and sustainability that promotes economic vitality, environmental quality and social equity.

A 2-day course in Duluth (Mar 26-27) will use an interactive, case study format to teach about environmental justice as it relates to community outreach and transportation impacts (7 CM including 1.5 Law).

In cooperation with the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission we will hold a planner’s lunch in Rome, GA.

This session will focus on online community engagement methods and techniques, featuring the work of MindMixer, a collaborative, on-line community engagement company. It will highlight emerging technologies that are becoming more and more important for effective community engagement, offering insight by way of specific examples from various online community engagement projects.

Please join us on Thursday, March 28, for the Young Planners Group Spring Event. This event will include a guided tour of Ponce City Market and a presentation of the proposed infrastructure improvements for the Ponce Corridor.

Cartersville folks are excited to host a Georgia Planning Association (GPA) Planners Lunch on Wednesday April 24th. This year’s event will be held downtown at the Booth Western Art Museum from 10:00 to 2:00.

Join colleagues from around the country in Atlanta, GA May 15-17, 2013 and the Georgia World Congress Center for the upcoming Brownfields Conference. CM credit available. “Brownfields are a key to the rebuilding of America's downtowns, creating jobs and meeting the need for livable communities. The 2013 National Brownfields Training Conference in Atlanta is an […]

ITE Georgia Section's Summer Seminar 2013 at the King & Prince Beach & Golf Resort on St. Simons Island.

Please join GPA and the faculty, staff, and friends of Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning as we welcome returning students and the incoming fall class.  The reception is this Friday, August 16, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at the Georgia Tech Campus, West Architecture Building, 1st Floor Atrium. MORE INFORMATION

The webinar, which is on Wednesday, September 4th from 1:00 – 2:30 CT will address the primary sources of ethical rules, common ethical mistakes, and procedures to correct common mistakes. In addition, the webinar will have an interactive component that will enable participants to interact with the presenters and other participants on ethical scenarios.

We have been working hard for the past six months to make sure the 2013 Confluence Conference will be bigger and better this year. Guess what? It will be.

The online registration website is open for the Fall 2013 GPA Conference. We have applied for more than 50 CM credits including topics on Ethics and multiple opportunities for Law credits. Early Registration is $225 until September 8, 2013, when the price increases to $295. The conference will boast opportunities for mobile workshops to explore one of Georgia’s Golden Isles and plenty of time for networking on the beach. 

Until recently, few jurisdictions prepared their own fiscal impact analyses to assist land-use decisions.

Moderated by Professor Nancey Green Leigh, FAICP, Associate Dean for Research, Georgia Tech College of Architecture

We're pleased to inform you about a free training opportunity from the Georgia Planning Association. GPA, Sycamore Consulting, Inc, and the City of Smyrna welcome you to a free session on Ethics and Social Media.

A workshop designed for transportation directors, engineers, planners, and elected officials and will focus on implementing road diets and refuge islands for improved bicyclist safety.

A workshop designed for transportation directors, engineers, planners, and elected officials and will focus on implementing road diets and refuge islands for improved bicyclist safety.

A workshop designed for transportation directors, engineers, planners, and elected officials and will focus on implementing road diets and refuge islands for improved bicyclist safety.

Planners can obtain APA credits for attending a one-day workshop hosted by UGA's Carl Vinson Institute of Government in Savannah, GA on Aug. 28, 2014.

A workshop designed for transportation directors, engineers, planners, and elected officials and will focus on implementing road diets and refuge islands for improved bicyclist safety.

The conference will continue in the traditional format on Thursday morning with an exciting keynote speaker and breakout sessions. Thursday evening we will replace our traditional evening reception with the presentation of the GPA Chapter Awards at an Awards Dinner and Membership meeting before hitting the town for the great Athens nightlife. We will wrap-up […]

This lecture will outline the rapid development of new tools for visualising cities and their functions with an emphasis on how they can be used in the analytical phases of urban design.

Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning professors Catherine Ross and Nisha Botchwey will discuss their research and recent book, Health Impact assessment in the United States.

The Savannah State University Master of Science in Urban Studies and Planning program, is pleased to extend an invitation for you to attend the 2015 Urban Planning Conference titled “Planning to Thrive: Collaboration, Adaptation and Implementation” on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the new Student Union.

The core objective of this analytical course is to explain the financial tools used to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent, private sector jobs, increased productivity and improvement in the local tax base. Specifically, the course will review current debt, equity, grant and incentive-based financing programs that are accessible to […]

The annual ITE Summer Seminar is one of the best transportation conferences in the southeast. Topics include transportation funding, modeling, planning, complete streets, and dealing with the public, as well as related planning and engineering subjects. Speakers are from a wide cross section of the industry, including both public and private sector, local and national experts, and project and academic sources. The content is geared toward the transportation professional, both planning and engineering.

Nancy Jones, the BHNP Executive Director, and Kevin McCauley, the Project Director, will give a presentation about the planning opportunities that BHNP is currently addressing and the history of the Preserve’s creation. After this presentation, we will walk a portion of the Preserve and learn more about the Preserve and ecological systems.

Please join us for a free session on planning and implementation strategies for quality growth and redevelopment, a topic area of increasing importance to communities in the Atlanta region and Georgia's first tier suburbs.

This hands-on course will review the fundamentals of developing and implementing a high-impact marketing and attraction plan. Businesses looking to locate or expand need accurate, up-to-date, and credible information and communities need rock-solid marketing techniques to reach the needs of the business community. Course participants will be able to learn how to craft their community's […]

Information coming soon.

The National Center for Transit Research, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) are presenting the 9th National GIS in Transit Conference, September 1-3, 2015, in Washington, DC.

Communities interested in learning more about solar development are invited to a free workshop with national and local experts.

This hands-on course presents business financing tools and available private financing options, as well as how the public sector can complement bank financing. You will learn how to stimulate private sector investment that results in the creation of permanent, private sector jobs and increased productivity. Course participants will also perform credit analysis by determining how […]

Delve into the state of the real estate markets after the great recession. How have well-planned communities weathered the storm? Are more communities recognizing the importance of planning for economic development? Veteran planners look at new norms for home values, retail markets, development, and revitalization. Is it time to reexamine some of your cherished projects? […]

Topics:2016 Economic Forecast and Development UpdateNews from Atlanta Aerotropolis AllianceThe Digital Age and South MetroNew Education Legislation and Its Impact on South MetroMillennial Movement on the Move*Applying for CM credits.*  

GPA is proud to join SDRA, Mopper Kelly Realtors, and NAI Mopper Benton in sponsoring The Dollars and Sense of Urbanism. Please join us Feb 25 for an exciting workshop. This event has been approved for CM credits.

Registration is now open for the GAITE May Monthly Meeting on Thursday, May 12th at Park Tavern, Midtown Atlanta. Shaun Green, Senior Transportation Engineer for the BeltLine, is going to impress you with a brief overview of the overall Atlanta BeltLine Program of Projects.

Interested in the current movement toward increased bicycle and pedestrian facilities and design? Then come hear from Katelyn DiGioia (GDOT, State Bicycle and Pedestrian Engineer) and Byron Rushing (ARC, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner) to learn about the importance of bicycle and pedestrian design.

The Georgia Walks Summit is the first statewide gathering of people committed to making our communities great places to walk.

GPA District 2 will host a law review seminar on June 16 (4-5:30pm) from APA’s Signature Webinar Series. "As the U.S. Supreme Court concludes its session, APA convenes planning attorneys to discuss the most important decisions of the year. In addition to the Supreme Court cases, the panel reviews district and state court rulings. Find […]

Georgia ITE's Summer Seminar is a 3-day technical conference that is packed with the latest advances and project updates in transportation planning, engineering, and system operations.

Join us for a talk + walk with the team of folks who helped to bring the Decatur Box Project to life!

Recognizing the importance of ethics education for local government decision makers, planners, planning commissions, boards of zoning, as well as local government staff who work on comprehensive planning, zoning appeals, or architectural review, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and GPA are offering a six-hour ethics class for planners and planning officials.

This year, the Basic Economic Development Course will celebrate 50 years of being one of the first steps in the careers of more than 3,000 economic developers from across the country.

The fifth annual Urban Planning Conference will be Friday, March 31, 2017 at Savannah State University.

Explore the core aspects of entrepreneurial and small business development including value-add partnerships, technical assistance programs, financing, business incubation and more.

This is a 2-day workshop for planners and local government officials and staff on preparing and implementing a local comprehensive plan.

This annual gathering of Georgia's growing trail community offers 30+ presentations, 12 mobile workshops on trails and AICP CM credits.