The first of its in kind in Georgia, this course will teach you the core components to bring the world economy to your community’s front door.

This workshop covers the fundamentals of comprehensive planning in Georgia, from guidance for preparing that plan to best practices in implementation.

Roswell Inc. builds business by connecting the community with a vision to make Roswell the best place in the region for innovative, community-minded businesses and entrepreneurs. Join us for a […]

This interactive course presents the core components of a BRE program and why the concerns of local businesses need to be actively addressed.

APA Smart Cities and Sustainability Task Force co-chair Kathleen McMahon is presenting a Planning Smart for Smart Cities course at the Broadband Communities Economic Development Conference, Nov. 7, at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel.

This class offers 6 CM credit hours and uses the context of planning and land use decisions to address the core values underlying public problems, choices and decisions.

The Georgia Association of Zoning Administrators (GAZA) will hold its winter conference on February 8-9, 2018.

Join architects, landscape architects and planners for lectures, a tour and a social while exploring the Chicopee Mill and Village Historic District.

GPA’s 2018 Spring Conference will be held at the Gainesville Civic Center, located at 830 Green Street, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 (map it). The keynote speaker will be Ed […]

Join architects, landscape architects and planners for lectures, a tour and a social while exploring the Chicopee Mill and Village Historic District.

The 2018 Fall Conference will be here before we know it, so start thinking of your session ideas now. The Fall Conference this year will take place on September 5th […]

An event at historic Chicopee Village in Gainesville with a driving tour of the village and beyond; lectures on conservation ethics and historic preservation; and a social.

The DCA Office of Planning, in partnership with the Georgia Planning Association, offers a class called the Community Planning Institute to Georgia’s planning commissioners, elected officials and local government staff.

A highly rated and informative workshop on developing beneficial and enforceable sign regulations is coming to Birmingham, Alabama on July 26th.

Georgia Association of Zoning Administrators (GAZA) will be in Savannah for its next conference, August 21-23 at the Marriott Riverfront. CM credits will be offered through a partnership with GPA. […]

The aim of the workshop is to bring together key stakeholders from local governments, government associations, planners, industry, and academic leaders to explore potential smart community initiatives with the theme […]

The Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning will host two short courses during the fall semester. We will open registration in the coming weeks, but please mark September […]

The Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning will host two short courses during the fall semester. We will open registration in the coming weeks, but please mark September […]

Viewing of the APBP webinar "Aging in Place: Designing Communities to Support Mobility" followed by a discussion on local issues at the CSRA RC office from 3 - 5pm.

This class will review the key components of legal and codified ethics before moving on to explore normative ethics, which includes ethical building blocks and cornerstones, duty and obligation, sources […]

The GAZA Board of Directors designed the conference based on input from participants’ evaluations to address key topics of major concern to those involved in zoning administration. Thanks to a partnership with GPA, GAZA offers CM credits for conference sessions.

You are invited to join planning staff with the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) and the City of Valdosta to review several model ordinances. Ordinance topics will include telecommunications towers, […]

The Northeast Georgia Planning Collective will host its second roundtable discussion with a focus on new ideas and technologies in the transportation sector. With ideas such as app-enabled rideshare merging […]

For 53 years running, the Georgia Tech Basic Economic Development Course (BEDC) has been the premier professional development course for over 3,000 economic developers across the country, both new and seasoned alike.

This event has been POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus COVID-19. Once it has been rescheduled, we will update the calendar. Save the date! There will be an all-day AICP Exam […]

UPDATE: The conference scheduled for April 15, 2020 has been cancelled. Please visit the Spring Conference page to see information about refunds. Please Save the Date for the 2020 Fall Conference, September 23 – 25, 2020.

From the comfort of your own home—and delivering the spirit of NPC—APA is bringing the NPC20 @ Home to a screen near you. Hear about the most pressing challenges of our time. NPC20 @ Home's program is a concentrated offering of essential planning trends, networking, and compelling daily keynotes about the future of the profession.

The goal of this event is to increase the working knowledge of brownfields, their effects on economic development, and the policies and programs available to communities seeking to mitigate brownfield […]

We have confirmed our virtual, joint event with the Georgia chapter of ITE. Members of Pond & Company’s Planning, Transportation, and Landscape Architecture team will present "(Virtually) Great Techniques in […]

Each August, GPA hosts a joint welcome reception at Georgia Tech for their planning students, alumni, and other GPA members. This year, Georgia Tech will be having an online event […]

The 2020 GAZA Summer Conference has been canceled out of an abundance of caution related to the Covid-19 public health concern. The GAZA Board of Directors designed the conference based […]

Do you want to learn more about how to design streets and influence policies to better accommodate all road users of all ages and abilities? Complete Streets are designed to […]

GPA is teaming up with the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for a series of three “First Thursday” virtual webinars, beginning in October. October 1 – […]

The conference will include educational sessions, virtual networking opportunities, and virtual social events. Sessions will be eligible for AICP CM credits.

We are teaming up with the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for a series of three “First Thursday” virtual webinars, beginning in October. There is a lot of crossover between planning and landscape architecture, so please consider attending one or more of these webinars to support this worthy cause!

We are teaming up with the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for a series of three “First Thursday” virtual webinars. There is a lot of crossover between planning and landscape architecture, so please consider attending one or more of these webinars to support this worthy cause!

Join us for the final Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects series of “First Thursday” virtual webinars. There is a lot of crossover between planning and landscape architecture, so please consider attending one or more of these webinars to support this worthy cause!

This event is to bring together Georgia Power Company officials and city/county staff to discuss how jurisdictions can participate in and take advantage of financial savings through Georgia Power Company's energy efficiency offerings. This session will discuss multiple energy efficiency savings opportunities available to Georgia Power Company properties, many of whom are owned, leased and managed by our local governments.

Cities, states, and vehicle manufacturers across the United States have publicly set goals for their electric vehicle futures. In this session, we will spotlight the City of Peachtree Corners' plans […]

The GPA 2021 Spring Conference will be here before we know it. While we would like to see all of our fellow planners in person, we have decided that the 2021 GPA Spring Conference will be a virtual event.

Each spring, Park Pride hosts the annual Parks & Greenspace Conference, the largest parks conference in the southeast, showcasing thought leaders from Atlanta and across the nation. Through education and […]

Join us for an afternoon introduction to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) SolarAPP – a software tool for cities and counties to use to automate solar permit processing. NREL […]

Georgia Planning members are invited to join ITE Georgia to hear an update on transportation in Cobb County and their Cobb Forward Transportation Plan.

ARC is hosting a webinar for local governments looking to cut carbon emissions. Noted climate change experts at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University and Widener University Law School published more than 1,000 recommendations for achieving deep decarbonization.