Election to the College of Fellows is one of the highest honors that the American Institute of Certified Planners, the professional institute of the American Planning Association, bestows upon a member. This honor recognizes the achievements of the professional as a model planner with significant contributions to planning and society. Fellowship will be granted to planners selected by a national committee from nominations received by a chapter of division of APA.

Solutions 2013, the national conference on state and local housing policy, is full of great speakers. From Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan T.M. Reckford to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan to the dozens of national and local housing practitioners and advocates sharing their wisdom at our workshops and roundtables, there will be no shortage of experts at this event.

Watch a live broadcast of TEDCity2.0 and share ideas about the future of cities.

TEDCity2.0 will bring an exciting line-up of speakers to NYC to talk about: redefining citizen, reinventing urban experience

Summer has quickly slipped away, but there's still time to enjoy a Braves' game! 

The Economic Development Division presents a Webinar on "Incentivizing Your City Centers: Regional Connections Through Mass Transit and Redevelopment," on Friday, September 27, from 1:00-2:30 EDT.

The ArcGIS Desktop training curriculum is designed to help you master critical GIS skills and be productive right away with the ArcGIS 10.1 tools for visualizing, analyzing and managing geographic data.

This one-day training will be followed up by an optional second day interactive Learning Lab on how participants can apply the principles of the “Newton Model” to their communities, using key facts and data. More information on this day is below.

How can the Atlanta region provide communities for all generations? Are Atlanta communities positioned to keep Boomers in place while still attracting younger households? What are the challenges our communities face as the 1.3 million Baby Boomers in the Atlanta region age towards retirement and beyond? Join CNU Atlanta for a workshop featuring Philip B. Stafford, […]

The ArcGIS Desktop training curriculum is designed to help you master critical GIS skills and be productive right away with the ArcGIS 10.1 tools for visualizing, analyzing and managing geographic data. 

It is being held in conjunction with a larger, week-long, event- DCA’s Community Development Institute- which will also include the GA Institute for Community Housing and the Main Street Institute.

Deadline to submit abstracts - 50th ISOCARP International Planning Congress

The APA Atlanta Local Host Committee invites all GPA members and supporters to celebrate the upcoming APA National Planning Conference at Manuel’s Tavern.

The purpose of the Georgia Planning Memorial Foundation (GPMF) - Denise Abboud Fund is to help with the education and ongoing professional development of planners, planning commissioners or other persons who work in or serve Georgia cities and counties in an official planning role.

The APA National Conference is coming to Atlanta, GA on April 26-30, 2014. Please consider volunteering for this important event.

One of the highlights of the 2014 APA National Conference is sure to be APA’s collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Cancer Society to facilitate the Planning Healthy Communities Symposium.

Come to a great event hosted by the Georgia Chapter on the evening of Sunday, April 27th during the APA Conference! A “Taste of the South in Downtown Atlanta” is the theme of the Opening Reception.

Georgia Tech and the Georgia Chapter of the American Planning Association will hold a joint reception at the APA National Planning Conference on Monday evening, April 28th on the Rooftop of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 235 Andrew Young International Boulevard NW. The event will be a great opportunity to gather and network with others from throughout Georgia.

APA Atlanta Pub Crawl: Take a Stroll Down Atlanta’s Red Carpet

This training session is for appointed planning commissioners, zoning board of appeals and variance board members, and other local government review boards, commissions, and authorities that make land use decisions and recommendations.

To celebrate the creation of the Olmsted chair we are hosting a free half day symposium on June 2nd at Georgia Tech in Atlanta featuring 6 renowned speakers.

What is Tactical Urbanism and how can it help revitalize our cities? How do older adults experience the aging process, and still desire to remain active in their communities? And how do these two ideas connect?

Join the Faculty and Staff of the School of City and Regional Planning as we welcome our returning students and incoming fall class.

The Future of Planning – Practice and ProfessionWilliam Anderson, FAICPPresident, APA + Vice President, AECOM September 2, 20146pm – 7:15pm123 Architecture East 123 Architecture East, the Reinsch-Peirce Family Auditorium, is located in Architecture East on the 1st floor. For parking and directions, please visit the College of Architecture information page.

The Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) invites you to join us for the premier inter-state water issues conference in the Southeast.

Deadline to submit abstracts - 50th ISOCARP International Planning Congress

Conference attendees of all ages are invited to the Young Planners’ Group (YPG) Reception at Hendershot’s on Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM, following the Awards Dinner. Located in the historic Bottleworks building at 237 Prince Avenue, Hendershot’s is a much-loved coffeehouse, bar, and music venue. Reception-goers will enjoy live funk, blues, and […]

GPA is proud to sponsor an upcoming lecture and discussion from noted architect, urban planner, and scholar, Miguel Coyula. Coyula will present “Cuba in the 21st Century: A View from Inside Out- Preservation and Development of Colonial Havana” followed by discussion on the impact of political and economic circumstances on preservation and development.

On Oct. 16th we will be spending the day with Ray Gindroz. We have also partnered with the local chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art to present an additional lecture the night before. The title of the lecture for the ICAA-SE is Renaissance Urban Acupuncture and other Practical History Lessons for 21st Century Urbanists.

The Georgia Bike Summit is a conference for advocates, planners, elected leaders, transportation officials, and anyone interested in creating a safer, more bicycle friendly Georgia.

You’re Invited: Cherokee County hosts CityView Lunch N’ Learn

You are cordially invited to the Georgia Tech Student Planning Association’s World Town Planning Day event, Life After the Braves: Redeveloping Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves are moving out of Turner Field, and into the suburbs.

The APA County Planning Division (CPD) and the National Association of County Planners (NACP) are pleased to announce the opening of their 2015 Project Awards Program application cycle. This program provides the opportunity to recognize outstanding planning projects from counties around the country at the County Planning Division business meeting in Seattle at the APA National Conference.

During two days, participants gain an in-depth understanding of urban form for a regulatory framework. Instructors show how to create form-based codes that frame the public space. They show how to conceptualize the urban character of a street by drawing upon an area’s historic form. Instructors present design principles through lecture and case study, combining […]

Alumni and Friends, Georgia Tech is hosting an AICP Exam Prep Session on February 21st and 22nd. If you are interested in participating, please email or call Professional Development Officer Gary Cornell, FAICP. His contact information is below, along with the event details. Note the 2-day Format!Friday 8:30AM – 5:15 PMSaturday 8:30AM – 12:00PM Box […]

Following the AICP Exam Review Session at Georgia Tech.

Developing a Sustainable Start-up Culture in Atlanta: Essential for Long-Term Growth?

Come meet with 100+ Georgia Tech city and regional planning, geographic information systems, urban design, public policy, and architecture students interested in full-time employment and co-ops/internships.

Please join GPA, YPG, and the Georgia Tech Student Planning Association (SPA) for the Spring 2015 Alumni & Networking Reception on Thursday, March 26th from 6:30 - 8:30pm. This event is open to all planning professionals and planning students.

Join your fellow South Atlantic planners for a reception as part of the APA Conference! All member of the FL, GA, NC, and SC Chapters and any alumni or current student from a sponsoring University are invited to attend.

Registration for the 2015 Georgia Water Resources Conference is now open. More than 150 oral presentations, panels, and posters will be featured.

The third Atlanta Studies Symposium will bring together researchers examining Atlanta’s social, cultural, economic and environmental issues on Wednesday 6 May 2015 in midtown Atlanta.

Reserve your spot at the Sheraton Suites Galleria in Atlanta now by visiting the Georgia Grant Professional Association’s Website. The conference is $250 for Grant Professionals Association members and $275 for everyone else. All who register by March 20, will receive a discounted early bird rate of $199.

The Georgia Planning Association and the Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Program are excited to co-host a Spring Conference Reception at the Georgia Tech College of Architecture Atrium.

The SPRING 2015 Georgia Planning Association Conference will be held on May 8, 2015.

Avoid Friday rush hour! Stay after the GPA Spring Conference on May 8th and join other GPA and YPG members at Front Page News for drinks, appetizers and planning chatter. To get to Front Page News, take the Tech Trolley from Tech Square to the Midtown MARTA station and walk north four blocks. Or, walk the whole way (about 15 minutes). Or drive and park on 12th Street or at one of several nearby decks – if you must. We won't judge you, but the transportation planners might.

The Federal Transit Administration is very excited to invite you to the 2015 Southeastern Regional Transit Conference -- "Building Ladders of Opportunity Through Transportation Networks" -- which will be held in Atlanta, GA on May 13-15, 2015 at the Loudermilk Conference Center (40 Courtland Street

This is a custom version of the Coastal Community Resilience training course. This training course increases participant’s understanding of the basic principles of disaster resilience planning by introducing meaningful actions that can be taken to enhance a community’s resilience to natural hazards. The course provides tools that allow for the assessment of hazards and risks […]

Quiet title actions are currently on the rise from a number of different scenarios - tax deed sales, "robo-signing" and other fraudulent foreclosure acts, mineral right issues, break in chain, adverse possession, and legal description errors are just a few of the issues that can initiate the need for a lawsuit to establish title to […]

The City of Thomasville and consultant LRK is hosting a three day charrette to establish a vision for a new downtown events center.

We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the start of another year! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have.

Date :: September 9 - 11, 2015 Location :: Hyatt Regency, Savannah, GA Registration :: Register OnlineRegistration is Now OpenShould you have any questions please email Dana Johnson, VP of Programs or email Beth Anne Trombetta, Events Planner.

Planning for Sign Code Success

Are you curious about how the Atlanta Streetcar got up and running? Are you interested in transit and transportation planning? Have you seen or read about the Streetcar, but never ridden it?

As Atlanta moves away from a principally car-focused orientation for its roads and looks towards more complete streets, how can planners and designers equitably distribute these physical spaces between different uses and users?

More info coming soon...

Planners from Athens-Clarke County's present their innovative septic system inventory and education program. (It’s your “doody” to learn more!) (CM 2)
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Ever-changing and ever more important, technology is reshaping community building, governance, and planning. Look at what's coming next as panelists examine the three big components of technology: plan management, research and data, and public engagement.

Our graduate students need your expert eyes to help them improve their resumes!

Note the 2-day Format! Friday 8:30AM – 5:15 PM Saturday 8:30AM – 12:00PMBox Lunch is provided on Friday! (*These are box lunches with sandwiches. Please note if you prefer a vegetarian lunch.)$40 fee payable at the door. Make checks payable to “Georgia Planning Association”.To make a reservation please call or email Gary Cornell today! Gary […]

Following the AICP Examp Review Session on Friday at Georgia Tech, join us for the year's first YPG Social.

The event will feature a meet and greet with Becky Katz, the opportunity to hear her discuss how she has transitioned to arrive in her current role as Chief Bicycle Officer, and her vision for bicycling in Atlanta.

Join us to tour the Edgewood transit oriented development site with project planners and designers Amanda Rhein and Eric Kronberg on March 16th at 5:30PM. See flyer for more details.

The Transportation and Health Tool gives practitioners a way to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. Released in the fall of 2015 by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with support from APHA, the tool uses 14 transportation and health indicators to measure how transportation affects health. […]

The Master of Science in Urban Studies and Planning (MSUSP) program at Savannah State University (SSU) will host the annual Urban Planning Conference with the theme “Planning across Generations: Deconstructing the Past, Shaping the Future”.

GPA invites you to the Southeast Chapters and Schools Reception at the APA National Conference in Phoenix.

The GPA 2016 Spring Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Douglasville Conference Center in Douglasville, GA. Registration will open in mid to late February.

Attend day three of a three-day conference at a deep discount for Georgia local government officials, located at Serenbe, a sustainable community 25 minutes southwest of the Atlanta airport.

Join us for an opportunity to help beautify Old Fourth Ward! A tree-planting demonstration will be provided at 9 AM sharp, and all necessary tools will be provided. Project is for volunteers age 12 and up. Closed-toed shoes and a reusable water bottle are recommended. Project will happen rain or shine!

To be mobile is to have the ability to move. It is to move across space, from one neighborhood to another, perhaps, or across social categories of well-being, such as from the working poor to the middle-class. The challenges to mobility in Atlanta—whether physical or social—remain a key concern for residents, policymakers, and scholars from a variety of disciplines

From June 8-10, 2016, leaders who are transforming how the nation views, values, and manages water resources will gather in Atlanta, Georgia for One Water Summit 2016.

The Georgia Tech Integrated Network for Social Sustainability will be hosting a discussion on Climate Resilience.

Who would ever thought they’d make a musical that features a city planner as a lead character.

The Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning’s 2016 Welcome Reception, co-hosted by the Georgia Planning Association, will be held on August 19th this year. We’d love for you to join us!The reception will take place in the Architecture West Building 1st floor atrium from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. This is the same location as […]

The IDA conference and trade show is the place for district management organization practitioners to gain the tactics and knowledge necessary to transform cities into healthy and vibrant urban places.

Join us at our ITE meeting to hear from Ed Hatfield about the History of Transportation in Georgia.

PARK(ing) Day is an international event that tasks individuals and organizations to reuse a metered street parking space for something other than its intended use to spark a conversation about how public space is designed and allocated. This year, Georgia Tech is partnering with the Midtown Alliance and other local organizations to transform 26 parking […]

The Georgia Planning Association (GPA) and South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (SCAPA) are pleased to announce our joint Fall 2016 Conference scheduled for Sept. 21 – 23, 2016 at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center (2 Tenth Street, Augusta, GA).More details on the GPA Conference Webpage.

Goodbye to The Ted and hello to...? Come find out at YPG's first event of fall! On Tuesday, September 27, arrive at 5:45pm to hear about the Turner Field Stadium Neighborhoods Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) and experience a tour with Jason Dozier of the Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition. Then we'll head into the game […]

Registration to be posted closer to meeting on the ITE website.

Have you noticed the continued growth of alcohol-related businesses in your community? Legal issues related to the growth of these businesses will be part of the October 19th GPA half-day event in Woodstock. The event will be held at the Chattahoochee Technical College Woodstock campus from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

Join CNU Atlanta for a day of tours and talks in Alpharetta and Avalon with representatives, planners, and designers for a behind-the-scenes look at their success stories.

WHAT: Each year the Georgia Tech Student Planning Association hosts a panel discussion, open to the public, surrounding a current planning event to celebrate World Town Planning Day. This year, the panel discussion will focus on innovations in zoning for large cities and how these could be applied in Atlanta. The panel will discuss the state […]

Join Georgia Tech planning students on 11/4 for a Happy Hour which concludes our Fall Networking Event.

You are invited to the 21st Century Urban Housing Symposium on Ecology, Opportunity, and Affordability

The DCA Office of Planning and Environmental Management, in partnership with GPA, offers a series of classes.

Join the Young Planners Group (YPG) on December 6 to hear from Frank Fernandez, Vice President of Community Development at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

Georgia Tech and NCTSPM cordially invite you to our reception being held during the TRB 96th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

To kick the year off, Georgia Tech’s College of Design will be screening the PBS documentary "Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America."

You’re invited to Young Planners Group’s 2017 Winter Social!

Registration for The University of Georgia Landscape Architecture & Planning Career and Internship Fair is now open!

Topics focus on how changing freight trends and operations are shaping the region's multimodal transportation system.

Career Fair will not only enhance the fit between employers and graduating students in architecture, city and regional planning, geographic information science, public policy and urban design, but also serve to open doors for intern placements.

The Georgia Planning Association invites you to historic Downtown Woodstock for the 2017 Spring Conference. The conference will take place on April 19, 2017 at City Center, located at 8534 Main Street. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to experience Downtown Woodstock, earn CM credits, and network with your fellow colleagues!

YPG invites you to a social immediately following the Spring Conference. Join us at 4:30pm at Ipp's Pastaria (8496 Main Street), just a one-minute walk from City Center. Appetizers will be provided, and a cash bar will be available.

This training class is a solid introduction to the basics of planning and zoning in Georgia.

Please plan to join Georgia’s water conservation leaders for a one-day conference coming up on May 3!

Registration is open for APA's 2017 National Planning Conference in New York.

Please join GPA, the Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning, the University of Georgia School of Environment & Design, and other state chapters and schools from throughout the southeast for a reception
at the APA 2017 National Conference.

In cooperation with the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), the American Planning Association (APA) presents the Planning Information Exchange (PIE).

Jason Miles, C.M., the Planning Manager for the City of Atlanta and former 15-year Operations Division member for the Department of Aviation, will discuss the ground transportation, public safety, terminals and concourses, and airfield improvements coming to the busiest airport in the world.

You're invited to the GT School of City and Regional Planning’s Fall 2017 Welcome Reception on Friday August 18th.

A training class for planning commissioners, planning and zoning staff, covering responsibilities to state laws governing local processes in land use.

“Experience SmartATL” is an event showcasing the work of various City departments, academic partners, public sector partners, and companies the City of Atlanta has been working with to implement its vision of a smart city.

The Student Planning Association at Georgia Tech will host Park(ing) Day 2017.

Make plans now to attend the Conference Welcome Reception! It will take place on Wednesday, September 27th from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM at the 14th Street Bridge.

After the Awards Dinner, planners of ALL ages are invited to the YPG reception on Thursday, September 28th from 8:30 PM – 12:00 AM. The reception will take place at Nonic, located at 1239 Broadway in Downtown Columbus.

As part of their monthly Planning’s Future Lecture Series, the School of City and Regional Planning are  hosting talks in October and November: Urban Informatics: Examples, Prospects and Challenges and Planning As If People Eat: Creating Equitable and Healthy Communities. Urban Informatics: Examples, Prospects and Challenges Speaker: Vanu Thakuriah, Professor of Urban Studies, Chair of […]

As part of their monthly Planning’s Future Lecture Series, the School of City and Regional Planning are  hosting talks in October and November: Urban Informatics: Examples, Prospects and Challenges and Planning As If People Eat: Creating Equitable and Healthy Communities. Urban Informatics: Examples, Prospects and Challenges Speaker: Vanu Thakuriah, Professor of Urban Studies, Chair of […]

GPA to revive the old First Friday tradition and honor Eric Bosman for his many years of service to the chapter this coming November 3.

Please join the partners of APA's Joint Call to Action to Promote Healthy Communities at a networking event for local members and affiliates and learn about one another’s work.

Please join the Georgia Tech Student Planning Association for World Town Planning Day for a discussion with an expert panel on Atlanta’s role as a Global City. The event will take place Wednesday, November 8 at the Reinsch - Pierce Auditorium, Georgia Tech School of Design.  A reception will begin at 6:00 PM, followed by […]

Thanks to a grant from the Georgia Planning Memorial Foundation (GPMF), there is a free planning & zoning training opportunity for appointed Board members (Planning Commissioners, Board of Zoning Appeals members) on November 14 in Calhoun.

Green Roof Design and Installation is a full day course, which presents indispensable information for green roof designers, practitioners and policymakers.