The GPA Young Planners Group will be hosting a free reception at the offices of The Collaborative Firm for all attendees of the GPA Spring Conference.

Steve Dennis, founder of Motivation Unlimited, provides this workshop to inspire positive change in the lives of people, both personally and professionally, through study and practical application of proven leadership methods. His uplifting form of teaching will help you understand the four elements to success...

New Tools Released to Support Sound School Siting - Train the Trainer workshop will facilitate its widespread use Are you familiar with EPA’s School Siting Guidelines? Do you want to know how to train decision-makers on how to use the School Siting Guidelines? Join the Georgia Conservancy, Mothers & Others for Clean Air, and EPA on […]

Planning and public policy are creating supportive built environments that increase transportation options, access to services, healthy foods, parks, and other community benefits that can help make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Bryan Bell and Design Corps will be offering a Public Interest Design Institute workshop at SCAD Atlanta 12-13 July 2013! SCAD is very excited to be hosting this important workshop, and I hope we can count on APA GA to help publicize this opportunity to the community.

On Monday, July 29, 2013, ABC and Bike Emory are hosting a Roadway Safety Audit workshop for transportation planners, engineers, public health professionals, law enforcement officers and advocates working to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety.  The workshop will take place at Emory University from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Room […]

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.