Join Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute for their GIS for Economic Development course, August 8, 2012, and receive a hands-on introduction to tools and approaches that will make your strategies successful in today’s technology-driven environment. Let this course teach you how to create fact-based evidence that will drive your community activities. AICP CM credits have […]

Join the faculty, staff, and friends of the School of City & Regional Planning as we welcome our returning students and incoming fall class. Contact: or call 404-894-2352

The next GAZA (Georgia Association of Zoning Administrators) conference will be held August 23-24 in the Northeast Georgia mountains at the Brasstown Valley Resort. You can register online for the conference and read more info about the resort.

The most delightful CLE of the year—Experience Burge Plantation and enjoy a Burge Organic Farm lunch!

On Friday, September 21, a one-day Healthy Communities Summit, will take place in Atlanta to bring design and health professionals and public officials together to discuss and learn about ways to build livable neighborhoods together that support physical and mental health.

Designing Streets for Pedestrian Safety is a highly visual, hands-on workshop hosted by PEDS and customized for Metro Atlanta. Topics include street connectivity, access management, road diets, complete streets, intersection design, access to transit, and the nuts and bolts of creating safe crossings. During the afternoon, participants will apply what they’ve learned to a Livable […]

The goal of this year's summit is to develop a strategic framework that could become the precursor to a GA Green Economy Strategic Plan

After the YPG Reception, participants are invited to join The Loft’s Comedy Night starting at 10:00pm (limited free tickets on a first-come first-serve basis, otherwise $5). This is a great chance to network with other planners and see what’s going on in planning throughout the state.

Sponsored by Bartlett Tree Experts, CSX, Mead’s Tree Service, SCE&G, Schneider Tree Care, Sox & Freeman, Duke Energy, and the SC Forestry Commission, this program will examine what it takes to make trees thrive in an urban environment.

The Southeast Association of Facilitators is hosting a one-day facilitation conference on Friday, October 26th in Kennesaw. They main presenter is Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Founder and President of AmericaSpeaks, and the other presenters are certified professional facilitators.

This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming.

The 60th Anniversary 1952-2012 celebration of the Architecture East building will be held on November 8, 2012 from 5:30 - 7:30pm in the Hugh Stubbins Gallery. Alumni, faculty and students are invited to a reception to celebrate the opening of the original Architecture Building in 1952 and enjoy the exhibition A Half Century of Architectural Education 1906-1956.

Georgia Tech's Center for GIS and Student Planning Association are hosting a GIS Day map and poster competition to highlight the skills of the university's students.

Safe Routes to School is about much more than simply providing sidewalks. The factors which influence whether or not a student walks or rides a bike to school are complex.

You’re invited to our Winter 2013 Happy Hour, held in conjunction with the GPA AICP Exam Preparation Review Session. This is our fourth year hosting this combined event with GPA and we’ve had a great turnout the past three years

The national Center for Community Progress will conduct a workshop on mitigating the effects of foreclosure for AHAND and G-STAND next Thursday, on January 24th.

he Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning's Student Planning Association (SPA) is hosting a Resume Blitz.

Building Safe, Healthy, Equitable and Prosperous Communities Kathryn Lawler - “Partnerships that Deliver Thriving Communities” Thursday, Feb 7, 8:30-10:00 am. Nathaniel Smith - “Partnerships that Deliver Thriving Communities” Thursday, February 7, 2013, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Laura Keyes - “Preparing for the Boomers and Beyond: Strategies for Creating Communities for All Ages” Thursday, Feb 7, […]

This Practicum provides sea level rise science, research on shoreline movement, and the implications for the Georgia coast.

In February 2013, the City of Dublin will proudly host the 8th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP), a worldwide network of some 900 cities established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to work together to address urban challenges and crises in a collective and collaborative manner.

This Practicum is designed to improve the effectiveness of planning commission members by helping them understand their role and responsibilities.

This free event is intended to broaden applicant pools and enhance the fit between graduating M.Arch, MCRP, and MSPP students and employers, but it also serves to open doors for intern placements and later employment.

Approximately 150 experts from around Georgia have been invited to be a part of this day-long event. The purpose is to bring together a variety of disciplines, and leading experts within those disciplines, to address how we, as a group, can successfully not only manage our flood risk, here within the State, but also how we can manage our valuable floodplain resources, as well!

The Urban Studies and Planning program at Savannah State University (SSU) will host “City-Building: The Key Role of Urban Planning in Historic Preservation and Economic Development in Savannah”.

Consider attending CNU’s March 29th Workshop on Transit-Oriented Development Design with Jeff Speck, Architect / Planner and Author of “Walkable City” and “Suburban Nation.”

Since its inception in 1989, the goal of the Georgia Water Resources Conference has been to provide an open forum for the discussion of current water policies, research, projects, and water management in Georgia.

More information coming soon...

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.