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2008
August
Plant City Planning Board Vice-Chair Appointed to APA Committee
July
Tuesdays at APA: Designing Communities for Better Transit
June
Virginia Planner Reelected to Planning Institute Commission
Tallahassee Planner Elected to AICP Commission
Shelby Planner Reelected to APA Board
Professor, Researcher Elected to APA Board
Florida Academic Elected to APA Board
Alaska Housing Planner Reelected to APA Board
Indianapolis Planner Elected to APA Board
May
Green Schoolyards Exhibit Opens May 24, 2008
Bellevue Planning Manager Is President-Elect of AICP
Is Creativity an Effective Urban Development Tool?
Champaign Planning Director Is APA President-Elect
Jacksonville, Florida, Mission Wins 2008 HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award
April
New Book Focuses on Under-Recognized Americans
Media Advisory: Planning for Reliable Water Supplies in the Southwest
Media Advisory: Reconfiguring the Suburbs for Survival
Media Advisory: Climate Change and the Law
Learning from the Desert: APA's National Planning Conference in Las Vegas
West Las Vegas Neighborhood Hosts Community Planning Workshop
Did You Know...?
Green Schoolyards Lead to Better Health
Learning from the Desert: APA's National Planning Conference in Las Vegas
March
Tuesdays at APA: Keeping Open Space Open
APA Announces Winners of High School Essay Contest
APA
Announces Winners of 48th Annual Journalism Awards
February
Helping Fuel Economic Development
Tuesdays at APA: Owning a Home in
Chicago
January
Tuesdays at APA: The Benefits of Car-Sharing Programs
2007
December
2008 APA Award Winners Announced
November
APA Applauds Oregon's Passage of Measure 49
October
High School Students Challenged to Make a Green Neighborhood
APA Announces 2007 Great Streets:
Bull Street,
Savannah, Georgia
Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Delmar Loop, University City and St. Louis, Missouri
Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida
125th Street, New York, New York
St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
South Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
APA Announces 2007 Great Neighborhoods:
Chatham Village, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.
Elmwood Village, Buffalo, New York
First Addition, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Hillcrest, San Diego,
California
North Beach, San Francisco, California
Old West Austin, Austin, Texas
Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
Pike Place, Seattle, Washington
West Urbana, Urbana, Illinois
September
Celebrating Communities: October Is National Community Planning Month
Tuesdays at APA: What Is Tax Increment Financing (TIF)?
Report: Compact, Mixed Use Development Essential for Reducing Carbon Emissions
Media Advisory:
Five Things Moms and Dads Can Do As Kids Go Back to School
August
Tuesdays at APA: Saving Neighborhood Character and Greystone Homes
June
Tribal Transportation Assessment Shows Funding Void
Tuesdays at APA: Completing Chicago's Public Lakefront
Restoration of Nation's Waterways Failing
May
Tuesdays at APA: What's Happening in New Orleans?
Smart Growth Needed for Global Competition
April
New Book Says Subdivisions Being Abandoned; Density No Longer Evil
APA Joins National Coalition Supporting Rural Communities
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Is Keynote at APA's 2007 National Planning Conference
Philadelphia's Sharswood Neighborhood to Host Community Planning Workshop
APA Announces Winner of High School Essay Contest
Cal Poly Senior Receives 2007 National Planning Leadership Award
Rhode Island Senator Reed Honored by APA as Legislator of the Year
New York City Congressman Nadler Honored by APA as Legislator of the Year
Supreme Court Acknowledges Climate Change
March
Planning Returns to Its Historical Roots: APA's 99th National Planning Conference,
Philadelphia, April 14–18
Philadelphia's American Street Empowerment Zone Neighborhood Receives 2007 HUD Award
Tuesdays at APA: The Importance of Preserving Chicago's Architecture
February
APA Announces Winners of 47th Annual Journalism Awards
APA Executive Director Selected for Prestigious Jury to
Honor Jane Jacobs
New Research Project Will Help Guide Communities to Improve Energy Efficiency
January
Tuesdays at APA: How Chicago Got Its Skyline
Ohio State Student Receives 2007 National Planning Leadership Award
2006
December
APA Announces Winners of 2007 National Planning Excellence, Achievement, and Leadership Awards
APA Recognizes Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe Plan for Prestigious 2007 Daniel Burnham Award
Cheyenne, Wyoming's PlanCheyenne to Receive APA's 2007 Daniel Burnham Award
Transformed San Francisco Freeway Receives 2007 National Planning Award
Kansas City Mayor Barnes to Receive 2007 National Planning Advocate Award
Chattanooga to Receive 2007 National Planning Award for Regional Bicycle Effort
'Youngstown 2010' City Vision and Plan Honored with National Planning Award for Public Outreach
Winter Park Receives 2007 National Planning Award Honoring Jane Jacobs
1000 Friends of Florida Receives 2007 Best Practice Award for Manual
Sanibel, Florida, Plan Receives 2007 National Planning Landmark Award
Corridor Housing Initiative in Minneapolis Receives National Planning Award
Tuesdays at APA: Supporting Chicago Neighborhood Development
New APA Division Will Address Hispanic Issues
Two Visions of Private Land: Professor to Discuss Differing Views of Land Ownership
November
Planners Pleased with Defeat of Three 'Takings' Measures
Annual Lecture Series Features Former Mayor of Bogota, Enrique Peñalosa
Transforming Brownfields into New Opportunities
October
Tuesdays at APA: New Northeastern Illinois Planning Agency
Embrace Politics: New Book Details Planning Success Stories
September
Celebrate Your Community:
October Is National Community Planning Month
Tuesdays at APA: The Politics of Planning
New Publication Illustrating Smart Growth Examples Released This Week
Rebuilding Henderson Point, Mississippi, After Katrina
New Charrette Handbook Helps Communities
Collaborate on Solutions to Planning Issues
August
Helping Inner City Residents Find Suburban Jobs
July
Ohio Supreme Court Restricts Community Revitalization
Tuesdays at APA: Using New Urbanism to Transform Commercial Corridors
June
Fayette Communities Protected Against Litigious Billboard Companies
Tuesdays at APA: Author Discusses Sprawl, Smart Growth, New Urbanism
May
Tustin Resident Elected to APA's Professional Institute Commission
Raleigh Planning Director Elected to National Planning Board
Community Planning Director Elected to APA's Professional Institute Commission
Director of UNLV's Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies Elected to National Planning Board
Sherman Oaks Resident Elected to National Planning Board
Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission Executive Director President-Elect of APA
Boulder County Land-Use Director Is President-Elect of APA's Professional Institute
McCleary City Administrator Elected to APA's Professional Institute Commission
Phoenix Resident Elected to National Planning Board
Mount Vernon Resident Elected to National Planning Board
Study Shows Smart Building Codes Can Reduce Expense and Encourage Renovations
April
Richmond Revitalization Program Receives HUD Secretary's
Award
March
Survey Finds Planners an Untapped Resource for Addressing Energy Problems
San Antonio Hosts Largest Planning and Public Policy Conference: APA National Planning Conference
New Book Helps Identify Innovative Parking Management Strategies
Tuesdays at APA: Mixed-Use Developments in Low-Density Communities
Volunteer Planning Team to Assist City of Mandeville
February
Mississippi Supreme Court Urged
to Uphold the City of Ocean Springs's Impact Fees
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Urged to Stop Litigious Billboard Companies
APA Announces Winners of 46th Annual Journalism Awards
Study Shows Poor Planning Harms Health in Several Ways
January
Old Neighborhoods Making a Comeback; Book Claims Middle-aged Suburbs Are Declining
APA Supports Norwood's Revitalization
Planning Process, Urges Ohio Court to Affirm Use of Eminent Domain
Planners to Convene on Capitol
Hill
South Central L.A. Activist Receives National Planning
Award
Los Angeles Conservancy Receives
Top 2006 National Planning Award
Innovative New York Zoning District
Receives National Planning Award
Highland Park, Illinois, Housing
Effort Receives National Planning Award
Iowa Roadway Program Receives
National Planning Award
Los Angeles County Wetlands Advocate
Receives National Planning Award
Former Dallas Councilwoman Receives
National Planning Award
Northeastern Illinois Planning
Effort Selected for 2006 National Award
Two New York Towns Receive National
Award for Youth Planning Project
Lake Champlain Erosion Guide Selected
for National Planning Award
California Wine Country Plan Receives
National Planning Award
December
Appellate Court Overturns $8.3 Million Jury Verdict Against City of Albuquerque
Expert in Green Building Discusses
New LEED Neighborhood Standards
November
Bring New Orleans Back Commission to Gather Citizen Input on Rebuilding
APA Report: New Orleans Planning
Operations Must Be Expanded
Louisiana Officials to Participate
in Recovery and Rebuilding Conference
October
Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference Set for November 10-12
Six-Member APA Team in New Orleans This Week
APA Executive Tells Congress Good Planning First Step in Gulf Coast Rebuilding
Protecting Communities from Landslides:
New Report Identifies Best Practices
APA, National Building Museum Launch L'Enfant Lecture
on Planning, Design
APA Journal Article Urges Economic Impact Reviews
for Retail Supercenters
November 8 National Day to Celebrate
Planning and Community
August
APA Supports S.D. Supreme Court Decision on Conditional Use Permits
APA Applauds Oregon High Court Decision on 'Takings'
July
APA Publishes Three More Editions of City Parks Forum Briefing Papers
APA Journal Article Finds Pedestrian-Friendly
Streets Safer Than Conventionally Designed Urban Roads
June
Kelo Supreme Court Decision
Emphasizes the Importance of Planning
APA Journal Article Finds Evidence
of Continued Racial Steering
San
Remo Supreme Court
Decision a Win for Planners and Local Governments
Mitigating Wildfire Damage; New
Report Shows How to Reduce Devastation
May
Lingle Supreme Court Decision a Strong Win for Planners
and Local Governments
Planners
and Landscape Architects Bring Message to Congress
APA Calls on Congress to Fully Fund
American Community Survey
APA Identifies Challenges and Opportunities
for Affordable Housing
April
JAPA Article Calls on Planners to Help End Inaccuracies
in Public Project Revenue Forecasting
February
Maine Senator Collins Honored by APA as Legislator of the Year
Dayton
Congressman Turner Honored by APA as Legislator of the Year
APA Urges Supreme Court to Retain
Eminent Domain for Economic Development
APA Denounces Proposal Dismantling
Community Development Program
APA Announces Winners of 45th Annual
Journalism Awards
APA Hosts National Planning Conference
in San Francisco March 19-23
National Planning Conference Sessions
by News Beats
Special Conference Tracks Focus
on Key Planning Topics
National Conference Workshops
Capture Heart of Planning Process
January
Missouri
River Town Receives National Planning Award for Park
Buffalo Downtown Plan to Receive
National Planning Award
California Smart Growth Advocate
Receives National Planning Award
Cal Poly's FitzZaland Honored
with National Planning Award
New England-Based Institute to
Receive National Planning Award
Camden Urban Planner Honored with
National Planning Award
Palo
Alto Planning Consultant to Receive National Planning Award
Southern California Educator Receives
National Planning Award
Security Plan for Washington, D.C.,
to Receive National Planning Award
Plan for Philadelphia's Avenue
of the Arts to Receive National Planning Award
Santa Cruz Housing Program Recognized
With National Planning Award
Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy to Receive National Planning Award
Boulder
County Commissioner Honored with National Planning Award
Chicago Public
Housing Activists Receive National Planning Award
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