Advanced Intensive Series

Learn Best Practices

Sponsor: American Institute of Certified Planners

To maximize the value of this series, attendees can access a special website with preparatory instructions, reading materials, links to related materials, PowerPoint note sheets, and a downloadable PowerPoint presentation. All attendees may ask questions of the speakers. Registered sites can also choose to receive the program on CD-ROM (Option B).

To learn more about AICP Certification Maintenance credits consult www.planning.org/certification/maintenance.htm.

LEED for Neighborhoods
October 3, 2007, 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET

The green building movement, which focuses on the environmental quality and impact of the design, construction, and operation of buildings, has expanded to the neighborhood level. Find out how green building practices are being linked to smart growth, urban design, and public health through LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Neighborhood Development. Learn about tried-and-true practices and new techniques and tools that can improve the environmental quality of your community, making it more sustainable for the future.

Mastering Density
February 13, 2008, 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET

Density, long a goal of planning, can still be a hard sell in some communities. In this program, presenters demonstrate how to achieve density through design, as well as how to understand the economics of density. Learn how density works with transportation and ultimately affects sustainability. Examine density’s effects and benefits. Gain ideas on how to present the concept of density to achieve critical buy-in.

Community-Based Brownfields Redevelopment
May 21, 2008, 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET

Too often, community groups and residents of low-income communities are left out of the brownfield redevelopment process. Learn how to engage community members so they can see the opportunities presented by brownfield sites. Assess how community development corporations can play a major role and find out how the community can weigh the costs of brownfield redevelopment. Hear from community members as well as technical experts. Co-sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Planning Law Review
June 25, 2008, 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ET

As the U.S. Supreme Court’s term comes to an end, find out how the nine justices and their federal and state counterparts shaped planning over the last year. Learn about the legal precedents set in the last year by Congress, state legislatures, and ballot box initiatives. Hear from legal experts how to deal with organized challenges to long-standing planning tools. A program the planning director, planning commission, and staff cannot afford to miss.