City Planning and Management Division

Advancing the practice of city planning and management in the large-city setting

Welcome to the website of the American Planning Association's City Planning and Management Division.

We are pleased to provide this informational resource for our members and for others who share our interests. Our division's mission, according to our bylaws, is to "advance the practice of city planning and management in the large-city setting." Three elements of this mission statement effectively define our division's niche within APA: a focus upon planning agency management, an orientation toward big cities, and an emphasis upon the practical over the theoretical.

In pursuit of our mission, we seek to disseminate useful information about planning activities in large American cities, to present opportunities for education and professional development, to provide management advice to planning agencies, and to facilitate informal interaction among planning directors.

Our members have told us that these services are important to them and, in fact, we rely heavily upon our members to provide the services. Therefore, please consider volunteering to serve our division as a newsletter contributor, as moderator of a conference session, as a peer review team member, or in a variety of other capacities.

If you are interested in becoming more involved, please contact me at rick.bernhardt@nashville.gov.

Enjoy visiting our website and feel free to offer suggestions for improving it.

Rick Bernhardt, FAICP
Chair, APA City Planning and Management Division