Community Planning Workshops

As part of the Community Assistance Program, the American Institute of Certified Planners sponsors one-day workshops at the annual APA National Planning Conference.

The workshops were designed to address a local planning issue in a community of the conference host city. Projects are selected to ensure that the community benefits from a focused one-day effort involving community members, local planning staff, and APA volunteers from all over the country. Workshops assist a community that does not have all of the necessary resources to engage in the community planning process.

Workshop planners prepare a program that is intended to:

Serve as a legacy of the national planning conference for the host city.
Highlight the capabilities of the planning profession.
Visibly demonstrate planning to the public.
Provide training on public consensus building and hone skills in community participation and problem solving.

Workshop at the 2012 APA Fall Leadership Meetings

September 29, 2012

APA is working with the Trinidad Neighborhood Association to organize a Community Planning Workshop just prior to the start of APA's Federal Policy and Briefing Program and Fall Leadership Meetings in Washington, D.C. This is an opportunity for planners from around the country to participate in a pro bono community planning effort. Planners will meet and work directly with residents and stakeholders of the historic Trinidad neighborhood along with representative from city agencies to engage in idea-generating and problem-solving discussions.

Learn more about the workshop