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Rebuilding America is an initiative working to engage experts in a national conversation about how to address our infrastructure crisis and increase investment in building communities of lasting value.

Rebuilding America: Field Hearings

APA's National Infrastructure Investment Task Force has been created to evaluate current conditions and challenges affecting the nation's vital infrastructure, develop a new vision for that infrastructure, and identify recommendations for changes in public policy and planning practice.

Learn about this initiative

See Green at the
National Building Museum

Green Community exhibitWhat elements, when brought together, create sustainable communities? Find out at the NBM's Green Community exhibit running through October 2009. APA is the exhibit's presenting sponsor. The exhibit will examine how and why we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings.

Learn more about this exhibit

High School Essay Contest

APA's third annual high school essay contest challenges high school juniors and seniors to develop a historic preservation plan for their community. Two $5,000 college scholarships will be awarded.

Learn how to enter the contest

Exhibit and Sponsor
in Minneapolis

Introduce your organization to the more than 6,000 planners and officials who will gather for the 2009 National Planning Conference. Build business relationships and meet face-to-face with these potential clients.

Learn about Exhibiting

Find out about Sponsorships

Read November Planning

Planning coverNovember's Planning magazine examines nuclear power's comeback, the future of Greenbelt, cultural towns, and the private-sector cleanup of a military base. Also, details of Branson's new private airport. Members may read the entire issue online. Everyone is invited to read this month's featured article on how to get prepared for the 2010 census.

November Planning magazine

Free Health Planning Course

The first in APA's series of free online courses, "Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments," is now available and has been approved for CM credits.

Take the free HIA course online