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Join APA in Chicago and Washington, D.C., for this after-work lecture series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas or present their latest projects. The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers. If you can't join us in person, check out the podcast. Podcasts of most programs are posted on the event archive page approximately one week after the live event. Tuesdays at APA–ChicagoEmotions and PlanningTuesday, August 27, 2013 • 5:30 p.m. CT The more planners engage in collaborative participation the more they should expect to find people making judgments about the future tied to current emotional attachments. How do planners anticipate this and prepare activities and plans that encourage and foster emotional shifts? Most planners and plans provide argument and evidence to inform clients about future changes giving reasons in support of different alternative responses. But these do not work in the face of emotional attachments to familiar and popular practices. The use of narrative and storytelling offers a way for professionals to anticipate and counter client attachments.
CM | 1.0 RSVP for August 27 Tuesdays at APA Learn More Tuesdays at APA–DCWalter Reed Reuse Plan as an Urban Design Case StudyTuesday, July 30, 2013 • 5:30 p.m. ET The Walter Reed Army Medical Center Reuse Plan provides the urban framework for 66.5 acres of land to be transferred to the District of Columbia following closing of the military installation. The planning effort was led by the District Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the Office of Planning. This land has valuable frontage to 16th Street and Georgia Avenue, two major axial corridors, with the former originating in the White House and the latter being a major passageway between D.C. and Silver Spring.
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Charles Hoch, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will share some highlights from his research about the effects of emotions on planning processes and discuss the power of narrative in planning. 
Presenters Susana Arissó, AICP, and Martine Combal, AICP, will discuss the cutting edge sustainable framework. This future neighborhood is set to become one of the five EcoDistricts in the 
Washington area, consisting of an exciting mixed-use development balancing new construction with historic buildings, open recreational spaces, destination retail, and residential, institutional and office uses totaling three million gross square feet. Located in an area of Georgia Avenue in dire need of revitalization, this plan envisions a "one-stop shop" for ordinary and extraordinary needs alike.
