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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–ChicagoProspering in Place: Linking Jobs, Development, and TransitTuesday, June 19, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. CT A prosperous future depends on our ability to target investments, both private and public, to the specific places that enjoy those assets. By relying on the measures that comprise location efficiency: residential density, a greater mix of uses and destinations nearby, and ready access to jobs and transit the Chicago region can reintroduce a María Choca-Urban and Kyle Smith from the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) will present highlights from CNT's new Prospering in Place report, which takes the bold step of identifying those priority locations that can accelerate the region's economic development. CM | 1.0 RSVP for June 19 Tuesdays at APA Learn More Tuesdays at APA–DCCommunity Preference Survey and the Realtors' PerspectiveTuesday, May 22, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. ET Hugh Morris, AICP, will examine the finer points of the 2011 National Association of Realtors "Community Preference Survey," which explored where people would like to live and the tradeoffs they are will willing to make to live there. A large sample enables a look into preferences by various demographic characteristics. Many of the same questions were asked in a similar 2004 national poll and thus responses can be compared between 2004 (the good times) and 2011 (the bad).
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legacy development pattern with its respectful use of scarce land and energy, appreciation for interaction and community, and a high esteem for the mass transit system that served it so well. 
Morris will also discuss the suite of NAR's smart growth resources available to state and local Realtor associations and how they are making use of these resources to support local charrettes and comprehensive plan, among other projects.
