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Featured: NATIONAL PLANNING AWARDS Building Trust Through Community Voices

Partnering with community organizations, the planning team at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) established trust, transparency, and accountability with underserved residents of Bayview, California — and helped educate the younger generation about planning in the process.

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On The Menu: Food Trucks

Food trucks add interest, vibrancy, and activity to a streetscape — and serve as a community economic development tool. This KnowledgeBase collection gathers resources on code revisions and permitting requirements in communities balancing the benefits of this business model with concerns about food safety, traffic, and neighborhood compatibility.

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Get AICP Certified in 2021

The AICP Application and Essay submission windows have been extended! Submit your application by July 28 and you'll be able to submit your Planning Experience Essays by July 30.

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Vacant Lots Bolster Climate Resilience

Dig into this APA Research work on how vacant lots can help bolster climate resilience, expand access to nature, and create economic opportunities, as well as provide critical pollinator habitats.

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    Understanding Data Today to Save Tomorrow

    The pandemic has brought a wide range of responses to help address the immediate impacts on our cities. As leaders in the community, planners must look beyond the initial triage and develop a robust framework driven by current data to support long term recovery.
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    How Technology is Shaping Practice and Your Career

    Technology is driving an evolution of the tools and work of planning. APA’s Technology Division and Career Services presents an event that explores these technological changes and the challenges that arise when trying to understand the software, standards, and diversification of skills needed for a career in planning, both today and into the future.
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    Collaborative Partnerships to Advance Resilience Planning

    Collaborative partnerships or “networks” leverage limited resources to advance community resilience and climate-adaptation planning. This session illustrates a diverse group of national and regional examples.
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    Cannabis Ordinances: Models for Growth

    Get perspectives from individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds and roles in regulating cannabis in newly legalized California.
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We Cannot Plan for Equity from Our Desks

Jonathan Pacheco Bell urges planners to center equity by getting out into the community to better hear and understand the challenges their communities are facing.

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