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Online Alternatives to In-Person Public Meetings in an Emergency
What are the pros and cons of the most popular online meeting software packages for public meetings? -
March 20, 2020
Planning During a Pandemic: 6 Resources for Planners
APA offers resources to help planners adjust to a different way of working, gathering, and communicating during the pandemic. -
February 27, 2020
An Urgency for Insurgency: Lifting Marginalized Voices
Uncovering JAPA: Neighborhood association insurgents successfully challenged planning in one Detroit neighborhood, and planners can support marginalized voices elsewhere. -
December 19, 2019
A Ladder to More Meaningful Community Participation
Uncovering JAPA: Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation can't fix community participation, but it surely provides a space from which to start. -
December 11, 2019
Revisiting Arnstein’s Ladder: Justice as Parity of Participation
Uncovering JAPA: How can planning toward participation have a transformative effect on social equity? -
December 5, 2019
Noncitizens, Nonprofits, and Methods of Engagement
Uncovering JAPA: Three lessons from nonprofits in Los Angeles County can help planners build trust and representation for noncitizens. -
November 21, 2019
Moving Beyond Citizen Control to Co-Production
Uncovering JAPA: Co-production offers what citizen control can’t — systems change — but the public sector still has a great role to play. -
October 31, 2019
Missing Rungs in the Ladder of Citizen Participation
Uncovering JAPA: What happens when public participation is used to finesse existing plans and policies rather than provide opportunities to challenge them? -
October 17, 2019
The View From Arnstein’s Ladder: The Promise of Community Control
Uncovering JAPA: Is community control — a shift of power from the government to the majority of the community — the way to address injustice faced by marginalized members of the community? -
September 26, 2019
Research That Retrieves Lost Memories of Place
Uncovering JAPA: Engaging community members in storytelling can reveal forgotten heritage and draw new maps of the past. -
September 19, 2019
Building That Well-Known Ladder of Citizen Participation
Uncovering JAPA: Sherry Arnstein's influential Ladder of Citizen Participation grew from her frustration with government ideas about power in the 1950s and 1960s. -
September 12, 2019
Who Cares? Reimagining Planning as Caring
Uncovering JAPA: How can planners acknowledge and make use of all of their emotions in a productive way when engaging with the public? -
August 29, 2019
Planners as Partners in Building Healthy Communities
Uncovering JAPA: What does it look like for planners to not simply involve communities but ensure they have agency and can lead? -
August 2, 2019
Federal Surface Transportation Debate Shifts Into High Gear
The nation's current surface transportation law is set to expire on September 30, 2020. Learn where work on the bill stands now, the legislative process ahead, and how planners can influence the outcome. -
July 22, 2019
Planners, Here Are Your Keys to Successfully Facilitating Meetings
Meeting facilitation is a vital skill for planners' career success, but it takes a lot of practice to learn the key techniques. -
July 16, 2019
"If I'd Heard From Just One Constituent..."
The constituent voice is critical for elected officials as they make decisions. Take a peek at how planners elevated their voices at the state level as 2019 legislative sessions wrap up. -
May 13, 2019
Washington Talks Infrastructure: Will This Time Be Different?
APA Policy Director Jason Jordan reviews the current state of legislative debates on infrastructure in Washington and explores the ways in which APA and its planning advocates are influencing policy ideas in the making. -
April 22, 2019
Street Air on Earth Day
Members of the Street Air Project have studied the air pollution problem in Bay View, California, with the goal of quantifying the issues and seeking scientific and planning-related solutions. -
December 20, 2018
APA’s Impact on the 115th Congress
A look back at the ways that APA advocacy made a difference in the 115th Congress. -
October 10, 2018
Advancing Planning During National Community Planning Month
Planning advocates nationwide are connecting with their elected officials this month to highlight the important role planning plays in addressing communities' most daunting challenges. -
April 9, 2018
APA Great Places and the Power of Advocacy
Read about the benefits of having a Great Place in America in your community, and how planners can leverage it for years to come. -
March 27, 2018
Innovations in Community Resilience for Planners and the Public
Using a CommunityViz scenario tool, planners and community members explored ways of becoming more hazard-resilient and engaging the community in decisions. -
September 27, 2017
Planners Call on Congress: "Fund Community Programs"
At Planners' Day on Capitol Hill 2017, planning advocates urged their representatives to support programs that benefit communities. -
May 15, 2017
Speak Out During Infrastructure Week
As Infrastructure Week 2017 kicks off, there is no better time to share APA's newly adopted infrastructure principles with your elected officials. -
May 9, 2017
Marketing: Networking and Storytelling for Planners
This NPC17 session provided a thorough review of the role of marketing in the private sector, and highlighted key considerations from the public sector. -
April 11, 2017
Take Action During National Community Development Week
APA calls on planners to reach out to their representatives in a different way during each day of National Community Development Week, April 17–21, 2017. -
February 28, 2017
3 Short Steps to Great Public Speaking
Presenting information to groups of people is a fundamental part of being a planner. APA member Michael Blue, FAICP, gives his tips for giving a successful presentation. -
Planning Success Beyond Transitions
Whether working for a government agency or a private company, planners can employ techniques like coalition building and crafting a cohesive and clear message to explain the value of planning. -
Women in Planning: Tips for Successful Civic Engagement
In the third of a four-part series, APA's Women and Planning division talked with Jennifer Evans-Cowley, PhD, AICP, about her experience as a planner and the value of making community members a part of the planning process. -
November 18, 2016
Women in Planning: The Power of Community Engagement
Katie Lorah details her experience with civic engagement, gender, and public meetings as the Communications and Creative Strategy Director at ioby, a civic crowdfunding platform in Brooklyn, New York. -
Celebrating Planning Month Hawaiian Style
In Hawaii, planners, landscape architects, and other design professionals recently joined forces to discuss the importance of interdisciplinary coordination in comprehensive planning. -
October 31, 2016
Young Planners Told Their Planning Stories This October
During National Community Planning Month, Young Planners Groups highlighted how planners just starting out are making a significant impact in the way planners think about tough issues like inclusion, displacement, and community activism. -
October 27, 2016
Boston Mayor Uses Books to Bolster Community Planning
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh released a suggested reading list focused on urbanism in order to engage locals in the citywide planning process. -
October 24, 2016
Active Design Needs Active Communities, Part II: Pierce County
Two exemplary Plan4Health projects in California and Washington have found the key to building healthy communities: civic engagement. -
October 21, 2016
Keeping a Bike Plan in High Gear: Montgomery County's Public Engagement Plan
David Anspacher, lead planner for Montgomery County Planning Department's Bicycle Master Plan, explains how the department executed its long-term master plan. -
October 17, 2016
#IAmPlanning: A New Generation of Planners and Activists
Join the #IAmPlanning campaign on social media this October as emerging professionals across California discuss the need to include different voices in the planning process. -
October 12, 2016
Public Engagement: The Key to Building Inclusive Communities
Jessica Garrow, AICP, community development director for the City of Aspen, got to where she is today through hard work and perseverance. She recounts her planning journey and the lessons she's learned along the way. -
September 30, 2016
Think Outside the Public Meeting
The time has never been better for planners to move towards a more creative, inclusive, and enjoyable public outreach approach beyond the public meeting. -
September 21, 2016
Health, Infrastructure, and Land Use Law at APA's Policy and Advocacy Conference
A detailed recap of the health and aging, FAST Act, and land use law sessions at APA's 2016 Policy and Advocacy Conference. -
Emerging Planners: Five Reasons to Be an Advocate
Join APA’s Planners’ Advocacy Network — an APA initiative to engage planners in federal grassroots advocacy. -
March 20, 2016
The Iowa Caucus: An Opportunity for Planners
Throughout the Iowa caucus season, planners have the ability to advocate for issues important to their profession. -
March 20, 2016
Election Year Advocacy? YES, You Can!
Eelection years hold some unique opportunities to advance a pro-planning agenda. Even if you aren’t endorsing candidates, elections open up your advocacy options. -
March 20, 2016
A Congressional Invitation to Be a Planning Advocate
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer issues a video invitation for planners to become advocates.
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