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New award will honor resilience planning
If your planning work is making communities safer and stronger, nominate it for a 2019 National Planning Award. The Resilience Award, new this year, will recognize a plan, project, program, or community engagement effort that addresses resilience in substantive and innovative ways. APA will accept nominations for this and all National Planning Awards through 4 p.m. on September 10. Award recipients will be recognized at the 2019 National Planning Conference in San Francisco next April. |
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People Behind the Plans: Bob Becker, FAICP
New Orleans's City Park is the largest regional park in Louisiana and the most-visited. But 13 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina devastated most of NOLA, including that well-loved civic space.
For this special episode of the People Behind the Plans podcast series, recorded in New Orleans at NPC18, host Courtney Kashima, AICP, talked with Bob Becker, FAICP, CEO of City Park and an adjunct professor at the University of New Orleans. They looked back at Katrina's destructive effects on the park and how important its just-completed master plan was for charting a forward course during recovery. Becker also traced his career trajectory, including working in Indonesia and earning a later-than-typical PhD.
This podcast and the entire series are available on APA's website, iTunes, and Stitcher. |
Planner Profile: Peter Lowitt, FAICP
Meet Peter Lowitt, FAICP, an international expert in planning for eco-industrial development who created the Devens Eco-Efficiency Center to promote eco-industrial networking and green building. He has directed the redevelopment of the former Fort Devens in Massachusetts as a model of sustainable development for the last 19 years and is the former chairman of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. |
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Head for chapter conferences
The fall chapter conference season kicks off next week. Here are September's opportunities for networking and in-person professional education close to home:
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Vote for component leaders
Online voting for chapter and division leaders continues through 11:59 p.m. (ET) on September 7. |
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Volunteer for disaster recovery planning
APA is seeking volunteers with experience in hazard mitigation, post-disaster recovery, or climate-change adaptation to participate in capacity building and recovery efforts in communities affected by last year's natural disasters. The deadline to apply online is extended to September 30. |
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Calaveras Council of Governments
San Andreas, CA |
Flathead County Planning & Zoning Office
Kalispell, MT |
The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Silver Spring, MD |
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CIty of Lafayette
Lafayette, CO |
Downtown Grand Rapids Inc
Grand Rapids, MI |
City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Public Safety
Los Angeles, CA |
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Send questions or comments about Interact to interact@planning.org.
Interact is a member e-newsletter of the American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners. |
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