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RESOURCES
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Design Review: Guiding Better Development
Update your knowledge of a time-tested planning tool with the latest Planning Advisory Service report: Design Review: Guiding Better Development. The report offers advice on creating effective design review processes, standards, and guidelines to improve development in local communities. This and all PAS reports are a free benefit of APA membership.
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Reframing anxiety
Good news — not all anxiety is bad. It can be a wakeup call that something important is happening in your life or career — perhaps a fork in the road that requires careful consideration. Rick Willson, FAICP, reflects on the positive aspects of anxiety in the latest installment of The Guide for the Idealist.
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Explore iTree Landscape
In our blog, USDA Forest Service scientist David Nowak describes iTree Landscape, a free program developed by the USDA FS to help planners understand local forest resources, appreciate the associated risks to both forests and humans, prioritize locations needing forest management, and develop appropriate land management plans.
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EVENTS
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Water and Planning Connect
September 11–12, Kansas City, Missouri
Sign up now for APA's Water and Planning Connect and join fellow planners and water professionals for thoughtful discussions on integrated water resource management. Dive deep into water and planning topics during panel discussions, breakout sessions, and site visits around Kansas City with fellow professionals — all while earning CM credits. Speakers and panelists span the full range of land use planning and water resource management. Explore the program. CM | 9.75 (includes CM | 1.5 | Law)
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Policy and Advocacy Conference
September 23–25, Washington
At APA's Policy and Advocacy Conference, explore the status of current planning policy and legislation with sessions on infrastructure financing, housing affordability, the impact of tax reform on economic development, and more. View the full program and register today. CM
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APA NEWS
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Prepare for chapter and division elections
APA has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems to administer the upcoming leadership elections for chapters and divisions. To ensure your election-specific broadcast email arrives safely in your inbox, please add noreply@directvote.net to your list of approved senders.
Expect to receive your election email on August 7 or 8. If you have not received it by August 9, please contact support@directvote.net.
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Leaders to meet in Chicago
Later this week, the APA Board of Directors and AICP Commission will gather in our Chicago office for their annual summer leadership retreat. Their activities will include business meetings and discussions of strategic planning processes and key partnerships with allied organizations.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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Work for APA!
Several positions are open at APA:
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City of Rock Hill
Rock Hill, SC
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National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC
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City of San Jacinto
San Jacinto, CA
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Town of Holly Springs
Holly Springs, NC
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Beautiful Downtown Lewiston Revitalization Corporation
Lewiston, ID
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Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency
Chattanooga, TN
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