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Welcome (Planning) Home
America is in a housing affordability crisis. Communities of all sizes need more varied housing — in more varied places — to create better opportunities for everyone. At APA, we believe today's housing challenge demands new tools and better planning.
Enter Planning Home, APA's housing initiative to reshape the way planners, decision makers, developers, and advocates use planning to address housing affordability. Planning Home will test our ability to plan, work, and achieve together.
The multiyear effort encompasses communications, education, policy, and research. Earlier this year, the APA Board of Directors approved a slate of housing principles that frame the Planning Home action agenda. Work is already under way with national and regional partners to develop planning resources and strategies that will equip communities to address changing demographics and needs.
Explore the Planning Home webpages for details about the initiative, our action agenda, and how you can be involved. Keep checking back because there's much more to come. Together, we can put local communities on a path to truly inclusive prosperity. |
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Stand up for planning
Learn more about Planning Home and attend in-depth sessions on housing affordability and other crucial topics at APA's 2018 Policy and Advocacy Conference, September 23–25, in Washington. Get expert training in effective advocacy and engagement, build your skills, and advocate for planning with your elected officials. Sign up now for this hands-on event. CM |
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EVENTS |
New! July 18 – "Flood Risk Reduction: Putting Planning into Practice" webinar sponsored by the Planning Information Exchange (free; register) CM I 1.5
September 11–12, Kansas City, Missouri – Water and Planning Connect. A high tide of planning and water topics await you at this first-of-its-kind event. Join planners and water professionals for two days of collaboration and learning and help shape the conversation about water. CM |
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Immerse yourself in cutting-edge 3D GIS technology
The emerging field of Geodesign is a "must-know" for planning professionals. Incorporating GIS into the development of sustainable systems helps create new solutions to population change, climate change, and other factors — for the future of our planet. Learn more about Jefferson's (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) graduate program in Geodesign and apply now for Fall 2018. |
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RESOURCES |
Spaces and Places works toward diversity
Lynn Ross, AICP, is a founding member of Spaces and Places, a grassroots network of designers, policy makers, and urban planners of color. Her op-ed on Next City describes the group's convenings at NPC17 and NPC18 and shines light on past and continuing efforts to diversify the planning profession and engage in equitable planning and design. |
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Support the Food Interest Group
As Food Systems Planning Month comes to a close, please support the Food Interest Group's effort to become APA's next division. |
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Town of Mountain Village
Mountain Village, CO |
West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Eau Claire, WI |
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Morgantown Monongalia MPO
Morgantown, WV |
City of Wausau
Wausau, WI |
City of Thomasville
Thomasville, GA |
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PREPAY APA |
Does your organization's fiscal year end on June 30? Use all of this year's resources and free up money in next year's budget by prepaying APA with unspent FY 2018 funds. Contact APA's customer service department for details. |
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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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