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Announcements
Updated:
August 12, 2008
To add your announcements to this page please contact us.
It's time to
start thinking about the September 2008 newsletter. Articles, ads and other
info are due by August 20, 2008 to
jill_mazullo@yahoo.com.
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Speakers’ Series Webcast on
Planning for Sustainable Communities
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/20071106.html
Hear
what Northwest cities are doing to address climate change and sustainability
issues.
Register at:
www.washington-apa.org/events/training.shtml
Costs: $10 per session
We
are approved for Certification Maintenance credits at 12 credits for the
series and 1.5 credits per session
Session 1 Understanding the Science of Climate
Change & Local Impacts
Speakers from the UW Climate Impacts Group
(Lara Whitely-Bender) and Alison Van Gorp of the Cascade Land Conservancy
help us understand the big picture of climate change and the factors to be
considered by local communities in Washington.
Session 2 How Cities Can Make a Difference
Speakers from local agencies and research
organization show how cities can be part of the global effort to recognize
and address climate change, even when higher levels of government are not
acting. Speakers include Jill Simmons of Seattle’s Climate change Policy
Group, David Batker of Real Economics, and Marc Daudon of Cascadia
Consulting.
Session 3 Land Use and Urban Form as Tools for
Sustainable Communities
Hear Seattle Councilmember Peter
Steinbrueck and Brian Sullivan of the Seattle Housing Authority on
innovative ways to make sure that land use and urban form are tools for
increasing sustainable development and living. Hear candid insights into
the challenges and complexities of making land use and urban form work
toward sustainable communities
Session 4 Transportation Solutions for
Sustainable Communities
Local and regional transportation experts
will bring valuable insights and ideas to tame the transportation
juggernaut. They will be asked to address the challenges of motivating
changes in traditional ways of thinking about transportation and in travel
behavior. Speakers include Jemae Hoffman of SDOT, Rob Johson of
Transportation choices and Professor Anne Verdez Moudon of UW/CAUP.
Session 5 Urban Ecology Solutions for
Sustainable Communities
Learn from academic experts on why urban
ecology is so crucial to sustainable communities and what programs are
effective to recreate and preserve this ecology. Hear about successful
examples of making urban ecology a central tenet of creating sustainable
communities. Speakers include Associate Professor Nancy Rottle, UW Landscape
Architecture and Marina Alberti, UW/CAUP.
Session 6 Green Buildings and Green Communities
Hear local experts address the increasing
discussion over the value of green building as a way to foster
sustainability and learn about successful programs and models for promoting
green buildings, green communities, and energy efficiencies.
Session 7 Local Solutions to Climate Change --
What Acting Locally Really Means
It’s not just about professionals and
governments -- learn from several successful local grassroots organizations
that have initiated programs to educate and engage citizens in sustainable
practices. They illustrate the broad reach of sustainability -- from food
security to environmental restoration and creating walkable communities.
Speakers include Vic Opperman of Sustainable Ballard and Michael McGinn of
Seattle Great City Initiative.
Session 8 Leadership in Planning for Sustainable
Communities
Hear from APA leaders, local officials,
and planners on how to provide leadership in promoting sustainability in
your community. From broad policies to guiding local public and private
practices, hear about successes and challenges to moving toward sustainable
communities. Speakers include Joe Tovar of Washington Chapter American
Planning Association, Karen Wolf of the King County Executive’s Office, and
Grace Crunican of SDOT.
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Show off your best work nationally!
You celebrate
planning excellence within your chapter; now
celebrate at the national level.
Nominations now
accepted for APA’s National Planning Excellence,
Leadership, and Achievement Awards. The deadline
to submit an entry for consideration is
Wednesday,
September 10.
This year, the
awards program includes a National Excellence
Award for Innovation in
Regional Planning. We’re looking for
leading regional planning practices. To learn
more about this award or one of the other
awards, visit:
www.planning.org/awards/2009.htm.
Don’t
miss this opportunity to have your work
highlighted as the best of the best.
Questions?
Contact Roberta Rewers, APA’s public
affairs associate at
rrewers@planning.org
or at
312.786.6395.
posted 8/1/08
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Be a College Career Volunteer!
Do you want
to influence the future of your profession?
Are you
willing to share what you’ve learned since college with a
current student?
The St. Paul
Campus Career Center of the University of Minnesota invites you
to join us in preparing our graduate and undergraduate students
for career success. One of the most frequent requests we get
from students is for contacts in their fields of interest, and
the panels of professionals who speak in our career classes are
always a hit! We hope you’ll consider being one such contact.
There are several ways you can share your expertise, and there
are opportunities to fit any schedule. Visit
http://www.stpaulcareers.umn.edu/alumni/volunteering.html
for a description of volunteer possibilities and to sign up!
We look forward to meeting you!
posted
8/1/08
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Call for
Papers
www.smu.edu/aimac
The organizers of the
10th International Conference on Arts and
Cultural Management (AIMAC 2009),
to be co-hosted by the
Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts at SMU
in
Dallas, Texas, USA, 28 June-1 July, 2009,
invite the submission of papers on any aspect of arts and
cultural management to be considered for inclusion in the
conference.
This scientific conference will address various sectors of
the arts and cultural industries (performing arts and
festivals, heritage, museums and visual arts, film
production and distribution, book publishing, recording,
broadcasting, audiovisual media and multimedia).
Papers are welcome on all arts and cultural management areas,
including:
·
strategic marketing (including fundraising and sponsorships)
·
consumer behavior
·
product and brand management
·
strategic management and planning
·
organizational behavior
·
governance
·
leadership
·
human resource management
·
finance/control
·
organization of creative industries
We welcome all research that utilizes the arts and cultural
industries as a context of study for examination of broader
business research questions.
All those wishing to present a paper at the
conference must submit an abstract of no more than 3 pages.
Abstracts may be submitted in English or French and must
include:
·
Objectives of the research
·
Brief description of the Model used (if appropriate)
·
Hypotheses and/or Research Questions
·
Methodology
·
Main or expected conclusions
·
Main references
Deadline for abstracts is 15 October, 2008. Abstracts will undergo a double blind review
process, and authors will be informed of acceptance by early
2009.
There will be awards for Best Paper in each research track,
Best Paper for the conference, and Best Doctoral Research.
For more information, visit the conference website:
www.smu.edu/aimac
Email questions:
abstractsaimac2009@smu.edu
posted 6/10/2008
Comprehensive Planning Video
posted 2/1/08
The Citizen
Planner Committee recently sponsored a video conference on
comprehensive planning. One of the products of the video
conference was a dvd which the committee wants to make
available to anyone who is interested. Geared primarily
toward citizen planners, the dvd could serve as a refresher
for staff planners and as a nice training tool for community
planning commissions. The presentation (dvd), given by John
Shardlow, was done in a manner conducive to separation into
several segments for short training sessions. It is
available for $5.00 including postage by contacting the
MnAPA Chapter administrators at
9288 Beverly Drive, Breezy Point, Mn 56472 (1-888-882-5369)
or email:
mnapa_admin@tds.net
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APA ANNOUNCEMENT:
Recently, an email solicitation was sent to a number of APA and AICP
leaders which sought to promote a new certification for planners.
Neither APA nor its professional institute AICP have been involved in any certifications developed by outside
entities. Neither APA nor its professional institute are in any way affiliated with any certification except AICP.
No other certification can imply a relationship with APA or AICP; and in any instance where such a relationship
is implied, all parties will be notified by formal letter of our intention to protect our own certification and all our legal rights.
This is the only statement that should be posted on websites, listserves, or other communications devices of
APA or its components, including Chapters and Divisions. No characterizations of other certifications should be made by APA or any
of its components.
This statement may be modified by APA as appropriate in the future. Check the leadership section of the website for
any future updates.
Mike Welch
American Planning Association
Director of Leadership
p: 312-786-6372
mwelch@planning.org
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About ASLA
Founded in 1899, The
American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional
association for landscape architects, representing more than 16,500 members
in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape architecture
is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design,
management, preservation and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape
architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy,
education, communication and fellowship. Learn more about landscape
architecture online at
www.asla.org or the Minnesota
chapter at
www.masla.org.
posted 1/13/08
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STEVE ELMER JOINS
BONESTROO AS SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER
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