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American Planning Association, Los Angeles Section 2008 Planning Awards Celebrates Projects, Programs, and Individuals Showcasing Smart Planning

noemail@calapa.org — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT

American Planning Association, Los Angeles Section 2008 Planning Awards Celebrates Projects, Programs, and Individuals Showcasing Smart Planning (June 18, 2008) – LOS ANGELES – The American Planning Association – Los Angeles Section (APA LA) announced its 2008 Planning Awards honorees during a ceremony on June 17 at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Approximately 200 local planning professionals attended the 16th annual event. As the Section’s highest honors, APA LA’s annual Planning Awards recognize individuals and organizations for efforts that demonstrate excellence in planning and advance the planning profession. A volunteer panel of distinguished planning professionals selected 19 award-winners in 15 different categories, ranging from best practices and innovative technology to public outreach and green building. The award-wining projects reflected the trend toward more community-specific solutions to planning challenges, as opposed to the large, sweeping...

California Planners Tally Four of Nine National American Planning Association Awards

noemail@calapa.org — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:00:00 GMT

California Planners Tally Four of Nine National American Planning Association Awards (February 7, 2008) – SACRAMENTO – California planners and planning departments won nearly half of the American Planning Association’s (APA) 2008 National Planning Excellence, Achievement and Leadership Awards, earning four of the nine awards that honor outstanding efforts in planning and planning leadership. The National Planning Awards, the profession’s highest honor, recognize cutting edge achievements and planning under difficult or adverse circumstances. Award winners showcase the planning profession’s leaders who help to create great communities and demonstrate the beneficial changes that can take place when planners and community members and leaders work together. The California award winners were a diverse group that included city and county governments as well as a community-based grassroots organization and a college professor and long-time advocate for planning. It is no secret that...

Orange County APA Chapter Hosts Annual APA Conference

noemail@calapa.org — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:00:00 GMT

CONTACT: Yoon Kim (909) 376-4325 email: ykim@younghomes.com

Orange County APA Chapter Hosts Annual APA Conference

GARDEN GROVE, CA: The Orange County Chapter of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association will host the annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency Orange County on October 22 – 25th.

Each year the California Chapter provides a Statewide Conference to provide networking and educational opportunities for its members. These popular conferences attract planning professionals from all over California, the United States and the world. Conferences typically include an opening reception in a special venue, keynote speakers, concurrent tracks of programs and seminars including practical "nuts and bolts" sessions, mobile workshops to local planning related venues, the CCAPA Awards Dinner, and the California Planning Foundation Auction to fund scholarships for planning students.

This year’s conference, “Reinventing Suburbia” will focus on dissecting the image of suburbia that has evolved to include higher densities, more affordable housing, and more mixed use, among other things.

Nearly one hundred sessions exploring some of California’s most pressing land planning issues are planned. Topics will include affordable housing, mixed use development, sustainability, and infill design. Keynote speakers will include Joel Kotkin, author and internationally recognized authority on global, economic, political, and social trends and Ed Chuchla, Vice President of Corporate Real Estate for the Walt Disney Company.

The annual conference gives the State’s planning professionals an opportunity to share best practices and explore approaches to improve our cities and counties.
For complete conference information, please visit our website at http://www.calapa.org or contact Yoon Kim at ykim@younghomes.com

APA Responses to Disaster in Gulf Coast Region

noemail@calapa.org — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:00:00 GMT

Below are some of the ways APA has been working hard to respond to the disaster in the Gulf Coast Region: * APA is collaborating with Congressional offices on federal legislation related to Safe Growth, rebuilding initiatives, and a variety of issues such as housing, transportation and the environment. As part of this effort, APA will testify next Tuesday at a formal hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. This hearing is specifically focused on how to appropriately plan for redevelopment and recovery. Both Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin are being asked to appear as well. * APA is providing a six-person team to evaluate and make recommendations regarding the planning function in New Orleans at the request of local officials. We have been having conversations with ULI about coordinating with their effort. Fernando Costa is active in both APA and ULI, as are most accomplished big city planning directors. Currently, the plan...

CCAPA Launches new website, May 16th 2005

noemail@calapa.org — Fri, 13 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT

CCAPA Online - Website Capabilities Welcome to the new CCAPA website, launched in May of 2005. This site is designed to be a resource to the community of planners in California. Below are some of the capabilities the website affords: General Public Capabilities Events View and register for events online. Submit payment online with a credit card. You may even suggest events to be included on our calendar. Legislation Get an overview of our legislative efforts. Members enjoy access to all legislative resources. Professional Development and Resources Get an overview of our Professional Development initiatives and other resources. Jobs View up to the minute job postings and post online. Payment is required to post a job. Resumes View and post online. You may post anonymous resumes Cal Planner Access a limited version of Cal Planner online. Complete print version is available to members Local Sections Find out about CCAPA Local Sections and contact their...