Session Presentations

Sunday, October 14, 2011

2:00pm - 3:15pm Concurrent Workshops - Series A
1. The Luzerne County Healthy Community Challenge: A Model for Creating Healthy Community Action in Small PA Municipalities
2. Swim Together or Sink Alone: A Tale of Stormwater Management Survival
3. Implementing Your Comprehensive Plan: The Official Map
4. Effects of Abandoned Mine Lands on the Northern Anthracite Region
5. Planning for the Future of Energy
6. Reclaiming Commercial Strips and Strengthening Town Centers: Part 1

2:00pm - 5:30pm Zoning Matters: The Process of an Update and the Legal Issues That Should Concern You

3:45pm - 5:00pm Concurrent Workshops – Series B
7. Reclaiming Commercial Strips and Strengthening Town Centers: Part 2
8. Creating Great Value through Small Urban Parks and Public Spaces
9. Active Design: The Connection Between Health, Land Use, Recreation, Transportation and Technology - Presentation 1
10. Protecting Scenic Resources in a Changing Landscape  - Presentation 1
11. Chesapeake Bay and Local Water Quality Initiatives: An Update for 2011 and Beyond

PMPEI Training for Local Planning and Elected Officials: Planning and Zoning in the Age of Marcellus

Monday, October 15, 2011

9:00am – 10:00am Opening Keynote
Secretary Richard J. Allan
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

10:30am – 11:45am Concurrent Workshops – Series C
12. Planning for Compatible Economic Development to initiate Community Sustainability
13. PA's State Enabling Laws and Historic Preservation
14. Doing Nothing: The Cost of Waiting for the Private Sector to Initiate Redevelopment
15. Green Infrastructure: Making Stormwater, MS4, and TMDLs Work for Your Municipality
16. Jane Jacobs, Andy Warhol, and the Kind of Problem a Community Is - Sidney Brower notes
17. PA Chapter of APA Legislative Update
18. The Economic and Quality of Life Impact of Gaming in PA

12:00pm – 1:45pm Pitkin Lecture
Looking at Jane Jacobs Today: Relevant or Out-of-Date?
Roberta Brandes Gratz

2:00pm – 3:15pm Concurrent Workshops – Series D
19. Partnering to Enhance Pipeline Safety in Communities through Risk-Informed Land Use Planning 
20. Gateway Communities: Planning Tools for Small Businesses and Public Officials
21. Suburban Sustainability is No Oxymoron - Flamm presentation | Drewes presentation | 1st Suburbs presentation
22. Discover the Impace of PLACE: People, Land and Community Education
23. AICP: Is It For You? - Presentation 1
24. The Planner's Advantage: Online Social Networking
25. New Demographics are Here for PA

2:00pm – 5:00pm Mobile Workshops
26-M. Mobile Workshop: Planning for the Future of Energy
27-M. Mobile Workshop: PA's State Enabling Laws and Historic Preservation
28-M. Mobile Workshop: Jane Jacobs’ Scranton
29-M. Mobile Workshop: Trails - Regional Connections, Sustainable Design, Preservation of Natural Corridors, and Development Regulation Issues

3:30pm – 5:00pm Concurrent Workshops – Series E
31. Urban Made: Re-Deploying Industrial Assets in PA’s Cities
32. Creating an Implementable Comprehensive Plan
Presenter Denny Puko
- Creating an Implementable Comprehensive Plan
- Handouts - Handout 1 | Handout 2 | Handout 3
Presenter Jim Pashek
- Presentation - This is a Prezi presentation. The link connects to the presentation with a built-in Prezi viewer app. Anyone with internet access can use it. Takes a short time to download.
- Audience brainstorming flip chart notes

33. Water: Tying It All Together In York County
34. How to Talk about Difficult Issues
35. Combating Blight: New Tools and Potential Resources Act 135 0f 2008 & Act 90 of 2010
36. From Identification to Transformation: Brownfield Corridor Planning is Boom for Communities
37. Achieve a Sustainable Community Vision by Integrating TDR and TND Zoning Tools

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

9:00am – 10:00am Plenary Session
Teri Ooms
Benchmarking Changes in Northeast Pennsylvania

10:30am – 11:45am Concurrent Workshops – Series F
38. Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development on Agriculture - Presentation 1
39. Manufacturing Plant Reuse in a Changing Economy
40. Trails: Regional Connections, Sustainable Design, Preservation of Natural Corridors, and Development Regulation Issues
41. Complete Streets: Transforming Communities
42. Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Implementation: Opportunities for Cost Savings through Planning and Regionalism
43. CTP and CEP:  APA's New Advanced Specialty Certifications - Cancelled
44. How Preemption of Zoning and Other Local Controls Impacts Planning

12:00pm – 1:30pm Annual Meeting and Awards Program
Annual Awards Presentation
State of the Chapter Presentation - Presentation 1

2:15pm – 3:45pm Concurrent Workshops – Series G
45. Help or Hinder: How Local Government Helps or Hinders the Development of Affordable Housing
46. Current Initiatives in Sustainable Communities Planning - Presentation - Rouse | Presentation - Lytle Peet | Presentation - Trant
47. An Examination of Transportation Funding in PA: Needs and Potential Solutions - Brian Funkhouser Presentation | Dennis Lebo Presentation
48. When Doing the Right Thing Means Breakin’ the Rules: What to Do When Storm Water Design BMPs Conflict with Environmental Quality Objectives - Presentation 1
49. Remaking the City: From Vacant Lots to Community Gardens
50. Philadelphia’s Green2015: Getting Green Space to Underserved Neighborhoods in Tight Economic Times

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