Annual Conference 2009

View presentations from the 2009 PA Chapter of APA Annual Conference below.
All files are in PDF format and require the Free Adobe Reader.

General:

• Preliminary program (contains session descriptions)
• Final program

Sunday, October 4, 2009

3:30pm – 5:00pm Concurrent Workshops

• Planning and Zoning for Green Buildings
• Planning Ethics in Pennsylvania – Presentation 1
• How Can Pennsylvania’s Communities Plan for a Sustainable Future? – Presentation 1
• Successful Partnerships for Urban Renewal
• Using Data and GIS to Target Neighborhood Stabilization Program Dollars – Presentation 1

Monday, October 5, 2009

8:00am – 9:00am Opening Keynote
Timothy Beatley, PhD, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia School of Architecture

• View trailer for The Nature of Cities, presented during Timothy Beatley’s Keynote session.

9:00am – 10:00am Mobile Workshops

• M. Small Town Revitalization Success Story – Handout 1
• M. Trail Planning – Handout 1 | Handout 2

9:15am – 10:30am Concurrent Workshops

• Improving Your Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance – Presentation 1 | Handout 1
• Developing and Sustaining Communities for a Lifetime – Presentation 1
• Using TDRs to Stretch Preservation Dollars and Achieve Smart Growth – Presentation 1
• Town Centers in the Southeast Region – Presentation 1
• Energy and Climate Change: Planners Role and Challenge – Presentation 1
• Implementing LUTED Through a Project Prioritization Process: Case Study of North Central PA – Presentation 1 | Presentation 2
• Identifying Historic Housing Infrastructure

11:00am – 12:15pm Concurrent Workshops

• Annual Update: Chapter Legislative Committee Activities, Required Training and MPC Rewrite Initiatives
• Infill Philadelphia: Food Access
• Sustainability in Stormwater Management: Green Infrastructure from the City to the Urban Fringe – Presentation 1
• Imagine Regional Plans that Actually Work – Presentation 1
• Inclusionary Zoning for Workforce Housing – Presentation 1
• Implementing Complete Streets in Pennsylvania – Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3 | Presentation 4
• Conservation Landscape Initiative: Promoting Sustainability of Special Places

2:00pm – 5:00pm Mobile Workshops

• Open Space and Preservation in the Suburbs
• Manayunk, East Falls, and Roxborough – Handout 1 | Handout 2 | Handout 3 | Handout 4 | Handout 5

2:15pm – 3:30pm Concurrent Workshops

• Planning for the Impacts of Development – Presentation 1
• Grassroots Planning: The Lower Italian Market Revitalization Project – Presentation 1
• Reclaiming Abandoned PA: Tools for Revitalizing Older Communities, Conservatorship for Abandoned Properties – Presentation 1
• Planning by Design: A Model for Main Street
• Pennsylvania Population: 1970-2030 – Presentation 1
• Philadelphia Regional Greenway Connections
• How to Become an AICP- Presentation 1

4:00pm – 5:30pm Concurrent Workshops

• Legal Aspects of Low Impact and Green Development
• Sustainably Repositioning Greyfield Sites – Presentation 1
• From House Museum to Preservation Planning
• Plan Regionally, Implement Locally: Multi-Municipal Planning in PA – Presentation 1 | Handout 1
• Mapping a Sustainable Future: The West Chester Borough Success Story – Presentation 1
• Successful Open Space Programs – Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3
• Imagine Philadelphia: Comprehensive Planning for the Mid-Century – Presentation 1 | Handout 1

Tuesday, October 5, 2009

9:00am – 10:00am Plenary Session
Sandy Wiggins, Principal, Consilience Inc. – Presentation (File is 13 MB in size)

10:30am – 11:45am Concurrent Workshops

• Planning for Marcellus Shale Developments & Impacts – Presentation 1
• Water Resources Planning for Sustainable Pennsylvania Watersheds 
• Making TOD Work for Older Neighborhoods – Presentation 1
• Using Transportation Dollars to Build Sustainable and Livable Communities- Presentation 1
• Paying for Green Energy and Feasibility for Co-Generation 
• Accommodating Affordable and Senior Housing in the Comprehensive Planning and Implementation Process- Presentation 1 | Handout 1

12:00pm – 2:00pm Annual Meeting, Awards Program and Luncheon

• Annual Awards – Presentation 1
• State of the Chapter – Download the Address

2:15pm – 3:30pm Concurrent Workshops

• Creating Successful Planning Commissions 
• Greater Philadelphia’s Food System: The Complexities of Planning for a Local Food System
• Design Standards in Urban Zoning – Presentation 1
• Local Government Responses to Community Planning for Aging: Three Approaches to Addressing Aging in Place 
• Connecting Planners with the TreeVitalize Program to Enhance Tree Canopy in PA Communities – Presentation 1 | Handout 1
• Linking Redevelopment Areas with Transit in Philadelphia  – Presentation 1

4:00pm – 5:30pm Concurrent Workshops

• Annual Land Use Law Update – Presentation 1
• The AICP Code of Ethics and Real World Scenarios – Presentation 1
• Outlawing Sprawl – Presentation 1 | Handout 1
• Spatial Design and Planning for Neighborhood-Centered Elder Housing and Care
• Progressive Planning for the US 422 Corridor – Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3
• Zoning the Appalachian Trail: Implementing State Legislation to Protect a National Resource – Presentation 1

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association is not responsible for the materials or opinions of conference speakers