Southeast Section Event: How to be an expert witness 1.5 CM Law This professional development session was designed to allow the planning professionals in our section to obtain an advanced understanding of expert witness testimony process. As professional planners gain experience, they are increasingly required to give testimony as a professional. Often planners have only   …

Event Information Managing Complex Relationships in Planning 1.5 CM credits February 19, 2014 3:30 – 3:45 PM: Registration 3:45 – 4:00 PM: DVRPC Presentation 4:00 – 5:30 PM: Live viewing of APA Audio/Webconference Location: Montgomery County Planning Commission 425 Swede Street Norristown, PA 19401 Sponsored by: DVRPC Municipal Outreach Program The event is free to   …

New Tools and Opportunities for Advancing Sound Land UseThis session will help local elected officials, certified professional planners and municipal solicitors make sense of the legal issues surrounding land use planning.  A review of nine separate recent land use court decisions will be analyzed and presented along with a panel discussion on the development process   …

Communities around the world are facing pressing health challenges related to the built environment. The ULI Building Healthy Places Initiative is working to connect people to the latest resources and thinking about the topic.  The ULI Philadelphia Lehigh Valley Council invites you to join us in this important conversation.  What you will gain by attending:    …

This session will engage all attendees in a presentation and discussion over local land use planning for transit issues and initiatives that encourage using transit. Planning tools will include using visual schematics, PowerPoint presentation and a dialogue between LANta and the LVPC that address issues on a local and regional level. Mr. O’Neil will discuss   …

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).             

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).

Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S., is experiencing significant demographic change – whether in the greying of the population led by Baby Boomers, the steady and significant rise in its Hispanic population or the decrease in family household formation.  These trends and others have and will continue to influence market demand for housing, retail and commercial space – and not just the amount, but the types (e.g., smaller, more densely cited housing development; fewer shopping centers featuring more entertainment/dining and less retail; more medical office space; more multi-generational housing; etc.).

This presentation will be specific on recent developments in Pennsylvania land use law.  It will address the impacts of Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Robinson Township v. Commonwealth decision local governments' authority to regulate the activities of the oil and gas industry, focusing on the extent to which Act 13 preempts or supersedes zoning authority.  It will   …

Tri-County Regional Planning Commission Annual DinnerKeynote Speaker: Galina Tachieva, AICP Galina Tachieva, AICP, is delivering the keynote speech at the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission’s 2014 Annual Dinner.  In her speech, she will detail her work in planning, urban design and new urbanism, and  she will reference information contained in her book, “The Sprawl Repair Manual.”    …

This workshop will provide detailed and hands on instruction on the following data sets from the U.S. Census Bureau: Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Population Estimates Program, and the Economic Census.  Participants will also be instructed on how to access the data through American FactFinder and the basics of the data manipulation in excel.

Making it Great Now is a full-day program that focuses on revitalization strategies for Pennsylvania communities. The program will emphasize projects operating within short planning horizons using limited resources - strategies and methods that can be rapidly deployed, quickly implemented, and readily realized to advance community goals. The keynote speaker is Andrew Howard, AICP of   …

Making it Great Now is a full-day program that focuses on revitalization strategies for Pennsylvania communities. The program will emphasize projects operating within short planning horizons using limited resources - strategies and methods that can be rapidly deployed, quickly implemented, and readily realized to advance community goals. The keynote speaker is Andrew Howard, AICP of   …

Central Section presents Preservation Matters and Here's Why...Tools for Community & Economic Vitality This workshop will make the connection between historic preservation and its role in Community and Economic Development. How can historic preservation be used to revitalize a downtown, borough, or city? What is worth saving when it comes to keeping the character of   …

  The 2014 New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference is co-hosted by the NJ Historic Trust, NJ Historic Commission, NJ Historic Preservation Office, and the Common Wealth of New Jersey. The conference is a full day event, held at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft NJ 07738. Highlights for this year’s program   …

Introducing New Density to the Neighborhood (1.5 CM credits) June 4, 2014. Registration 3:30 PM; Event from 3:45 – 5:30 PM Camden Community College William G. Rohrer Center, 1st Fl Executive Conference Room,1889 Rt. 70 East, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003-2013 This event offers 1.5 AICP CM credits. 3:30 - 3:45 PM: Registration 3:45 - 4:00   …