Habitat III is an opportunity to think and act with a collective voice to create and sustain cities of opportunity. More specifically, Habitat III is an opportunity for the U.S. to leverage the collective expertise of those addressing sustainable development globally and develop shared priorities domestically. Our partners and stakeholders agree—we need to start the   …

You are cordially invited to attend the "South Central Pennsylvania Walking Summit: Promoting Walking and Walkable Communities" hosted by the Pennsylvania State Alliance of YMCAs on Tuesday, May 17th from 8:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at the East Shore YMCA in Harrisburg. Registration is FREE!The Surgeon General's Call to Action on Walking and Walkable Communities   …

PMPEI: Course in Zoning AdministrationLackawanna County (Jessup)Dates: May 19, 26 & June 2Location: Lackawanna County Center for Public SafetyTo register contact Steve Pitoniak, 570-963-6400 (pitoniaks@lackawannacounty.org)Provides zoning hearing board members, board solicitors, zoning officers, and elected municipal officials–regardless of experience–with the basic principles, procedures and information needed to effectively carry out their functions in the administration   …

Would you like make planning in Pennsylvania better? One way is by becoming a PMPEI instructor and sharing your knowledge with local planning and zoning officials. The Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Education Institute invites you to become an instructor in its growing Planning and Zoning Course Program that annually reaches over 600 students across the Commonwealth.Two   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision and Land Development ReviewChester County (West Chester)Dates: May 24, 26 & 31Location: WCU Graduate Business CenterTo register contact William Stevens (williamjstevensiii@gmail.com)Focuses on the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process, from pre-application meetings through project completion.Course DetailsThe course is also useful for those in the development   …

Connections 2045 Workshop - Philadelphia Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM We want to know… What do you think the future will look like? A number of forces will affect how people and places connect in the future. These Future Forces are broader social, technological, economic, environmental, and political trends that can   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision and Land Development ReviewChester County (West Chester)Dates: May 24, 26 & 31Location: WCU Graduate Business CenterTo register contact William Stevens (williamjstevensiii@gmail.com)Focuses on the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process, from pre-application meetings through project completion.Course DetailsThe course is also useful for those in the development   …

PMPEI: Course in Zoning AdministrationLackawanna County (Jessup)Dates: May 19, 26 & June 2Location: Lackawanna County Center for Public SafetyTo register contact Steve Pitoniak, 570-963-6400 (pitoniaks@lackawannacounty.org)Provides zoning hearing board members, board solicitors, zoning officers, and elected municipal officials–regardless of experience–with the basic principles, procedures and information needed to effectively carry out their functions in the administration   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision and Land Development ReviewChester County (West Chester)Dates: May 24, 26 & 31Location: WCU Graduate Business CenterTo register contact William Stevens (williamjstevensiii@gmail.com)Focuses on the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process, from pre-application meetings through project completion.Course DetailsThe course is also useful for those in the development   …

The Evolving Law of Zoning (brochure)The power to zone is not an inherent power of municipalities. Instead, the power to zone is derived from constitutional principles and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC). Those constitutional principles and the MPC establish the foundation on which municipalities can zone. Pennsylvania courts regularly interpret constitutional principles and the   …

PMPEI: Course in Zoning AdministrationLackawanna County (Jessup)Dates: May 19, 26 & June 2Location: Lackawanna County Center for Public SafetyTo register contact Steve Pitoniak, 570-963-6400 (pitoniaks@lackawannacounty.org)Provides zoning hearing board members, board solicitors, zoning officers, and elected municipal officials–regardless of experience–with the basic principles, procedures and information needed to effectively carry out their functions in the administration   …

Would you like make planning in Pennsylvania better? One way is by becoming a PMPEI instructor and sharing your knowledge with local planning and zoning officials. The Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Education Institute invites you to become an instructor in its growing Planning and Zoning Course Program that annually reaches over 600 students across the Commonwealth.Two   …

Symposium on Flooding and Pennsylvania's Historic River Towns (The Final Day of the 2016 Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Heritage) Wednesday, June 8, 2016 9:00am - 4:00pm The Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA Throughout Pennsylvania’s early periods of development, its older communities settled along the banks of the state’s more than 86,000 miles of   …

The Evolving Law of Zoning (brochure)The power to zone is not an inherent power of municipalities. Instead, the power to zone is derived from constitutional principles and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC). Those constitutional principles and the MPC establish the foundation on which municipalities can zone. Pennsylvania courts regularly interpret constitutional principles and the   …

The Evolving Law of Zoning (brochure)The power to zone is not an inherent power of municipalities. Instead, the power to zone is derived from constitutional principles and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC). Those constitutional principles and the MPC establish the foundation on which municipalities can zone. Pennsylvania courts regularly interpret constitutional principles and the   …

The Evolving Law of Zoning (brochure)The power to zone is not an inherent power of municipalities. Instead, the power to zone is derived from constitutional principles and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC). Those constitutional principles and the MPC establish the foundation on which municipalities can zone. Pennsylvania courts regularly interpret constitutional principles and the   …

The Evolving Law of Zoning (brochure)The power to zone is not an inherent power of municipalities. Instead, the power to zone is derived from constitutional principles and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC). Those constitutional principles and the MPC establish the foundation on which municipalities can zone. Pennsylvania courts regularly interpret constitutional principles and the   …

The Evolving Law of Zoning (brochure)The power to zone is not an inherent power of municipalities. Instead, the power to zone is derived from constitutional principles and the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC). Those constitutional principles and the MPC establish the foundation on which municipalities can zone. Pennsylvania courts regularly interpret constitutional principles and the   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningLehigh County (Allentown)September 7, 14 & 21Location: Lehigh Valley Planning CommissionTo register contact Tracy Oscavich, 610-264-4544 (toscavich@lvpc.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning commissioners   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningBerks County (Reading)September 8, 15 and 22Location: Albright CollegeTo register contact Andrea Weist, 610-929-6503 (aweist@alb.edu)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning commissioners relate to   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewMontgomery County (King of Prussia)September 13, 20 and 27Location: Upper Merion TownshipTo register contact Rita McKelvey, 610-278-3753 (rmckelve@montcopa.org)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes the   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewLancaster County (Manheim)September 13, 20 and 27Location: Lancaster County Public Safety Training CenterTo register contact Sharyn Young, 717-299-8344 (syoung@co.lancaster.pa.us)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningLehigh County (Allentown)September 7, 14 & 21Location: Lehigh Valley Planning CommissionTo register contact Tracy Oscavich, 610-264-4544 (toscavich@lvpc.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning commissioners   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningBerks County (Reading)September 8, 15 and 22Location: Albright CollegeTo register contact Andrea Weist, 610-929-6503 (aweist@alb.edu)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning commissioners relate to   …

What: Harrisburg Transportation Center TOD Visioning Week - Help PennDOT and the City of Harrisburg set the Vision for the Harrisburg Train Station and Market Street Corridor in Downtown Harrisburg!View PostcardWhen: September 19 - 22, 2016Where: Harrisburg Train Station, Harrisburg, PA#HBGTOD

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewMontgomery County (King of Prussia)September 13, 20 and 27Location: Upper Merion TownshipTo register contact Rita McKelvey, 610-278-3753 (rmckelve@montcopa.org)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes the   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewLancaster County (Manheim)September 13, 20 and 27Location: Lancaster County Public Safety Training CenterTo register contact Sharyn Young, 717-299-8344 (syoung@co.lancaster.pa.us)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes   …

Register now for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s 2016 conference Reinventing Our Communities: Transforming Our Economies. This national biennial conference will be held Wednesday, September 21, to Friday, September 23, 2016, at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing. Through a series of exciting and engaging plenary discussions, concurrent sessions, and keynote addresses, the conference   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningLehigh County (Allentown)September 7, 14 & 21Location: Lehigh Valley Planning CommissionTo register contact Tracy Oscavich, 610-264-4544 (toscavich@lvpc.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning commissioners   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningBerks County (Reading)September 8, 15 and 22Location: Albright CollegeTo register contact Andrea Weist, 610-929-6503 (aweist@alb.edu)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning commissioners relate to   …

PMPEI: Course in ZoningDelaware County (Morton)September 22, 29 and October 6Location: Delaware County Intermediate UnitTo register contact Rebecca Ross, 610-891-5025 (rossr@co.delaware.pa.us)This course addresses the fascinating, complex, provocative and contentious topic of zoning. It examines how zoning evolved in the United States and how this past history continues to shape the way zoning is practiced in   …

PMPEI: Course in Zoning AdministrationLycoming County (Montoursville)September 22, 29 and October 6Location: Lycoming Co. Lysock View ComplexTo register contact Megan Lehman, 570-320-2115 (mlehman@lyco.org)In this course zoning hearing board members, zoning officials, and elected officials–regardless of experience–learn the basic principles, procedures and information needed to effectively carry out their functions in the administration of municipal zoning.   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewMontgomery County (King of Prussia)September 13, 20 and 27Location: Upper Merion TownshipTo register contact Rita McKelvey, 610-278-3753 (rmckelve@montcopa.org)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes the   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewLancaster County (Manheim)September 13, 20 and 27Location: Lancaster County Public Safety Training CenterTo register contact Sharyn Young, 717-299-8344 (syoung@co.lancaster.pa.us)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewBucks County (Doylestown)September 28, October 5 and 12Location: Delaware Valley UniversityTo register contact Terri Dickow, 800-232-7722 (tdickow@boroughs.org)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes the MPC   …

PMPEI: Course in ZoningDelaware County (Morton)September 22, 29 and October 6Location: Delaware County Intermediate UnitTo register contact Rebecca Ross, 610-891-5025 (rossr@co.delaware.pa.us)This course addresses the fascinating, complex, provocative and contentious topic of zoning. It examines how zoning evolved in the United States and how this past history continues to shape the way zoning is practiced in   …

PMPEI: Course in Zoning AdministrationLycoming County (Montoursville)September 22, 29 and October 6Location: Lycoming Co. Lysock View ComplexTo register contact Megan Lehman, 570-320-2115 (mlehman@lyco.org)In this course zoning hearing board members, zoning officials, and elected officials–regardless of experience–learn the basic principles, procedures and information needed to effectively carry out their functions in the administration of municipal zoning.   …

Join us for the Lehigh Valley Planning + Development Gala and the Lehigh Valley Awards Ceremony, celebrating 55 years of regional planning + investment. The awards are judged on originality and innovation; compatibility with the community; effectiveness and results; how the community was engaged, and transferability of the project, plan or ordinance. A panel of judges   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningYork County (Dallastown)October 5, 12, & 19Location: York Township, Municipal Building To register contact Pam Shellenberger, 717-771-9870 (pshellenberger@ycpc.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning   …

PMPEI: Course in ZoningLehigh County (Allentown)October 5, 12 and 19Location: Lehigh Valley Planning CommissionTo register contact Tracy Oscavich, 610-264-4544 (toscavich@lvpc.org)This course addresses the fascinating, complex, provocative and contentious topic of zoning. It examines how zoning evolved in the United States and how this past history continues to shape the way zoning is practiced in 21st   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewBucks County (Doylestown)September 28, October 5 and 12Location: Delaware Valley UniversityTo register contact Terri Dickow, 800-232-7722 (tdickow@boroughs.org)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes the MPC   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningDauphin County (Harrisburg)October 6, 13, & 20Location: Swatara Township BuildingFor more information contact Andrew Bomberger, 717-234-2639 (abomberger@tcrpc-pa.org)COST: $35 for the entire course. CONTINUING ED: Continuing education credits are available for realtors, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, UCC officials and lawyers. NOTE: Attendance at all three sessions is required for completion of the   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningChester County (West Chester)October 6, 13 and 20Location: West Chester University, Graduate CenterTo register contact William Stevens, 484-680-5570 (info@cc2020.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how   …

PMPEI: Course in ZoningDelaware County (Morton)September 22, 29 and October 6Location: Delaware County Intermediate UnitTo register contact Rebecca Ross, 610-891-5025 (rossr@co.delaware.pa.us)This course addresses the fascinating, complex, provocative and contentious topic of zoning. It examines how zoning evolved in the United States and how this past history continues to shape the way zoning is practiced in   …

PMPEI: Course in Zoning AdministrationLycoming County (Montoursville)September 22, 29 and October 6Location: Lycoming Co. Lysock View ComplexTo register contact Megan Lehman, 570-320-2115 (mlehman@lyco.org)In this course zoning hearing board members, zoning officials, and elected officials–regardless of experience–learn the basic principles, procedures and information needed to effectively carry out their functions in the administration of municipal zoning.   …

NCAC-APA will host its 2016 AICP Exam Prep Workshop on Saturday, October 8th, at Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies in Washington, DC (Downtown Campus at 640 Massachusetts Ave. NW). This popular training workshop will provide a review of key planning topics that could appear on the exam The training session will be led by the   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningYork County (Dallastown)October 5, 12, & 19Location: York Township, Municipal Building To register contact Pam Shellenberger, 717-771-9870 (pshellenberger@ycpc.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how planning   …

PMPEI: Course in ZoningLehigh County (Allentown)October 5, 12 and 19Location: Lehigh Valley Planning CommissionTo register contact Tracy Oscavich, 610-264-4544 (toscavich@lvpc.org)This course addresses the fascinating, complex, provocative and contentious topic of zoning. It examines how zoning evolved in the United States and how this past history continues to shape the way zoning is practiced in 21st   …

PMPEI: Course in Subdivision & Land Development ReviewBucks County (Doylestown)September 28, October 5 and 12Location: Delaware Valley UniversityTo register contact Terri Dickow, 800-232-7722 (tdickow@boroughs.org)This course deals with the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process- from preapplication meetings through project completion. Extensively revised in 2005, the course emphasizes the MPC   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningDauphin County (Harrisburg)October 6, 13, & 20Location: Swatara Township BuildingFor more information contact Andrew Bomberger, 717-234-2639 (abomberger@tcrpc-pa.org)COST: $35 for the entire course. CONTINUING ED: Continuing education credits are available for realtors, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, UCC officials and lawyers. NOTE: Attendance at all three sessions is required for completion of the   …

PMPEI: Course in Community PlanningChester County (West Chester)October 6, 13 and 20Location: West Chester University, Graduate CenterTo register contact William Stevens, 484-680-5570 (info@cc2020.org)This course teaches planning commissioners, local officials, and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Participants learn where planning fits in the framework of local government, how   …