In this session, speakers will focus on ways to strategically maximize resources and drive innovation to make progress towards creating more aging-friendly communities, including: (1) results of a 2019 survey with ICMA on the extent that local governments engage in planning that meets the needs of all residents and deliver more equal functional capacity across   …

Learn how to calculate the impact of a unit of upper floor housing in your community. Standardized forms/excel sheets will be provided. After attending this program, participants will be able to: Describe the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) as a tool to measure local economic activity by category Organize CES data in a form that allows   …

The HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) employs a comprehensive approach to community transformation by helping stakeholders revitalize distressed public or assisted housing developments while investing in neighborhood and people projects that improve the quality of life for residents. Successful urban design and preservation efforts are vital to the success of a CNI Plan in order   …

Presented by APA New Jersey Please Note: Due to capacity, this webinar is limited to APA Region 1 Members only. APA Membership ID is required at registration.  As the Metro New York economy begins to reactivate through phased reopening, uncertainty remains as to the lasting effects on real estate demand. At the root of this   …

Don’t miss the chance to participate in this unique and timely workshop that was approved for the 2020 National APA conference in Houston, and that has been further enhanced to reflect the disasters that have struck our nation and communities since March 2020. Attendees will learn the roles that signs play in crisis responses to   …

Creating new, market-rate rental housing in rural Wisconsin, like many rural areas, is challenging. As is often the case, new market-rate apartments cannot achieve rental rates high enough to cash flow their projects based on construction and financing costs. This webcast will explore creative financing options to develop market-rate apartments in rural areas. 

With phased reopening underway, planning and zoning departments across the country are trying to accommodate new methods of operation in a COVID-19 world, as well as how those changes will carry over once we are out of the pandemic. Many planners are now armed with new tools authorized by executive order. But are these planning   …