Making Planning More Adaptable Approved for 1.25 CM credits  With the complexities and uncertainties revealed in the pandemic and unrest of 2020, planning effectively for the next decade means being more adaptable. In this webinar, there will be discussion of the  three approaches to urban planning:  prescriptive, proscriptive and adaptive. The adaptive approach is best   …

PA Land Use Law Update - Zoning Cases The PA Chapter – APA - Northeast Section is sponsoring a PA Land Use Law Update webinar. This webinar will provide a review of the case law and administrative decisions issued in the last year pertaining to Zoning. Recent amendments to the PA Municipalities Planning Code as well   …

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Potential Redevelopment Options for Retail Spaces Approved for 1.25 CM credits  COVID-19 has had significant negative impacts on traditional shopping malls and other “big box” retailers. What are the potential options for owners of large retail spaces to reinvigorate the retail space in a post-COVID world, or pivot to   …

Planning at the Intersection of Technology, Growth, Revitalization and Inclusion The United States and the World are in the midst of the 4th Industrial Revolution. The forces of globalization, automation, connectivity, changing demographics, and shared and on-demand economy are changing everything from how we communicate to do business. The form of our communities is changing   …

Planning for Growth, Prosperity & Resiliency: Using the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies Plan and Process to Innovate and Guide Strategic Growth Approved for 1.25 CM credits  Although the Community Economic Development Strategies (CEDS) plan is required plan needed for regions to access Economic Development Administration (EDA) funding, the tool, when developed collaboratively and strategically, can   …

Beat the Heat Hunting Park: A Community Heat Relief Plan In Philadelphia, some neighborhoods can be 22 degrees F hotter than others and low-income residents and residents of color are more likely to live in these hotter neighborhoods. This pattern of unequal exposure to risk tells us that climate change is not only a public   …