Today, it’s too risky NOT to consider hazard mitigation and disaster resiliency, especially with hazard mitigation being an essential component of site planning, comprehensive planning, stormwater management and numerous other planning practices.  Building resilient communities is not just a product of emergency management and emergency services personnel, but also a responsibility of planners as they assist communities with comprehensive planning and development of and updates to zoning and subdivision and land development ordinances. 

Join us in Center City Philadelphia for the 11th annual Design on the Delaware, October 29th- November 1st at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown hotel and the Center for Architecture. Design on the Delaware presents leading designers, planners, innovators and educators of national and international acclaim as keynote speakers. The conference features 36 continuing education programs,   …

Event Information   Building Community Partnerships to Address Chronic Illness Among Older Adults November 1, 2013 9:00 am - 4:45 pm Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue Cost: $55 (includes lunch) AICP CM credits pending Register here >> 80% of elders in the Philadelphia area have a chronic illness. Preventing and managing chronic illness will require collaboration   …

Event Information   Smart Growth in Small Towns and Rural Areas 1.5 CM credits November 6, 2013 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: Chester County Planning Commission, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382 Sponsored by DVRPC's Municipal Outreach Program   …

Event Information Southeast Section of the APA PA Annual Event Date: November 7, 2013 Location: The Twentieth Century Club in Lansdowne, PA (Delaware County) 84 South Lansdowne Avenue Lansdowne, PA 19050 This year, we are meeting up in Lansdowne and learning more about the interaction between the town and its businesses in creating successful downtown   …