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Thank you for coming to the Annual Conference, we will see you next year in Erie.
Presentations are below:
Main Sessions
- Opening Keynote – Transforming Towns into Changemaker Communities | 1.25 CM
- Pitkin Lecture – Small Town in the Big City: Jane Jacobs of Pennsylvania | 1 CM
- Plenary – Medical Marijuana | 1.50 CM Law (view presentation)
Mobile Workshops
- M2. The Slab Cabin Run Initiative: A Landscape Level Approach to Source Water Protection, Stream Restoration and Ag Land Preservation | 2.50 CM
- M3. Converging Waters: The Challenges of Migrating Towards an Integrated Water Resources Management Model in the Centre Region | 2 CM
- M4. A Brief Campus Sustainability Tour and Potential Tools to Support Sustainable Community Projects | 2.50 CM
Concurrent Sessions A
- A1. Replanting Penn’s Woods in Lancaster City | 1.25 CM
- A2. Complete Streets in Rural Pennsylvania | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
- A3. Community Living: One Big, Happy Non-family | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
- A4. Connecting with the Community: Maximizing Public Participation in Planning Initiatives | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
Concurrent Sessions B
- B1. Images and Ethics | 1.50 CM Ethics
- B2. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Plan Implementation through Zoning and P3s | 1.50 CM (view presentation)
- B3. The Legal Aspects of Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania | 1.50 CM Law
- B4. Mechanisms for Cultivating Collaborative Relationships Between Town and Gown | 1.50 CM (view presentation)
Concurrent Sessions C
- C1. AICP Exam: The New Format | No CM (view presentation)
- C2. Placemaking Using an Economic Development Study: A Data and Market Based Approach | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
- C3. Real Estate Finance for Planners: A Very Short Course | 1.25 CM
- C4. Buses Are Not Just For Big Cities: A Discussion of Transit Planning for Small and Rural Communities | 1.25 CM
- C5. Aging in Place: New Government Mandates and the Effects on Local Communities of the Coming Wave | 1.25 CM
- C6. Municipalities and Water Resources: Planning for the Long Term | 1.25 CM
Concurrent Sessions D
- D1. PennDOT Connects: Pennsylvania’s New Program Supporting Active Transportation | 1.25 CM
- D2. Overcoming Obstacles to Municipal Cooperation: The Wissahickon Creek Water Quality | 1.25 CM
- D3. Local Actions, Regional Results: Prioritizing Municipal Strategies for Improving Water Quality | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
- D4. Planning for Private Drinking Water Supplies | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
- D5. Integrating Green Infrastructure into Pittsburgh’s Urban Fabric | 1.25 CM
- D6. Connecting a Community through Collaborative Economic Development | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
- D7. Bicycling Beyond the Big Cities: Enhancing On-Road Cycling in Small Towns and Suburban Communities | 1.25 CM (view presentation)
Concurrent Sessions E
- E1. Fast-Fun-Fervent | No CM
- Evaluating the Extreme Weather Vulnerabilities of Transportation (view presentation)
- Medical Marijuana is a Good This for your Neighborhood (view presentation)
- What a Strange Brew
- Perceptions in Downtown Neighborhoods: Unique Ways of Looking at the Ordinary
- Digital Governance in Pennsylvania: Successes, Opportunities, and Challenges-Recommendations for the State Planning Board (view presentation)
- E2. Land Use Law Update: Annual Review of Federal and State Court and Agency Decisions | 1.50 CM Law
- E3. MPC Refresher: Key Provisions, What’s New, Tips for Users | 1.50 CM (view handout)
- E4. Approaches to Align Plans and Market Demand | 1.50 CM (view presentation)
- E5. How to Create an Overlay Zoning Ordinance to Provide Strong Source-Water Protection for Groundwater Quality
- E6. Repurposing Stranded Real Estate Assets as a New Form of Transit Oriented Development | 1.50 CM
View Session - E7. Implementing Tactical Urbanism/Placemaking in a Pennsylvania 3rd Class City: A Model for Better Community Engagement | 1.50 CM
View Session
Concurrent Sessions F
- F1. Transitioning to Management: The Ups and Downs | 1.50 CM (view presentation)
- F2. Putting “Implementable” Comprehensive Plans into Practice | 1.50 CM (view presentation)
- F3. Healthy Communities: Who, What, Why | 1.50 CM (view presentation 1) (view presentation 2) (view presentation 3)
- F4. Trends in GIS for Planning: 3D Modeling, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality for Community Engagement, Zoning Analysis, and Infrastructure Management | 1.50 CM
- F5. Workshops with Results | 1.50 CM
- F6. Applying New GIS Mapping Tools Across Municipal Functions: Economic Development, Land Use, Asset Management and More | 1.50 CM
- F7. Freight Planning in Pennsylvania: Featuring a Case Study of the Harrisburg MPO | 1.50 CM
Concurrent Sessions G
- G1. The PA Ethics Act and its Relevance to Planners | 1.50 CM Ethics
- G2. Community Heart & Soul: Engaging Residents through the Humanities to Find What Matters Most | 1.50 CM (view presentation) (view Vantage Point page 16) (view article)
- G3. Pittsburgh’s EcoInnovation District: Lessons Learned in Equity, Sustainability, and Mobility | 1.50 CM
- G4. 2-D Maps to 4-D Thinking: The Building Block Approach to Floodplain Planning | 1.50 CM
- G5. Innovative Approaches to Guide Policy Decisions and Land Use | 1.50 CM (view presentation)
- G6. Oh S***, How Did This Happen? | 1.50 CM
- G7. Nature-Based Placemaking: Using Natural Assets as Economic Generators | 1.50 CM (view presentation)