Welcome to Atlanta!
By Ellen Heath, AICP, and Daniel J. Reuter, AICP Cochairs, 2014 National Planning Conference Local Host Committee On April 26–30, 2014, Atlanta will host APA’s National Planning Conference at the...
View Article40 Years Bring Remarkable Change to Atlanta
By Carolyn Torma APA Director of Education and Citizen Engagement City watching is a fascinating hobby. APA’s National Planning Conference allows us to not only visit cities and experience them in some...
View ArticleRobust Bike, Streetcar, and Trail Development on Atlanta’s Radar
By James Shelby Commissioner City of Atlanta Department of Planning & Community Development There are some exciting things happening right in front of my eyes in the City of Atlanta. At the top of...
View ArticleA Foodie’s Dream Town Awaits in Atlanta
By Erin Musiol, AICP APA Senior Program Development and Research Associate I graduated from Georgia Tech’s MCRP program in 2006. Shortly after graduation I moved back to my home state of North Carolina...
View ArticleHealth and Planning Symposium a Conference First
By Anna Ricklin Manager, APA Planning and Community Health Research Center Health is a basic human right and often serves as an indicator of a society’s fundamental potential. Promoting health and...
View ArticleAPA’s Fresh Look at Emerging Professionals: Programs for Atlanta
By Monica Groh APA Director of Early Career Programs If you’re like me (and I still consider myself to still be an emerging professional), you attend a conference for a few reasons — to learn, to...
View ArticleReconciling Economic Growth and Water Shortages
By Tiffany Zezula There is an inherent, but often neglected, connection between proper land use and water planning. Given future growth projections, neglecting this connection can seriously hinder...
View ArticleAtlanta, Ian McHarg, and the Future of Urban Ecology
By Ignacio Bunster-Ossa Twelve years ago in an article on landscape urbanism published in Urban Land, I asked rhetorically: Could the Atlanta metropolitan area double in size as its population doubles...
View ArticleImmigration and Changing American Communities
By Neal A. Stone, AICP Chair, Gays and Lesbians in Planning Division In the months leading up to the National Planning Conference in Atlanta, APA’s Divisions Council will highlight conference sessions...
View ArticleWhat Won the ‘Members Choice Track’ Vote? Drum Roll …
By Carolyn Torma APA Director of Education and Citizen Engagement The votes are in! For the second year, APA members were invited to review a set of proposals and select the “Members Choice Track” for...
View ArticleIn Atlanta, Get Support for Emerging Professional Careers
By Monica Groh and Rana Salzmann In Atlanta, APA will help emerging professionals connect with future mentors or employers. Here are some exciting ways we’re making those connections happen. Resume...
View ArticleAtlanta Workshop: Urban TOD and Regeneration of Historic Broad Street
By Gary Cornell, FAICP President, Community Planning Services, Atlanta The AICP Workshop at this year’s conference is going to offer a place around the table for a wide variety of planning talent and...
View ArticleAtlanta: A Top Place to Go in 2014
By Roberta Rewers APA Public Affairs Coordinator At the start of a new year, I always find myself making a list of things to see or do. The New York Times just released its own list of “52 Places to …...
View ArticlePlan to Pedal Atlanta at the Conference
By Leslie Caceda Program Manager, Atlanta Bike Coalition Atlanta: the city of congestion, right? Not if you travel by bicycle. Sure we have a terrifying history of sprawl, but since the 1990s we’ve...
View ArticleAtlanta Is Growing in Transportation and Health
By Renee Autumn Ray, AICP Senior Associate, ICF International Planning is becoming increasingly connected with public health, more than a century after our field got its start from public health...
View ArticleNegotiation and Effective Planners
By Allen J. Zerkin “The Leadership Revival,” an op-ed column by David Brooks in the January 14 edition of the New York Times, speaks to a reality of professional excellence, advancement, and...
View ArticleExplore Diverse Gems in Atlanta
By Zunilda Rodriguez, AICP; Garfield L. Peart; and Doug Young Diversity-related activities and events are featured throughout the 2014 National Planning Conference for those seeking greater depth on...
View ArticleSomething New Afoot: Closing Keynoter Candy Chang
By Carolyn Torma APA Director of Education and Citizen Engagement Candy Chang, the National Planning Conference’s closing keynote speaker, is a unique artist and planner and part of a larger movement...
View ArticlePlanning and Drought and Georgia
By James C. Schwab, AICP Manager, APA Hazards Planning Research Center Ice storms may be the most recent natural hazards associated with Georgia in most people’s minds. What may be less obvious to...
View ArticleNeighborhood Day 2.0
By David Morley, AICP APA Senior Research Associate Planners, public health professionals, and real estate developers all have an interest in fostering and sustaining strong and healthy neighborhoods....
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