If you belong to a local planning commission or zoning board or hold elected or appointed public office, join the American Planning Association and gain an experienced, helpful partner in your work to create a vital and healthy community.

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Get the Tools You Need

Whether you're new to your position or a seasoned veteran, you need training on planning concepts and techniques. APA can help you respond to impending challenges and get ready to try innovative solutions to difficult problems.

Turn Down the Heat and Reduce Risk

A skilled commission can guide competing interests toward consensus on controversial issues. APA training can help you and your fellow commissioners decide fairly, sidestep legal pitfalls, and avoid costly litigation.

Connect to the Planning Community

Other planning commissions may already have solved the problem yours is facing now. APA publications demonstrate how your community fits into the national picture. You'll have opportunities to share experiences with other commissioners and planners at meetings, conferences, and training events.

Use the Best Resources

The Commissioner, a quarterly publication, is free for APA planning board members. APA's Planners Press publishes most of the materials used to train planning commissions, zoning boards, and boards of adjustment. APA educational products reflect emerging issues, new techniques, and changing legislation. Most are discounted for members.

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Open the Door to Leadership

We work on Capitol Hill, in state legislatures, and in the courts to promote community-friendly policies and laws. APA can help you become an advocate for pro-community policies.

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Learn Planning on Your Own Terms

APA chapters offer nearby, locally oriented training. At APA audio/web conferences experts share best community planning practices. APA's CD-ROM training packages facilitate self-study.

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Not a Commissioner, Board Member, or Official?

APA membership is open to everyone who is committed to applying the benefits of planning to create communities of lasting value.

Click here if you are a practicing planner, a professional in another field who is interested or involved in planning, or an engaged citizen.

Click here if you are a student. Full-time students are eligible for APA membership at reduced rates with enhanced benefits.

Why I Joined APA

Get the Tools You Need

Turn Down the Heat and Reduce Risk

Connect to the Planning Community

Use the Best Resources

Join APA

Open the Door to Leadership

Learn Planning on Your Own Terms

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