For the Media: APA resources, contacts, and information.
Contact APA's Public Affairs staff to speak to a planning expert for your story.
E-mail us at publicinfo@planning.org
Denny Johnson
202-349-1006
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Roberta Rewers
312-786-6395
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Overcoming Affordable Housing ObstaclesA Decent Home, a new Planners Press book, examines the challenges of providing affordable housing and the necessary policy and social changes to enable affordable developments. |  |
APA is a nonprofit education and membership organization. Members include practicing planners, planning students, elected and appointed officials, planning commissioners, and interested citizens.
The American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, are dedicated to advancing the art, science and profession of good planning — physical, economic and social — so as to create communities that offer better choices for where and how people work and live.
Need a planning expert for your story? Contact APA to speak with our researchers or authors. Areas of expertise include disaster prevention and recovery, green communities, energy, land use law, zoning, big-box stores, McMansions and teardowns, master planned communities, and parks and open space.
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Hear from APA's key research staff as they share important findings at conferences around the country.
August 20, 2009
Planning Your Way to the Best Urban Forest
Webcast presented by the Alliance for Community Trees
Jim Schwab, AICP, senior research associate and manager of APA's Hazards Planning Research Center, will present on integrating urban and community forestry into the planning process.
APA's policy guide on climate change presents the planning viewpoint on assisting communities address climate change and its implications. The guide includes general recommendations for specific actions that planners can undertake.
Policy guide on climate change (pdf)
The 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London brought eminent domain to the forefront of many community debates. What did the Court decide and what is APA's position on eminent domain?
| About APA | |
| History | Founded in 1978 through the consolidation of the American Institute of Planners and the American Society of Planning Officials. Israel Stollman was APA's first executive director. |
| Purpose | Public interest and research organization that brings together people committed to planning great communities. |
| Membership | 44,000 |
| Professional Institute | American Institute of Certified Planners provides leadership nationwide in the certification of professional planners. |
| Leadership | Governed by members, elected and appointed. Includes 13-member Board of Directors, eight-member AICP Commission, Chapter Presidents Council, Divisions Council, Student Representatives Council, and committees and task forces. |
| Executive Director | Executive Director and CEO is Paul Farmer, FAICP |
| Components | 47 regional or state chapters and 20 special interest divisions |
| Events | - National Community Planning Month (October) - APA's National Planning Conference, April 10–13, 2010, New Orleans - Federal Policy & Program Briefing, October 3-6, 2009, Washington, D.C. |
| Honors | Fellow of AICP (FAICP); National Planning Excellence, Leadership and Achievement Awards; Great Places in America |
| Publications | Planning magazine; Zoning Practice; Planning & Environmental Law; The Commissioner; Practicing Planner; The New Planner; Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA); APA Advocate. |
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