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News & Events Continue to check this page for information on the latest news about the Planning and Law Division and other planning and law activities. Elections The Presidential elections are not the only important elections taking place this year. PLD is having its biennial elections in May of 2008 for the Chair-Elect and Secretary/Treasurer positions. Sign-up and get involved in PLD leadership. Interested parties should submit their Letter of Candidacy via e-mail or mail (no faxes please) to PLD Chair Nicole Lacoste no later than March 21, 2008 at:
The Letter of Candidacy should be no more than 300 words and should briefly explain the position for which you are interested in running, your reasons for running, and your qualifications. Applicants are also welcome to submit photos of themselves. Division Chair Responsibilities Click here to learn more about the position. Vice Chair and Secretary-Treasurer Responsibilities Click here to learn more about the positions. All letters will be posted to the PLD website the first week of April. There will be an opportunity to "meet and greet" the candidates who attend the Annual Conference in Las Vegas (April 27-May 1, 2008). Voting will occur electronically between May 5–May 31, 2008. Further information about this process will be provided in a special election issue of the PLD newsletter. Stay tuned!
April 2008 Building Capacity In Community-Based Organizations For Brownfields Redevelopment April 4, 2008 Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy A regional workshop focusing on how to build capacity in community-based organizations s to participate in successful redevelopment of brownfields and neighborhood renaissance The workshop will demonstrate a technical assistance program designed to build capacity in CDCs and other community-based organizations to engage in brownfields redevelopment and successful neighborhood renaissance. Participants will learn about the program and receive hands-on training. The program will offer discussion panels with key regional leaders, a prominent keynote speaker, with time at breakouts and lunch to exchange ideas with colleagues and program staff. Workshop qualifies for 4.5 CM credits through AICP. For workshop details and registration, or register online at http://policy.rutgers.edu/brownfields. Hosted by the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment. Funding provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For more information, contact Karen Lowrie at 732-932-4101 x577 or klowrie@rci.rutgers.edu
July 2008 8th National Conference on Access Management July 13-16, 2008 The 8th National Conference on Access Management will be held in the hear of Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor, at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. This biennial conference is designed for planners, engineers, non-profit organizations, and public officials interested in a sustainable approach to improving roadway safety and efficiency. Focusing on Sustainable Solutions for Transportation, the conference will offer a wide range of presentation topics that capture the broad realm of access management principles, state-of-the-art practices, policies, and state DOT/local government coordination. Sample topics include:
Online Registration Now Open. Please visit: www.accessmanagement.info For more information contact Vaughn Lewis at 410-545-5674 or e-mail AMconference@sha.state.md.us
January 2008 Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America January 31, 2008 The Maryland Environmental Law Society is proud to be a regional participant in Focus the Nation, a national teach-in engaging millions of students and citizens with political leaders and decision makers about global warming solutions. More than just one day, Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America is an unprecedented educational initiative, involving over a thousand colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, faith groups, civic organizations and businesses. Focus the Nation is a catalyzing force helping shift the national conversation about global warming towards a determination to face this civilizational challenge. Free registration is required. To RSVP, please send an email with your name and contact information to focusthenationumb@gmail.com Tentative Agenda 9:30 a.m. –10:00 a.m. 10: a.m. –11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. –1: p.m.
1:00 p.m. –2:00p.m. 2:00 p.m. –3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. –5:00 p.m.
November 2007 The Bay In Crisis: Saving the Chesapeake: Is Bay Pollution Overwhelming Our Regulatory System? November 16, 2007
September 2007 The International Academic Group on Planning, Law and Property Rights, founded in Amsterdam last February (2007), will be holding its second conference in Warsaw in February 2008. Thanks to our local host committee and Dr. Miroslaw Gdesz, there is NO ATTENDANCE FEE for the conference (the dinner and professional tour to Lodz are 40 EU for those who wish to join). Hotel costs at the conference rate are also very reasonable (70 EU for a double room). The venue and the hotel are located at the heart of vibrant Warsaw. Dr. Gdesz has also negotiated a contract with a book publisher (for selected papers). If your research links planning and law, or planning and property rights, you may wish to consider attending this exciting conference. The Call for Papers and more information can be found in http://planning.law2008.googlepages.com/home. The e-mail address for the conference is planning.law2008@gmail.com. For more information, contact:
Founder of the International Academic Group on Planning, Law, and Property
Rights: http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/planning-law/
Planning and Law Division Daniel J. Curtin Fellow David Gest (Spring 2007) has volunteered to serve as PLD webmaster. If you have any suggestions or questions about website content, please contact him at gest@design.upenn.edu. Summaries of 12 major land use cases in the U.S. are now available on the PLD website — click here to read.
Bettman Symposium As part of the 2007 APA National Conference, PLD sponsored four sessions as part of the Bettman Symposium, including:
Click here to read a summary of the events by Lora Lucero, AICP, member of PLD and APA's Amicus Committee, and editor of Planning & Environmental Law. | |
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