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Featured: NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH Announcing the 2019 Great Places in America

The 2019 Great Places in America demonstrate the value that planning brings to communities. This year's Great Streets, Neighborhoods, and Public Spaces make their communities more equitable, accessible, welcoming, and environmentally and economically sustainable for residents and visitors alike.

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Celebrate Planning

October is National Community Planning Month. Use our resources to help your chapter, division, student organization, planning department, or firm celebrate planning and communities.

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Expertise, Credibility, and Ethics

AICP certification demonstrates an understanding of the planning field and shows that you and your staff can handle the vast array of areas the industry encompasses. In this blog post, Wendy Shabay, AICP, discusses the benefits of AICP certification and APA membership for her firm and its staff.

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APA Foundation Scholarship Recipients

APA Foundation scholarships make the planning profession more diverse and accessible to individuals with limited means and help attract the most talented individuals to the profession. This year's scholars are passionate about the importance of equity within the profession and all communities.

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    Planning Methods and Tools | Public Participation | Social Justice and Equity

    Addressing Cultural Divides

    Lack of information in Spanish and cultural divides often keep Latinos away from the public planning process. Engagement with Latino communities is very weak or non-existent in many places. How can we better connect with Latino communities in the cities we work with to ensure they are an active voice in decision-making?
  • Planning Methods and Tools | Public Participation | Social Justice and Equity

    Engagement Techniques for Latino Communities

    Latino communities often take community development into their own hands with active placemaking often referred to as ‘Latino urbanism.’ This course will help planners learn how to tap into this energy to activate and engage Latinos in planning process.
  • Planning Methods and Tools | Public Participation | Social Justice and Equity

    What is a Diálogo?

    The original purpose behind all the Diálogos was to set a national agenda for planning for Latinos in the U.S. and to ultimately provide a tool for Latino planners. Diálogos is a bottom-up approach that provides a platform for those voices of communities to be heard, and pathway to bring them to the planning table.
  • Planning History and Theory

    Addressing Megaregions in Long-Range Plans

    Megaregional-scale forces and trends impact transportation, the economy, environmental quality, and many other issues that planners must address. Yet megaregional thinking is still the exception, not the norm, in long-range planning. This session provides guidelines for incorporating megaregional issues into local and regional long-range plans.
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