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APA NEWS
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Are you ready to LEARN?
APA's upcoming online education platform, APA Learn, will offer hundreds of hours of professional education on subjects that are important to you. You'll find it a convenient way to continue your planning education and earn CM credits — including credits in law and ethics. We will add fresh and relevant educational opportunities in response to members' needs and advances in planning.
Recordings of NPC18 sessions will be available when APA Learn debuts late this summer. Watch our website and future issues of Interact for more information.
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APA Foundation exceeds its goal
At NPC18's closing session, APA President Cynthia Bowen, FAICP, announced that the APA Foundation exceeded the goal set at last year's conference to raise $100,000 by NPC18. The final total — donated in less than a year — was more than $105,000! Thanks to all our donors for generously supporting the APA Foundation.
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Those dollars open opportunities:
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NPC18 is a wrap!
Day by day, the planners attending NPC18 shared their favorite things about New Orleans as they traveled around the city on foot, bike, and streetcar. Follow their travels on social media and find out what they ♥'d most.
NPC18 had all the digits as attendees from 50 states and 22 countries learned, networked, and reconnected with friends in New Orleans. Relive #NPC18 through its impressive numbers .
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Congratulations to the team from Cornell University, winner of the 2018 Student Design Competition. Pictured with Robert Kerns, AICP, (left) and SRC Chair Rachael Thompson Panik (second from left) are team members Thomas Pera (center), Anna Callahan (second from right), and Kari Spiegelhalter (far right).
Check out our daily NPC18 wrap-ups for four days of highlights.
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He gets an NPC19 freebie
Congrats to Paul Rhoads, AICP, who entered the NPC19 raffle in New Orleans and won free registration to next year's conference.
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EVENTS
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RESOURCES
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New Scenario Planning resource collection
Scenario planning is a decision-support process that helps planners respond dynamically to an unknown future. The latest addition to APA's Research KnowledgeBase, developed in coordination with the Consortium for Scenario Planning, will help communities consider possible futures and how they can be responsive, resilient, and effective. Explore the new Scenario Planning collection to discover background info, practical guidance, and sample exercises. This collection is freely available to everyone thanks to financial assistance from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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Share what you know about creative placemaking
Another KnowledgeBase collection — Creative Placemaking — is in the works. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, APA is gathering feedback on current field knowledge of creative placemaking and how planners define the term. Please contribute your knowledge by completing a short survey by May 7. Questions about the survey? Contact Patricia Walsh at Americans for the Arts.
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AARP grant opportunity
The AARP Community Challenge is awarding grants to fund quick-action projects — in areas such as housing, transportation, and public space — that spark change and build momentum toward improved livability for all residents. Apply by May 16.
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AICP
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Log CM credits for 2016–17 now
AICP members in the January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017, CM reporting cohort have until April 30 to earn and log 32 Certification Maintenance credits (including 1.5 each in law and ethics). Check APA's On-Demand Education for online options.
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Need CM help? Contact us
Please email APA staff for answers to your CM questions and help with locating eligible training and logging credits.
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MEMBER NEWS
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In memoriam
APA notes the recent passing of Stuart Meck, FAICP, who served as APA president from 1989 to 1991 and was an APA senior research fellow from 1994 to 2005. At the time of his death, Meck was associate research professor and director of the Center for Planning Practice in the Bloustein School at Rutgers.
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Town of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, NC
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San Miguel County
Telluride, CO
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Michael Baker International
Santa Ana, CA
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City of Holland
Holland, MI
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County of Greenville Planning Division
Greenville, SC
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City of Ankeny
Ankeny, IA
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LAST CALL
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April 30 – End of 2016–17 CM reporting grace period
May 2 – Apply to be an NPC19 session peer reviewer
Banner - NPC18 attendees try out an AV in the Tech Zone. NPC18 phots by Linda Reineke, Riverview Photography.
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