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September 23-25, Washington – APA’s Policy and Advocacy Conference offers advocacy training, educational sessions, and personal meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. CM |
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RESOURCES |
People Behind the Plans: NewCities' Greg Lindsay
Podcast series host Courtney Kashima, AICP, and NewCities senior fellow Greg Lindsay grapple with the ways new technologies are changing cities and planning. Lindsay argues that we have chosen to make dense urban living a luxury. They also discuss Lindsay’s book, Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next, co-working and co-living spaces, tactical urbanism, and the equity implications of technology.
Listen or subscribe to this series on iTunes or Stitcher, or tune in from APA's podcasts page. |
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Planning
Across the country, brick-and-mortar stores are losing ground to online competitors. This month’s cover story, “Retail Realities,” drops in on small- to medium-sized cities that are updating regulations, revising codes, and offering financial incentives to support hometown retail and spur economic development. Read this and more in the July issue of Planning. |
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From our blog
We love parades and fireworks, but they aren't the only ways communities celebrated Independence Day. Music and food fests and a vintage car and motorcycle show were July 4 highlights at some APA-designated Great Places in America.
In Gray, Maine, the Northern New England Planners4Health Task Force and the Bicycle Coalition of Maine conducted an inexpensive and effective pilot project to improve pedestrain safety on a road connecting the senior center and the library. |
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OPPORTUNITIES |
Funding opportunity
Partners for Places is a matching grant program that builds partnerships between local government sustainability leaders and place-based foundations to make urban areas more prosperous, livable, and vibrant.
Their new RFP outlines award amounts and submission requirements, including community engagement recommendations and plan components. The submission deadline is July 31. |
Matching funds must be from a local source, but the APA Foundation and APA Research Department have resources that may support your efforts:
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The Nature Conservancy
Madison/Milwaukee, WI |
City of Great Falls
Great Falls, MT |
City of Schertz
Schertz, TX |
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City of Rock Island
Rock Island, IL |
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Union Square Partnership, Manhattan
New York, NY |
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FROM THE WEB |
The Guardian
Strong Towns
CityLab
TechCrunch |
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Send questions or comments about Interact to interact@planning.org.
Interact is a member e-newsletter of the American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners. |
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