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APA receives $50K grant to assist disaster recovery
APA and the APA Foundation have been awarded $50,000 from the Pisces Foundation, which seeks ways to accelerate to a world where people and nature thrive together. Grant funds will support recovery planning in communities affected by recent hurricanes, helping them to become safer and stronger.
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Initially, APA will use approximately half of the funds to create new resources — adding to those always available from APA's Hazards Planning Center — and establish a network of experts to provide technical assistance to disaster-struck communities. The goal is ensuring that climate resilience and green infrastructure are widely accepted in their recovery plans. In Phase Two, the remaining funds will support a volunteer Recovery Planning Assistance Team.
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From scholar to leader
The APA Foundation makes the planning profession more accessible by awarding scholarships to student members. One such member is Max Sokol, AICP, who received the Charles Abrams Scholarship in 2011. Now a supervising planner with WSP and president of the APA New York Metro Chapter, Sokol pays it forward by serving on the APA Foundation Grantmaking Committee.
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APA NEWS
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From our blog
APA Ambassador Diana Wilson, AICP, conducted an interactive workshop for elementary and high school students in LaGrange, Texas, that probed the town's history and asked participants to suggest new places for paths, shelter, and play.
Ohio Planners4Health focused on producing three deliverables from its year-long project: conducting a chapter-wide survey; hosting a statewide roundtable with key stakeholders; and producing a final summary of project findings, with action items.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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Sponsor Water and Planning Connect
Showcase your work in water and planning by sponsoring Water and Planning Connect. APA's specialty conference opens a unique opportunity to align your brand with planners and water management experts.
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RESOURCES
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People Behind the Plans: Kate Hartley
Kate Hartley directs the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in San Francisco. In this new podcast episode, she and Courtney Kashima, AICP, discuss how the city's Affordable Housing Bonus Program leverages incentives to create affordable housing and why it is so difficult to deliver units for San Francisco's middle-income households.
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Their conversation reinforces the importance of APA's Planning Home initiative, which is focused on addressing critical issues to alleviate the nation's housing affordability crisis.
Listen or subscribe to this series on iTunes or Stitcher, or tune in from APA's podcasts page.
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AICP
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Why hire a certified planner?
APA is conducting an employer-focused marketing campaign that emphasizes the added value that certified planners bring to their jobs. In a new video posted on Facebook, Bill Cesanek, AICP, vice president at CDM Smith, shares why it is important for employers to look for and support the AICP credential.
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APA STAFF NEWS
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Welcome and congratulations!
We welcome Devin Lindsey as APA's new Meetings Manager, based in Chicago. Devin will provide primary staff support for the National Planning Conference, working closely with the NPC Committee and Local Host Subcommittees.
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Faegre Baker Daniels
Indianapolis, IN
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Monroe County BOCC
Marathon, FL
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City of Williston
Williston, ND
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Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments
Norwich, CT
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