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Throughout history, women have worked to address inequities in the urban environment. These urban influencers fought for the diverse needs of women, racial and ethnic minorities, and low-income populations — and offer plenty of lesson's for today's planners as we work toward equitable recovery and revitalization of local communities. |
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Today's final passage of the $1.9 trillion relief bill is an important legislative win for planners everywhere who pressed Congress over the last year to provide direct and flexible relief for our communities and states. Your emails, tweets, testimonies, and virtual meetings helped secure emergency aid for local and state governments, housing, transit, and broadband. Recovery is one of four APA legislative priorities.
Continue to make an impact by joining the Planners' Advocacy Network, free to all APA members. |
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Learning Circle Recap
A planning manager's perspective on "WTH just happened"
There is no playbook, guide, or example on how to be a planning supervisor during a pandemic — all we have is each other to learn from. Aimee Nassif, AICP, hosted a facilitated Learning Circle discussion, "2020, The Year in Review: A Planning Manager's Perspective on WTH Just Happened?" Here are some key takeaways and ideas from the discussion that you can implement in your workday. |
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Uncovering JAPA
Making room for the river
Flood resilience bridges different areas of planning, including transportation, parks, economic development, hazard mitigation, emergency management, and comprehensive land use, but these plans are often poorly integrated with one another. Using the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (PIRS), researchers studied the Dutch city of Nijmegen to determine how integrated planning can reduce flooding vulnerability. |
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Jane Jacobs, a journalist with no professional architectural or planning experience, published The Death and Life of Great American Cities in 1961. Jacobs's book eventually led the urban planning field to see urban renewal more critically and directly inspired the new urbanism movement in planning. Visit the timeline. |
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Congratulations, 2021 Student Project Award winners
The 2021 Student Project Award winners, from the University of Michigan, created "Self-Management Law, Now! Fostering Community-Owned, Permanently Affordable and Sustainable Housing in Brazil." Learn more about their project and meet the team. |
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NATIONAL PLANNING CONFERENCE |
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NPC21 is only TWO months away!
This year's program will be immersive, energizing, and empowering — focusing on the issues that will help you to best anticipate the needs of your community as our world continues to change.
Have you heard? Our keynote speaker for #NPC21 is Valerie Jarrett! She served as Senior Advisor to President Obama and currently serves as President of the Barack Obama Foundation. Register today — you won't want to miss this! |
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WEBINAR |
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NPC21 Live Plus Perk
Understanding data today to save tomorrow
Join us live on March 18 as we explore how planners, as leaders in the community, must look beyond the initial triage response to COVID-19 and develop a robust framework driven by current data to support long term recovery. CM | 1.0
- Identify what the pandemic has highlighted from underlying challenges and trends shaping our cities.
- Take stock of your unique position to enhance COVID-19 recovery efforts.
- Evaluate internal capacity to collect the needed datasets.
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Did you know that you could get this webinar for free if you register for NPC21 Live Plus? You'll get immediate and unlimited access to hundreds of planning courses, this live webinar, NPC21 live, and NPC21 recordings through June 30.
Member price: $20 | Student member price: $10 | Non-member price: $40 |
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OPPORTUNITIES |
Survey: Shape the future of the Planning Accreditation Standards
The Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) has begun the process of reviewing their accreditation standards, which occurs approximately every five years. The Accreditation Standards Review Task Force is now conducting an online survey to gather input and recommendations on the current standards. The survey is open through March 12. |
Grant application: Climate Reality Project
This initiative seeks to support organizations or grassroots groups run by and primarily serving communities of color in developing climate-related projects in the US. This grant hopes to fund 10 organizations registered as 501(c)3s to help implement a 6-month climate justice initiative. Apply by March 21. |
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Victoria, TX |
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