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Charlotte, Minneapolis, and Portland Address Missing Middle Housing
This presentation focuses on the perspective and approach of three different cities (Charlotte, Minneapolis, and Portland) to filling the missing middle housing issue that prevails countrywide. It provides historical context, visioning process, policies, adopted regulations, challenges, lessons learned and successes.- Alysia Steadman, AICP
- Joseph Bernard, AICP
- Sandra Wood
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Building an Equity Toolbox for Planners
Government staff, including planners, can work together with community leaders to center equity in government decision-making. This session will help planners understand how different equity tools can support equitable outcomes and uplift community priorities.- Katrina Balog
- Susan Martinez
- Jessica Lynch
- Eduardo Munoz
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State Leaders Tackling Housing Supply and Zoning Reform
Housing supply and zoning reform are leading the agenda in state legislatures. Learn how state legislators are driving change, building new coalitions, and navigating state politics to enact critical housing reforms. Gain insights on engaging with legislators and supporting state reforms from a planning perspective with a bipartisan expert panel.- Karla Georges
- Jessica Bateman
- Forrest Mandeville
- Steve Elkins
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Washington's Role in Advancing Housing & Zoning Reform
In response to a worsening national housing crisis, Washington has been increasingly active on zoning and land use issues. From the Biden Administration’s Housing Action Plan to bipartisan congressional support for PRO Housing zoning reform grants, federal action has been increasing. Find out what’s happened and what’s coming next.- Vincent Reina
- Chad Maisel
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Resilient Cities: Harnessing the Power of Technology
In an era of rapid urbanization and climate uncertainty, urban planners must navigate uncharted territories. Explore how innovative technologies fortify city resilience, equipping planners to create adaptive, sustainable, and future-ready urban landscapes.- Matthew Bucchin, FAICP
- Robert Kerns, AICP
- Helen Ramirez, AICP
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Solutions from the Housing Supply Accelerator Partnership
Locally-led solutions are critical for increasing the supply of diverse, attainable, and equitable housing. An innovative partnership of planners, local officials, homebuilders, realtors, and financial leaders have come together to identify new opportunities for reform, including a consensus policy playbook for communities and housing leaders.- Angela Brooks, FAICP
- Carl Harris
- Corey Woods
- Joel Albizo
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Realizing Housing in Small Towns
This session dives into the journey from inception to execution of planning and constructing local restricted housing in various western mountain owns, with an in-depth study of McCall, Idaho, Summit County, Colorado, and Jackson, Wyoming.- Melissa Ruth, AICP
- Bruce Meighen, AICP
- Michelle Groenevelt, AICP
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An Integrated Response to Increase Housing Supply
An all hands on-deck approach is being used in Michigan to increase housing supply. Without local preemption, progress is being made to shift local and state economic incentives, public policy, and ordinances to effect change.- Andrea Brown, FAICP
- Suzanne Schulz, FAICP
- Ryan Kilpatrick, AICP
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Building in God's Backyard: Housing on Faith Property
Approximately 100,000 religious facilities are estimated to close over the next few years. Planners compare the excess in faith properties to the dearth of affordable housing and view a match made in heaven but it won’t happen on its own.- Nadia Mian
- Richard Reinhard
- Stephanie Velasco, AICP Candidate
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Greatest Hits from the High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has experienced a tectonic shift to the right with President Trump's appointments. That anti-regulation, pro-property rights refocusing has a profound impact on planning. Knowing what the Court decided this Term and what to expect is essential.- Shelly Ross Saxer
- Dwight Merriam, FAICP
- David Callies, FAICP
- Carol Brown
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Cities Post Pandemic: Adaptive and Inclusive
Changes in society and the economy over the past few years create new challenges and opportunities across the country for downtowns. Learn how several planning directors are meeting the challenge and adapting their downtowns for an inclusive future.- Tracy Loh
- Samuel Leichtling, AICP
- Lourenzo Giple
- Jessie Grogan
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Revitalizing Communities: Housing as a Powerful New Tool
Case studies drawn from “struggling” communities—from a Florida suburb to rustbelt and gateway cities—demonstrate how proactive policies to expand mixed-income housing can serve as a powerful tool to achieve challenging equity, economic development, environmental, and placemaking community-wide goals.- Alison LeFlore, AICP
- David Dixon
- Eric Johnson
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Bettman Session: Reforming Zoning: State Responses to the Housing Crisis
As housing affordability reaches all-time lows, state legislatures are increasingly looking to reform zoning laws to encourage the construction of more market-rate and below-market-rate housing. These reforms are forcing planners to reconsider plans and zoning codes or risk legal action.- Aline Fader
- Donald Elliott, FAICP
- Diana Jenkins
- Brian Connolly
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Adopting Objective Design Standards to Streamline Development Approvals
Form Follows Regulation! Learn how Objective Design Standards can help your community achieve more sensitive development than traditional zoning-based regulation, streamline housing review, and empower your planning staff to perform ministerial review as an alternative to difficult discretionary review.- Valerie Quarles, AICP
- Andrew Faulkner
- Rick Williams
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Mobility Trust Fund:Private Dollars for the Public Realm
Leveraging private funds to make public improvements is a powerful way to improve the public realm. Pittsburgh's Mobility Trust Fund helps bring neighborhood mobility projects to fruition when otherwise unfunded. Learn how this valuable tool is a win-win for everyone.- Katherine Reed, AICP
- Katie Rakus, AICP
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Zeroing In On Your Community's Active Transportation Trends
Headlines touted the pandemic biking boom, while the exodus to the suburbs hurt walkable downtowns. So how is the U.S. faring at increasing biking and walking activity?- Corinne Arriaga, AICP
- James Hubbell, AICP
- Rebecca Sial, AICP
- Mark Seaman
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A New Zoning Code That Implements Minneapolis 2040
When your city adopts a groundbreaking comprehensive plan unlike any of the plans the city has previously adopted, it’s time to tackle the daunting task of updating the zoning code…and do it as quickly as possible!- Jason Wittenberg, AICP
- Joseph Bernard, AICP
- Janelle Widmeier
- Madel Mouta
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Resilient Design and Engagement for Sustainable Modern Corridors
THEA’s Selmon Extension is a model for incorporating equity during the development of a regionally significant project. The team will discuss diverse methods and inclusionary protocols utilized throughout the public engagement process to provide a community-focused resilient corridor project.- Anna Quinones, AICP
- Robert Frey, AICP
- Kelly Flannery
- Judith Villegas
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Equity Through Capacity Building: USDOT Thriving Communities Program
The Thriving Communities Program administered by the United States Department of Transportation funds tailored technical assistance to under-resourced and disadvantaged communities, helping them better access historic infrastructure investments and deliver transformative projects. Learn how it advances equity in infrastructure funding.- Christine Viña, AIA
- Sean Scott
- Meredith Davis
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Streetscapes as Canvas: Memphis' Artistic Mobility Playbook
Let’s agree that our streets can BE more and DO more. We all know change is hard and transforming streets for vehicles into streets for PEOPLE is a challenge. Memphis’ approach is creative, artistic, and gaining momentum.- Jared Draper, AICP
- Susannah Barton
- Khara Woods
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Urban Park Futures: Navigating Transformative Mobility Trends
This discussion promises an engaging exploration of dynamic shifts within urban parks, touching on community engagement, safety considerations, and equitable access. Attendees will gain valuable insight into planning for a changing mobility landscape in the urban parks of today.- Sarah Neilson
- Brian Stokle
- Emily Dunlop
- Kelsey McGuinness, AICP
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Accelerating Integrated Mobility Innovation
FTA's Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) and Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) provide a venue where mobility concepts and strategies, supported through local partnerships, are demonstrated in real-world settings. This session will discuss emerging lessons and practices from 49 demonstrations.- Kerri Snyder, AICP
- Kendra McGeady
- Patricia Dinoa
- Laura Corff
- Charla Sloan
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Flying Into the Future: Advanced Air Mobility Planning
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), using electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has the potential to revolutionize the transportation of goods and people. Planners need to understand the capabilities and implications of AAM to effectively integrate long-term transportation and urban planning strategies.- Curtis Ostrodka, AICP
- Jacques Coulon, AICP
- Gabriela Juarez, AICP
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Enhance Safety Action Plans with Human Centered Design
Dramatic results in transportation safety will require multi-faceted solutions, including behavioral changes. Physical interventions alone will be insufficient to discourage unsafe driving, as humans are hardwired to ignore warnings in certain contexts.- Stacey Meekins
- Andrew Ladd
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Shifting Perspectives: Applying Vision Zero to SRTS
Traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of death among children. The Safe Routes to School program emphasizes mode shifts rather than safety. For program success, a focus on speed reductions is needed, in line with Vision Zero Initiatives.- Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP
- Hannah Younes
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Planning Zero-emission Bus Transition with Community
The focus on the transition to zero-emission technologies is increasing. Learn how planning with the community helps ensure that those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change can benefit and not be burdened in the transition.- Daniel Pfeiffer
- Carrie Desmond
- Gavin Poindexter
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Imagine 2050: Scenario Planning for the MSP Region
The future is full of uncertainty that can paralyze today’s public actions. In this session, you will learn how the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council is exploring future scenarios to manage uncertainty and coordinate long-range policies and investments.- Dan Marckel
- Heather Sauceda Hannon, AICP
- Baris Gumus-Dawes
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Eating the Elephant: Small Steps to Big Change
How do we address 1,500 miles of missing sidewalks and spend $300+ million in bond funds? How do trails and bikeways intersect with gentrification and displacement? ATX Walk Bike Roll tackled these big challenges by breaking them into manageable pieces.- Adam Wood, AICP
- John Eastman
- Laura Dierenfield
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E-bikes: City Savior or Supervillain?
Depending on who you ask, e-bikes are either the future of urban mobility or a flammable death trap. Like them or not: they're coming in droves. Get ahead of the boom: learn about effective safety campaigns, policies, incentives/rebates, and other solutions.- Alia Anderson, AICP
- Peter Sotherland
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What Would You Do?
Just like the hit TV show "What Would You Do?", real-life ethical situations will be presented. Using interactive polling, pick what you would do. Come test your knowledge of the code and how you stack up against our panelists.- Cynthia Bowen, FAICP
- Leo Asuncion, AICP
- Allison Mouch, AICP
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Congestion Pricing: Challenges & Opportunities
Congestion pricing programs have long been a goal of urban planners working to improve safety, environmental, economic, and livability standards in their cities. New York City is in the process of implementing its program and offers many valuable lessons.- Charles Komanoff
- Colin Brown, AICP
- Betsy Plum
- Samuel Schwartz
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Out of Office: Emerging Perspectives on Hybrid Planning
Navigating your career is daunting, and in an era of hybrid work, this process is shrouded in even more uncertainty. Join early- and mid-career professionals to discuss the lessons learned from starting careers in a hybrid world.- Kathryn Piasecki, AICP
- Brian Creamer, AICP
- Amanda Kohn
- Brianna Frey, AICP
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Ethical Frontiers: Balancing Innovation and Regulation of AI
As we stand at the beginning of a technological revolution, planners have the unique opportunity to shape a future where AI not only innovates but also complies with ethical standards. In this panel, together with experienced practitioners, researchers, and futurists, we will delve into the core ethical challenges AI poses.- Petra Hurtado, PhD
- Norman Wright, AICP
- Jennifer Senick
- Lian Plass, AICP
- Thomas Sanchez, AICP
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The Visible Costs of Invisible Labor
Did you know that women spend around 200 hours every year performing work that is unpaid, unrecognized, and non-promotable? And that's just in the workplace! Join a panel discussion exploring expectations, burdens, and impacts of women's "invisible work."- Corrin Hoegen Wendell, FAICP
- Amy Elmore
- Caroline Dwyer, AICP
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Elevating the Profession: Crafting Vibrant Futures with Diversity
Join the Planning Revolution: Explore how diversity and innovation are redefining our profession. Discover why this is not just the future but the very essence of urban planning success.- Ryan Sellers
- Angela Rambeau, AICP
- Gewel Richardson
- Jordan Mckenzie, AICP
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Socioeconomic Forecasting in the Post-Pandemic/Remote Era
Modelers who prepare planning forecasts face difficult puzzles after 2020: Key time-series data and model assumptions are substantially changed. Commercial real estate space, changed transportation and activity patterns, the economy, in-person work, and residential choice patterns are all affected.- Dennis Farmer, AICP
- Julie Bjornstad, AICP
- Colby Brown
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Implementing Innovation Districts: From Vision to Reality Post-COVID
Through the lens of a developer, designer, planner, and the public sector, we will explore how to implement communities’ visions for an innovation economy. We will explore the design, development, economics, and partnerships associated with innovation districts after the pandemic.- Erin Lonoff, AICP
- Catherine Malmberg
- Andrew Broderick, AICP
- Brent Webb
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The Care and Feeding of Your Career
We plan for our communities but rarely plan for ourselves. In fact some of us feel a little selfish when we do. This session will be a thoughtful and candid conversation why this is important and lessons learned.- Ednasha McCray, AICP
- Sue Schwartz, FAICP
- Margaret Wallace Brown, AICP
- Lee Brown, FAICP
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2023 Award Winning Planners
Each year, APA's National Planning Awards honor plans that advance the science and art of planning. Join some of the planners and staff behind one of this year’s award-winning plans for a conversation hosted by ELGL’s GovLove podcast!- Dave Walker, AICP
- Daniel Bolin
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Ethics Cases of the Year 2024
Learn about what's hot in the world of planning ethics from the AICP Ethics Officer and members of the AICP Ethics Committee. Understand how the updated Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is being implemented in its initial years.- Karen Wolf, FAICP
- Ralph Willmer, FAICP
- Staron Faucher, AICP
- Erin Perdu, AICP
- Barry Nocks, FAICP
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Storytelling with Data: Is Emotion Taken Away?
Data is your friend! As planners, our proposed goals and strategies need support based on evidence. Data helps us with this. Join this session to learn ways data helps you supporting your storytelling.- Julio Carrillo, AICP
- Alexandra Tracz
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What Makes a Just City?: Assessing Tempe’s Parks
Public spaces and activity levels are indicators of just living standards. This study used innovative engagement tools to assess a call for racial justice and equity and examines the modern impacts of the city’s historic segregation practices.- Anna Laybourn, FAICP
- Tarana Hafiz, AICP Candidate
- Erin Kirkpatrick
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Leading with Empathy
In the world of planning, where decisions shape the lives of countless individuals, the ability to lead with empathy is increasingly important taking on a greater role politically and professionally. These panelists will discuss leadership styles, empathetic engagement, and relationships.- Corrin Hoegen Wendell, FAICP
- Silvia Vargas, FAICP
- Chloe Greene
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Wakpada: Honoring Native Communities in Mixed-Use Development
This discussion will feature Dakota community members who helped to shape a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Southeast Minneapolis. Their involvement shaped the building’s public art and design features, names, ownership structure, commercial uses, and more while honoring an endangered language.- Mei-Ling Smith, AICP
- Jeffrey Hall
- Joe Bendickson
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Navigating Our Intelligent Future: Planning Ethics and AI
Explore opportunities to harness the potential of AI while upholding the values at the core of our profession. Leverage AI to foster ethically driven, equitable, sustainable, and vibrant communities - let's shape the future together!- Sarah Davis, AICP
- Michelle Stephens, AICP
- Nicole Malo, AICP
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Erasing the Redline Together: The Troost Avenue Story
Decades after redlining was outlawed, communities still suffer from its legacy of barriers that perpetuate economic inequity and disinvestment. Learn how Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood leaders brought together residents, planners, and developers to establish community-focused redevelopment goals.- Diane Binckley, AICP
- Jeffrey Williams, AICP
- Peter Cassel
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Inclusive Placemaking: Empowering Grassroot Visions Through Community-led Design
Learn about the Neighborhoods Now Initiative as a case study for building interdisciplinary partnerships to empower local organizations in community planning efforts. The course will spotlight a project from the initiative, Chinatown Night Market, and its impact on NYC's Chinatown.- Katherine Sacco
- Alan Chan
- Ricky Liu
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Control Law, Planning, and NAI Flood Risk Management
"What keeps you up at night?" Liability for regulating development in flood-prone areas should not be on your list! Learn about a valuable resource for local planners, floodplain professionals, and their legal counsel in navigating the law surrounding floodplain management.- Thomas Ruppert
- John Ryan-Henry
- Terri Turner, AICP
- Gerald Murphy, AICP
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Be an ADA Title II Pro(w)
This session gives planners the background and tools to improve accessibility in their communities and be a pro at PROW (public right-of-way) ADA compliance.- Jaemi Jackson, AICP
- Robin Jones
- Yochai Eisenberg
- John Helmkamp
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2 Directors: 70 Years of Planning Lessons Learned
Two former Planning Directors will provide insights and musings on a wide range of planning and community development issues gained from a collective 70 years of experience, including staffing, politics, and changing bad projects into good projects.- Brian Millar, AICP
- Ignacio Gonzalez, AICP
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