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Taking Action: From City-Led Planning to Community-Led Implementation
Hear a dynamic conversation on lessons learned from the planning, community engagement, and economic development co-leads of the City of Sacramento’s Neighborhood Development Action Team (NDAT). This initiative supports a community-centered approach to revitalization with a focus on racial equity.- Elizabeth Boyd, AICP
- Mikel Davila
- Lynette Hall
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Deconstructing Engagement – Intersectionality and Community Planning Post-Pandemic
As planners, we need to apply best practices and success metrics to determine that our engagement processes are garnering input from audiences most impacted by our planning work. Intersectionality analysis is a valuable tool to achieve successful project outcomes.- Beth Elliott, AICP
- Binoy Panicker, AICP
- Jasmine Carey
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Equity in Park Planning: Activate ATL
Atlanta anticipates a population increase to 750,000 by 2050. Atlanta’s Department of Parks and Recreation created its Activate ATL master plan to address growth. Learn about its goals and progress using the Equity Data Tool prioritizing Parks of Greatest Need.- Tara Buckner, AICP
- Sabina Kasumova
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Take Me to the Pond: Transforming Hidden Assets
Regenerative design restores underutilized natural resources through public involvement. This session will discuss how restoring and providing access to a pond has led to project success.- Julia Mintz
- Ken Schwartz
- Jeremy Rosenberger
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The Role of Gender in Travel Experiences
As gender identity becomes a focal point of political debates and media cycles, it’s timely and important to dig into how gender identity intersects with the transportation world. This panel will build on a report about gender’s role in transit/transportation and a micro transit pilot project in North Minneapolis.- Erika Shepard
- Ying Song
- Sheila Holbrook-White
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Warehouses to Homes: Design, Data, Dialogue Advancing Equity
Washington, DC’s historically industrial New York Avenue corridor is on the cusp of an exciting transition to a diverse, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use neighborhood. Learn how the Office of Planning is applying design and data to spark dialogue about preparing for transformation.- Kevin Tilbury, AICP
- Ryan Hand
- Rebecca Schwartzman
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Dynamic Downtowns at Various Scales
Cities of all sizes are addressing the changing landscape of work, housing, and public space post-pandemic. Representatives from Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles will share recent wins, on-going challenges, and exciting visions for the future of their downtowns.- Craig Weber
- Kristofer Johnson, AICP
- Brad Mueller, AICP
- Amanda Roman
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Equity Forum: Maintaining Forward Momentum
Twenty years ago, the first Diversity Forum was held at a National Planning Conference. Be a part of continuing to advance equity forward within APA and the planning profession.- David Magallanez
- Michael Brown, AICP
- Samantha Castro, AICP
- Meagan McMahan, AICP
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The Red Road: Reclaiming an Indigenous Cultural Corridor
The Red Road elaborates on existing projects and new planning methods used to foreground Native American cultural presence in the St. Louis River Estuary and to reclaim burial grounds and urbanized land from the dominant culture in Duluth, MN.- Samuel Geer
- John Koepke
- Wayne Dupuis
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Public Monuments: Shaping More Equitable and Inclusive Cities
Monuments are more than reminders of the past; they communicate powerful messages about belonging in the present. Learn how cities are rising to the challenge to develop inclusive communities by reimagining who, and how, we remember in public.- Justin Moore, FAICP
- Stephanie Dahl
- Keri Butler
- Erin Harkey
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Beyond the Rainbow Crosswalk: LGBTQ+ Preservation
Beyond the rainbow crosswalks, this session will showcase tools to support LGBTQ+ preservation and placekeeping including historic context statements, landmarks, resource surveys, cultural districts, interpretation, and more.- Alex Westhoff, AICP
- Tania Tully
- Max Chavez
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Designing Public Facilities for the Neuro-Diverse Community
Inclusive design goes beyond meeting and engaging with stakeholders; it expressly meets the unique spatial needs of populations often excluded from the process. This course reviews research on outside spaces and actual public school construction unique to the autistic community.- Saralee Morrissey, FAICP
- Claire Weisz
- Galyna Korniyenko
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GenZ Urbanists: Reimagining Tomorrow's Cities Through Youth-Centric Planning
Approximately 31.8% of the US population in the 2020 ACS Survey are youth, yet cities are not focusing on creating youth spaces. Hear why youth empowerment in planning is critical to placemaking, and how intentional youth-centered placemaking improves cities.- Mateo Alexander
- Augustine Bencosme
- Yocelyn Pina
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Tuning In: Understanding Music in Your City
Music is a tool that can help create vibrant places or create challenges for planners. We'll show you how incorporating music policies at the beginning of a planning process leads to healthier, more equitable civic ecosystems.- Angela Puerta, AICP
- Shain Shapiro
- Tooshar Swain
- Ethan Ellestad
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Connecting Green Infrastructure and Community Action
The daylighting of Tibbetts Brook – a historic Bronx stream – will use green infrastructure to improve water quality while creating recreational space. It will also catalyze community change, anchored in ecological improvements and amenities at nearby Van Cortlandt Park.- Daniel O'Shaughnessy, AICP
- Carol Samol, AICP
- Mitchel Loring
- Amy Motzny
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Resiliency at Work: Putting People and Equity First
Building resilience demands an ecosystem approach. This enables the complexity and interconnectedness of a community's ability to cope with uncertainty. This session will transform your toolkit and create new pathways to drive solutions.- Ramona Mullahey
- Regina Gray
- Danielle Harris
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Build Climate Resilience Through Restored Urban Ecosystems
A connected system of habitat, public spaces, and surface stormwater (HPS) improves our mental, physical, and spiritual health; turns waste into valued resources; uses land more efficiently; and builds social cohesion which results in more resilience in communities.- Daniel Kalmon, AICP
- Nathan Campeau
- Julie Aldrich
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Resilient Housing in a Changing Environment
Planners are grappling with housing supply issues and climate change impacts. This case study offers an investigation of both. Planning for housing that can withstand current and future conditions will be fundamental to the profession for generations to come.- Tara Lambeth, AICP
- Evelyn Campo
- Sarah Bechdel, AICP
- Dov Block, AICP
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Getting Fired Up About Wildfire Resilience
Tragic lessons from the past decade have revealed many communities are not prepared for wildfire. Learn about critical guidance and recommendations from experts in wildfire planning, hazard mitigation, and building science to incorporate wildfire resilience concepts across multiple community scales.- Molly Mowery, AICP
- Stacy Wright, FAICP
- Yana Tukvachinski
- John Squerciati
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PlaNYC Getting Sustainability Done: From Initiatives to Implementation
Learn about NYC's climate action efforts in environmental justice communities through incorporating climate budgeting, growing the green economy, and improving air and water quality for all residents.- Edward Lamson, AICP
- Elizabeth Kei Hayashi
- Katie Axt
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Equity Strategies for LA’s Clean Energy Transition
How can communities increase equity in clean energy transitions? Learn what the City of Los Angeles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and UCLA found over two years of community engagement, modeling, and analysis in the LA100 Equity Strategies project.- Megan Day, AICP
- Shana Bonstin
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Driving Less, Accessing More: Strategies and Communications Tools
Housing, transportation, land use, economic development planners, and more: YOU have a role to play in reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to meet emissions goals. Learn from MnDOT’s trailblazing efforts and take home VMT reduction strategies you can implement!- Ashwat Narayanan
- Kristina Heggedal
- Maria Wardoku, AICP
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Community Climate Planning and Action Toolbox
Local climate planning and action are critical to addressing the global climate crisis through strategies for economic and environmental resiliency and GHG emission reduction. Ideal for planners at a range of scales looking to focus their efforts on high-impact solutions.- Jessi Eidbo, AICP
- Abby Finis
- Rebecca Alexander
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Here's $1 Million - Now Solve Climate Change!
The EPA awarded $250 million in planning grants to states, MSAs, tribes, and territories to address climate action planning regionally. Each entity was given the same requirements, timeline, and budget. Let’s check in and see how they’re doing!- Joshua Lathan
- Ariella Maron
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Framing Climate Action for Small & Medium-sized Communities
Planners are often at the forefront of local climate action. This course will describe straightforward local government climate action planning models and associated tools and resources in four states that connect climate and energy data with tailored high-impact actions.- Brian Ross, AICP
- Jessica LeClair
- Randall Solomon
- Sawyer Sidelinger
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The Power of Equity in Climate Action
This session sparks dialogue on the role of equity in all work, centered on ASLA's Climate Action Plan. Explore practical strategies for integrating equity into planning and design, ensuring inclusivity and justice in the pursuit of climate resilience.- Deb Guenther
- Jose de Jesus Leal
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PROTECTing a Region: Informing H-GAC’s Regional Resiliency Plan
$250,000,000,000: the estimated cost of five disasters impacting the Houston-Galveston MPO since 2016. H-GAC will expand upon a 2018 FHWA Resiliency Pilot Program to inform a Regional Resiliency Plan to increase the region’s resiliency to climate change and billion-dollar disasters.- Caroline Bailey, AICP
- Pramod Sambidi
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Plan Now for Just-in-Time (JIT) Post-Disaster Recovery Training
Planners have a role in emergency management, especially in the post-disaster recovery process, which can be very complex. Planners have the knowledge/coordination skills needed to help their communities recover. Discover the disaster recovery process now before disaster strikes your community!- Wynne Kwan, AICP
- Jessica Pugh
- Ramona Huckstep
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Using Scenarios to Plan for Hazards
As climate change disrupts historical weather patterns, uncertainty rules the day, especially about natural hazards. Learn about how exploratory scenario planning could help planners strike back by embracing adaptability and nimbleness in the face of uncertainty.- Joseph DeAngelis, AICP
- Scarlet Andrzejczak
- Brendan Irsfeld, AICP
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Roadmap to Meeting Climate Goals Through Home Decarbonization
What does it take to decarbonize all 1-4 unit homes in a cold climate city like Minneapolis, and can this be done equitably? Learn how to leverage data and participatory processes to create a roadmap to achieving your climate goals.- Rebecca Olson
- Marisa Bayer
- Arbor Otalora-Fadner
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Bee the Change: Habitat from Yard to Landscape
Minnesota’s popular “Lawns to Legumes” small grant program supports the creation of pollinator habitats in residential yards and is now expanding to public spaces, solar installations, and utility corridors. Learn how to apply the program's lessons and avoid common pitfalls.- Suzanne Rhees, AICP
- Dan Shaw
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Managing Rapid Growth in Environmentally Rich Regions
Rapid growth can decimate the natural environment if not well-managed. Learn how to establish the nexus between policy, community values, planning, development regulations, and consensus for action, to protect the natural environment and enhance the sense of place.- John Houseal, FAICP
- Longinos Gonzalez
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Charging Smart — Transportation Electrification for Local Governments
Explore how Charging Smart, a technical assistance and designation program, can support local planning and zoning officials in accelerating equitable electric vehicle (EV) charging development within their communities.- Ed Gilliland, AICP
- Bonnie Trowbridge
- Elizabeth Tart, AICP
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State Trends and Momentum for Housing Reform
In 2024, the pace and impact of state housing reform continued to accelerate. At least 20 states acted on housing supply. As state action grows, experts will examine the policy reforms, politics, and impacts on planning from around the country.- Kiley Chapley
- Cameron Rifkin
- Charles Gardner
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All Is Fair in Love and Housing
Updating a city’s zoning code to fully comply with the Federal Fair Housing Act is not only necessary, it’s an opportunity to ensure equity in housing, eliminate outdated definitions of family and household, and remove barriers to affordable housing typologies.- Paul Cancilla, AICP
- Corey Layman, AICP
- Katie Rakus, AICP
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Equitable Climate Migration Receiving Communities
The expected quantity of climate migration over the next decades will place significant pressures on receiving communities but present an opportunity for transformative change. This course explores how places can prepare for climate in-migration while managing community needs, equity, and resilience.- Patrick Welch, AICP
- Amy Cotter
- DAMLA KURU
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Geospatial Data Toolkits for Progressive Community Planning
The amount of data that planners need to analyze has exponentially grown in the past decade. The speakers will showcase how evolving technologies, such as data science and GIS, are utilized to facilitate community data collection, analysis, monitoring, and storytelling.- Wenhao Wu
- Haley Ralston
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Preventing the Extinction of Small Farms Through Planning
Farmers continue to face environmental, social, and economic challenges to their agricultural operations which outdated land use policies and regulations can exacerbate. Planners have opportunities to adapt land use regulations in order to support farm viability.- Martin Laws, AICP
- Sabrina Torres
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NPC25 Opening Keynote: Inclusive Planning for Social Change
Dr. Mary Beth Janke holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s in Forensic Psychology. She has supported individuals facing anxiety, trauma, and domestic violence. As a former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, she was the only woman to protect a foreign president abroad. Dr. Janke gave a 2022 TEDx Talk, "How to Live a Badass Life at Any Age.” She now consults in forensi- None None
- Sue Schwartz, FAICP
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ASLA Climate Action Plan: A Vision for 2040
ASLA is implementing an ambitious Climate Action Plan. The interconnected climate and biodiversity crises require both organizational and individual action. ASLA is committed to working together to achieve zero emissions – with our members, corporate partners, and allied organizations.- Torey CARTER-CONNEEN
- Maura Rockcastle
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Brick by Brick: Houston Freedmen’s Town Street Restoration
Learn about a unique collaboration between city government, community organizations, artists and community members to plan the restoration of historically and culturally important streets in Houston's Freedman's Town. A strategy balancing infrastructure provision, accessibility, resiliency, cultural heritage preservation, and placemaking.- Robert Carleton, AICP
- Donald Buaku, AICP
- Sharon Fletcher
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Fire on the Front Range
Counties across the West are witnessing alarming trends in wildfires burning rural, urban and suburban areas. This session brings together seasoned planning and mitigation professionals to share guidance on practical strategies to prepare for and recover from wildfire disasters.- Molly Mowery, AICP
- Lesli Ellis, AICP CEP
- Heather Gutherless, AICP
- Jim Webster
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Mastering RFP/Qs and Proposals: Strategies for Effective Projects
Elevate your RFP/Q game! This session unpacks the secrets to fine tuning project requests, from writing compelling RFP/Qs to submitting client focused proposals. Learn innovative strategies to overcome common challenges and drive project success in both public and private sectors.- Joshua Olhava, AICP
- Timothy Dlubac, AICP
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Planning for the People: New Age Comprehensive Planning
Discover a new and dynamic way to engage the public and reimagine the traditional multi-year comprehensive planning processes. Learn practical, yet creative, strategies to leverage technology and politics to adopt a modern and equitable comprehensive plan for your community.- Christopher Gomez, AICP
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Religious Institution Lands as Affordable Housing Sites
This session will explore collaborative efforts to repurpose underutilized faith-based land as permanent affordable housing and review potential zoning reforms, permit streamlining initiatives, and legal (including RLUIPA) challenges to be aware of to ensure such projects are successful.#9310535CM | 1L | 1
Housing Supply and the New Washington
In post-election Washington, housing is a rare area of bipartisanship. While the opportunity is real, the path forward on policies for zoning reform, taxes, and funding is uncertain. Policymakers will discuss the road ahead and the impact of the Administration.- Jason Jordan
- Mike Kingsella
- Mike Wallace
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Building Readiness and Resilience in Rural Michigan
The Michigan Office of Rural Prosperity is working with communities to help them prepare for and respond to complex changes facing rural Michigan. New programs and research led by the Office are offering important solutions for planning in rural areas.- Sarah Lucas, FAICP
- Andrea Brown, FAICP
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Ethics Cases of the Year 2025
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.- Karen Wolf, FAICP
- Ralph Willmer, FAICP
- Erin Perdu, AICP
- Staron Faucher, AICP
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Making Sustainability Mainstream
Explore how planners can mainstream sustainability by leveraging the Rogers innovation adoption curve and the 5A framework, creating environments and services that make sustainable behaviors the easy, attractive choice for communities, accelerating the path to a sustainable future.- Petra Hurtado, PhD
- Norman Wright, AICP
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Empathy for Mobility: Human-Centered Design in Coordinated Plans
Human-Centered Design begins with the real stories of real people and ends with policy solutions that address the challenges community members face. In between is a collaborative process to find solutions to uncover common needs that we might otherwise miss.- Michael Pritchard, AICP
- Mateo Lariviere
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