Infill and reuse enliven Oakland’s Uptown, Matt Taecker, AICP. PAGE 1 When CEQA and Initiatives collide, planners need to be prepared, Matthew Visick and Alexandra Barnhill. Proactively analyze environmental impact when a land use measure is proposed for the ballot. PAGE 9 Northern Section’s 2014 international planning tour, Alex Hinds and Hing Wong, AICP. Russia, Estonia, […]
Tweet, like, post. How APA California – Northern Section is using social media, by Erik S. Balsley, AICP. PAGE 1 Shared equity homeownership. San Francisco’s Below Market program preserves future affordability. Condensed from HUD USER, Fall 2012. PAGE 8 Chicago conference reminiscences, by Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP. PAGE 9 Creating better streets. The nonprofit re:Streets is online with
Making the connection between advancing sustainability planning, APA State Chapters, and the new APA Sustainable Community Division was the topic of one of the Division’s by-right sessions at the National APA Conference in Chicago (April 2013), the Mobilizing Sustainability Facilitated Discussion (Sunday, 3pm). Mobilizing an effective response to the sustainability threat, with climate change being the
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Join ex Planning Technology Division President and Professor Jennifer Evans-Cowley @EvansCowley) (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Administration, Professor of City and Regional Planning, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University) in a new on-line course–TechniCity (click the link, review the class, register)–on smart cities and associated technology to be held in May. Learn not only
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The Net Zero California Symposium held today was engaging and productive. See this post for my summary, slides, and access to resources. My announcement of the symposium is here. This post and the following links provide some additional detail. I also talked to a developer who is doing the first Passive House net positive energy+transportation infill project in the world(?) in SF.
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Solving the stakeholder engagement puzzle, by Al Savay, AICP. The ideal is everyone in agreement at the final decision-making point. PAGE 1 Plan Bay Area draft EIR available. Public workshops will be held in April and May on MTC’s draft Plan Bay Area and EIR. PAGE 7 Off-site public improvements as a Map Condition. By Alan A. Sozio, Thomas D. Jex, and
Alex Steffen, Planetary Futurist, Journalist/Author, Entrepreneur, and Thought Leader. Alex Steffen is a global voice of clarity on sustainability, social innovation and planetary futurism. He is an award-winning writer who speaks to audiences around the world. Alex was Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com after he co-founded the organization in 2003 until it closed in 2010. See
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Next Wednesday (Mar. 20, 2013), the Sustainability Committee is supporting Passive House California’s one-day symposium on Building Carbon Zero California: Implementing Efficiency for Cities and Regions. Go here for more information and to register (see also Passive House California). The basic information is excerpted below with additional information provided for the main speakers. In addition,
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The Board is seeking a dedicated individual to serve as Membership Director and improve membership services. Please see below for more information. Nominations will be open until March 31, 2013.
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Meet a local planner. A new column by Tania Sheyner, AICP. PAGE 1 AB 1616, the California Homemade Food Act. The planning and zoning issues the law poses for cities and counties, and the regulatory and oversight roles that local governments can still play. Stephen A. McEwen, Esq. PAGE 4 A short history of the professionalization of city planning. How we became
