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The SCD’s New Sustainability Champion Program

The APA’s Sustainable Communities Division (SCD) is launching a new pilot sustainability leadership program, the State Chapter Sustainability Champion program. They accepted nominations and selected champions this past August/September. Scott Edmondson, founder, ex-co-director, and now Research Program lead for the Northern Section’s Sustainability Committee, was nominated and then selected as the California State APA Chapter champion and is looking […]

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October 2014

Big changes on horizon for traffic impact analysis under CEQA. Stephen E. Velyvis and Amy E. Hoyt, Page 1 Where in the world. Hugh Graham, P. 3 My Oakland. Erika J. Sawyer, AICP, interviews Mike Rivera, Page 7 Japan’s Bullet Train turns 50. Cameron Allen McKean, NEXT CITY. World’s first high-speed rail network remains the gold standard in train travel, Page 9 Who’s where. Marco

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September 2014

Around the Bay in 500 miles. Jonathan Berlin, recipient, Northern News Silver Pen Award. The San Francisco Bay Trail, 25 years old and a planning landmark. Page 1 Plan-it sustainably. Scott T. Edmondson, AICP. SF experiments with new visualization tools. Page 7 Five from area receive State APA awards. Page 9 Downtown San Jose is becoming a vibrant urban center. Matt Taecker,

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July/August 2014

Old meets new as mixed-use campus opens in Oakland. By Lyn Hikida. Historic St. Joseph’s complex adapted for affordable housing. Page 1 Our 2015 Chapter Conference logo. Designed by Circlepoint’s Amie Krager to showcase Oakland’s skyline and roots. Page 7 My Oakland. Erika J. Sawyer, AICP, interviews Rosie Dudley — urban designer, Oakland resident, and artist. Page 12 Northern Section’s

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Testing APA’s Sustainability Accreditation Criteria on 11 Bay Area Cities

[see Professor Acey’s summary at the UCB IURD Blog] This topic is covered in a few posts, as follows: Initial Event Invitation/Description, including links to APA and related resources. Links to the Student Team Presentations.   Expanded Article (forthcoming), July/August 2014 Plan-it sustainability, Northern News During the spring of 2014, students in a UCB sustainability

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Evaluations–UCB/APA CompPlan Sustainability Criteria

During Spring 2014, Assistant Professor Charisma Acey’s undergraduate UC Berkeley class, CP 119 Planning for Sustainability, evaluated the APA’s beta version of their Comprehensive Plan Sustainability Accreditation Criteria for their final class project. Student teams applied the criteria to 11 Bay Area Cities, and their final presentations are listed below by city. In addition, the APA Sustainability Committee created a CM event to

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State APA Chapter Sustainability Committees & Resources

In the interests of advancing sustainability by sharing existing resources and experience more widely, this post brings together links to the new Sustainable Communities Division, to the five formal sustainability committees of APA State Chapters, and to related links to important State Chapter work that is not part of a formal sustainability committee. Each committee’s

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June 2014

Report from the APA Conference. Barry Miller, FAICP. The good and not so good of the Atlanta conference. Page 1 Meet a local planner. Siân Llewellyn, AICP, interviews Alex Amoroso, AICP, principal planner, Berkeley. Page 3 Planners’ program in Brazil. Northern section’s newest international collaboration and exchange program. Page 5 2014 Award winners, APA California-Northern. Summaries and photos for seven Awards of Merit

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May 2014

Smart Growth America honors Bay Area cities. Peter Costa, AICP, PTP. Oakland, Hayward, and Livermore cited for complete streets policies. Page 1 Meet a local planner. Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, interviews Joe Horwedel, AICP, p. 5 Ecodistricts: from notions to actions. Scott T. Edmonson, AICP. Moving from sustainability ideas to neighborhood action. Page 8 Two thirds of California’s developed land is under extreme stress. By

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