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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.

Now is the time to apply for the APA California Northern Section 2013 Planning Awards for outstanding planning projects, programs, and people. The purpose of the Northern Section Awards Program is to encourage quality in planning and increase the public’s awareness of the planning profession by honoring the most outstanding efforts in planning in the

If you have a Linked-In account, go here to read the info and join the discussion.  Or just read the following: Sustainable Communities Division events at the 2013 APA National Conference Preliminary programs for this year’s national conference (in Chicago, April 13-17) are arriving in your mailbox this week. Mark your calendars for the three

<<As of 011913, this draft appearin in the Northern News is being expanded with additional links and possibly discussion>>  (Note: originally published in the Northern News, Plan-it sustainably Column, February 2013.) Welcome to 2013. The New Year begins with a mixed but hopeful forecast for sustainability even as unsustainability trends accelerate and responses seem tepid.

We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic individuals willing to serve on the 2013 APA California Chapter – Northern Awards Jury. Each juror will independently review and evaluate some of the finest planning work from within the Section, then will confer with the jury to determine the winners.

The top 3 finalists in the citi, City of the Year contest (Tel Aviv, New York, Medellin. In collaboration with the ULI research, citi is orchestrating a dialogue and voting. ULI also provides a short article on the leading practices of innovative cities on the WSJ citi special advertisement section (right column). Top city to