The Urban Planning Tour of Brazil, organized by the Northern California Section of the American Planning Association (International Committee) kicks off this weekend in Sao Paulo for a 2 and 1/2 week visit through the country, including stops in Rio, Brasilia, and Curitiba. Meetings will include visits with Academics in Brasilia to discuss the history
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Seventeen urban planners traveled to Brazil in August 2012 on a sixteen-day tour which included meetings and workshops with local urban planners while experiencing the visual and cultural highlights of the country. The tour started in São Paulo, the largest city and the financial capital of South America. The group stopped for a few days to
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Grants fund San Francisco Planning to 1.5 million annually. PAGE 1 What’s inside: complete contents, PAGE 2 Wrap-up of recent planning-related court decisions. PAGE 8 Who’s where: Julie B. Eldridge, AICP; Delilah Leval; Lisa Bates; John David Beutler, AICP. PAGE 10 Available in PDF or a virtual online magazine. To read as a PDF, click
The Northern Section Board elected two planners to positions at its July meeting. Please join the Board in welcoming Florentina Craciun as the Section’s new Membership Director and Erik Balsley, AICP as Communications Director. Florentina is an Environmental Planner in the Oakland office of URS Corporation. She will replace Rodrigo Orduña as Membership Director and work on improving
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Earlier this year we offered a series of three free Planning Commission training workshops (February, April and May). These trainings were geared to local government planning commissioners, elected officials, professional planners and/or interested parties in Northern California. Each workshop had a different theme and related presentations by seasoned members of the planning community. Each workshop
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Birds of a feather flock together: The Jailbirds of Elmwood Prison, by Bill Goggin, senior biologist at EMC Planning Group, PAGE 1 What’s inside: complete contents, PAGE 2 Volunteering: an interview with Jennifer Lehane, PAGE 5 2012 Planning Award Winners, APA California – Northern, PAGE 9 Available in two PDFs or a virtual online magazine. PDF, Section
Update: position has been filled by Florentina Craciun. We are seeking one or two motivated planners to serve on the Board to oversee membership and communications for the Northern Section. Please consider applying if you have particular interest or experience in marketing or communications. Graphic design and social media knowledge are desired but not required. As
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Democracy in action: Berkeley’s Downtown Area Plan, by Matthew Taecker, AICP. Highrise? In Berkeley? It took seven years, but Berkeley has finally adopted a downtown plan to replace a 1990 plan. Available in two PDFs or a virtual online magazine. PDF, Section A PDF, Section B northern-news-May-2012
Click here to view the recipients of the 2012 Northern Section Planning Awards. The awards will be presented at the 2012 Planning Awards Celebration on Friday, May 11 at the PARC 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Join us!
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Crowdsourcing and virtual town halls: New ways to engage. Bay Area cities adjust to life after Redevelopment Available in two PDFs or a virtual online magazine. PDF, Section A PDF, Section B northern-news-April-2012
