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APA NEWS |
APA Giving Day: #EmpowerPlanning
The first-ever APA Giving Day is Tuesday, October 9. Our success in reaching new donors and raising money to continue the APA Foundation's important work depends on you. What can you do? Donate to the APA Foundation on October 9 and spread the word! Share info now and through October 9 about the APA Foundation and Giving Day with friends, planners, and colleagues. Use the logos, social media graphics, and social media copy collected for you in our Giving Day Toolkit. |
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Why support the APA Foundation?
We believe that communities should serve everyone, and the APA Foundation endeavors to help our profession make communities better and more inclusive. Learn how the APA Foundation empowers planning and strengthens communities in this new APA Foundation video. |
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Planning Month is here
APA Giving Day is just one highlight of National Community Planning Month 2018. Communities nationwide are showing their support for planning by sponsoring events, issuing proclamations, and engaging in planning efforts. On social media, elected officials are expressing their pride in the APA-designated Great Places in their communities. |
Use Planning Month to start conversations with local decision makers and stakeholders about the important role planning plays in creating stronger, more just communities. The tools in our Planning Month Resource Hub will help you engage external audiences and celebrate planning. |
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RESOURCES |
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Planning
This month in Planning, learn how practitioners are imparting essential skills to students in university planning programs, and read Donald Shoup's update on urban parking. Also in this issue, "The Commissioner" examines Seattle's expansive approach to accessory dwelling units and "Intersections" queries your plans for National Community Planning Month.
If you haven't done it already, please help APA fine-tune Planning to meet readers' interests and needs by completing an online readership survey by October 5. |
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New outdoor lighting resource collection
Adequate nighttime lighting supports safety after sundown, but careless lighting practices can actually harm human safety and health, waste energy, disrupt nocturnal ecosystems, and diminish nighttime ambiance. Explore Outdoor Lighting, the latest addition to APA's Research KnowledgeBase, to discover background info, practical guidance, and examples of plans and regulations that illustrate how communities are working to power down excessive outdoor lighting. |
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From our blog
A success story from Plan4Health in Washington tells how the project leveraged additional funding sources to assess the need for a comprehensive and collaborative review of the state's growth planning framework. |
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POLICY AND ADVOCACY |
FCC decision on 5G prompts local concern
On September 26, the Federal Communications Commission voted to streamline processes required to deploy small-cell wireless facilities in communities. Implications for planners? You guessed it: local control. Cities and counties have expressed concerns, emphasizing that while communities don't want to block 5G implementation, implementation decisions are best made locally. |
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AICP |
Exemption from CM requirements
AICP members in certain life and career situations may be eligible for temporary or permanent exemption from the requirement to earn Certification Maintenance credits. The deadline for members in the 2017–18 CM reporting period to apply for exemption is December 31. Learn more and apply. |
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Tip of the month
Turn your pro bono service hours into CM credits! Use the self-reporting option to claim up to eight credits in a two-year reporting period. Learn more and view a tutorial. |
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RI Housing
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Mid-America Regional Council
Kansas City, MO |
Town of Elizabeth
Elizabeth, CO |
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