Designing Healthy Communities (CM | Pending)
May 19, 2012
Is land use costing you your health? Learn about designing healthy communities and your role in local government. Key topics including health and the built environment, physical activity options, access to healthy foods, air quality, traffic-related crashes and more!
Understanding the Redevelopment Process and Your Role in It
Redevelopment is a procedure used to revitalize distressed neighborhoods, address the effects of underused and neglected parcels and enhance the economic conditions of a municipality. Accompanied by sound planning and execution, redevelopment ultimately allows residents, stakeholders and local government officials to produce invaluable changes to our communities.
Green Roof Design, Installation & Planning (CM | 1.5)
May 23, 2012
Join us for a tour of the new 4500 sq ft roof garden at the John Theurer Cancer Center.
Attendees will learn more about its purpose, design and construction along with regulatory issues, urban heat island and neighborhood impacts, storm water reduction methods, and tips on utilizing roof garden planning.
Cumulative Pollution Impacts and Environmental Justice
May 24, 2012
The workshop will provide general information on both environmental justice and cumulative impacts, as well as involve workshop participants in a discussion of possible solutions for the problem of cumulative impacts in New Jersey. The workshop will end with a tour of several environmental justice neighborhoods in Camden.
Downtown Jersey City Walking Tour (CM | 2.0)
June 1, 2012
Join City of Jersey City Planning Director Robert Cotter, PP, FAICP on a walking tour of some of the State’s most successful redevelopment efforts that now make up the fabric of Downtown Jersey City.
Adapting Cities to Climate Change (CM | 1.5)
June 6, 2012
Cities and smaller communities are facing more severe hazards and sea-level rise. In this program, planners explore the issues of infrastructure and land changes, as well as environmental and economic changes. How do we know what the effects of climate change will be and how do we adapt? Explore both research and planning preparation.
2012 NJ Historic Preservation Conference “Sustaining the Past – Inventing the Future” (CM | Pending)
June 7, 2012
Register now for the 2012 NJ Historic Preservation Conference “Sustaining the Past – Inventing the Future” on Thursday, June 7th at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. The full day conference includes 16 educational sessions and field workshops on preservation, sustainable design, archaeology, historic site stewardship, state parks, historic roads, and much more.
DEP Water Quality Management Planning in NJ (CM | Pending)
June 8, 2012
Join PlanSmart NJ, APA-NJ and The Sustainability Institute for our first Policy Briefing exploring the changing landscape of DEP Water Quality Management Planning in NJ. Hear speakers representing different perspectives discuss the opportunities and challenges they face.
Roosevelt Borough Walking Tour (CM Pending | 2.0)
June 9, 2012
The presentations will include the development history of the Borough, the architectural history, the successful efforts to preserve the greenbelt and a discussion of other unique land use issues the Borough has faced in the last 20 years. Highlights will include access to a famous New Deal art mural by Ben Shahn in the school building that depicts the founding of the Borough on three large panels as well as a discussion of one of the earliest experiments in ecologically aware affordable housing, the Roosevelt Senior Citizens’ Housing, which set out to incorporate energy-efficiency within traditional designs.
2012 Planning Law Review (CM | 1.5)
June 27, 2012
Keep abreast of the latest developments in case law and legislation. Whether it is the Supreme Court considering First Amendment issues or states focusing on property rights, a panel of attorneys will highlight new trends, important precedents, unsettled issues, and pending decisions. Hear an update on federal legislation and what it will mean for your community, as well as where amicus briefs were filed and why.