Whether you are becoming certified for the first time or just need to recertify, you will get the regulatory information you need to stay current with New Jersey’s UST requirements and help your clients or employer avoid potential penalty liability.
The public sector has a mixed record of attracting qualified developers to finance and build well-conceived projects. From pre-RFP studies to the RFP process itself, you will learn the strategies that will maximize your chances of success the first time. You will understand the perspective of the developer community, their bankers and the due diligence involved in getting a project off the ground as well as the do’s and don’ts of attracting a developer to your project.
Regularly scheduled Executive Committee Meeting.
Hear from lawmakers and leading administration officials about critical issues and new initiatives. Find out how decisions made on Capitol Hill could affect your plans.
Discuss topics critical to you and your goals with the state’s most distinguished housing professionals, planners, developers, government officials, lenders, non-profit and consultants. Explore neighborhood revitalization, economic development initiatives, property management practices, maximizing the opportunities for permanent supportive housing, financial resources and more.
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Thousands of septic systems and stormwater basins malfunction for the same reason: failure to understand how water moves (or doesn’t move!) through soil. You cannot hope to design and build these structures without a down-and-dirty understanding of these soils. That’s what this hands-on course is all about.
The Redevelopment Planning Law course, a three-½-day dynamic and engaging course, explores the legal and planning aspects of the redevelopment process in New Jersey. Instructors address major topics including redevelopment plans, redeveloper agreements, and current legal and public policy issues. Case studies are used to demonstrate the successes and pitfalls of redevelopment planning.
Todd Noon, Executive Director of the Vineland Downtown Improvement District - Main Street, and Sandy Forosisky, the Director of Redevelopment for the City of Vineland, will narrate a two hour walking tour of Vineland’s Landis Avenue Main Street Area, including stops at the new Landis Market, Landis Theater, and ending at Mori’s Restaurant.
The recycling of previously developed property is crucial to the economic growth of the State. For more than 10 years, NJ’s Brownfield legislation and program implementation have aimed to create sustainable communities, improve ecosystems, provide workforce housing by steering investment and redevelopment toward abandoned and underutilized properties in designated growth centers.
Managing stormwater runoff from land development is becoming more complex every day. In light of New Jersey's recently adopted statewide Stormwater Management Rules, engineers, reviewers, developers and others will need to acquire both greater knowledge and new skills. This three-day course is designed to address these needs by presenting the most pertinent and up-to-date information on the scientific and regulatory aspects of stormwater management in New Jersey.
Please join Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia, Collingswood BID, and Heritage Consulting, Inc., at a workshop for established downtown organizations in creating additional revenue to remain self-sufficient. This one-day workshop will inform participants about various funding sources and revenue-raising techniques.
Environmental forensics is a multidisciplinary field with the goal of understanding how and when contamination occurred as well as who is responsible for the pollution. Environmental forensics investigations may involve identifying and apportioning responsibility among multiple parties, age-dating releases and/or determining exactly how a release occurred with reference to insurance or other contractual issues.
Regularly scheduled Legislative Committee Meeting.
In this second presentation on using GIS analysis for making planning decisions, we will examine the landscape effects of residential development scenarios.
The Borough’s long term vision, redevelopment planning process, the relationship and compromises between the Borough and the redeveloper, the inter-municipal cooperation between Somerdale and Magnolia, the overall successes, the setbacks brought by the economic recession, as well as remaining challenges will be discussed.
Sam Surtees, previous Chair of Bordentown’s Shade Tree Commission, Mike Hunninghake founding Chair of the Bordentown City Environmental Commission and Bill Collom, Mayor of Bordentown (2001-2009) will narrate a two-hour walking tour of Bordentown highlighting the history of the community through the years with stops at local historical spots as well as a tour of recently preserved properties along the Delaware and Blacks Creek. After the tour we will have lunch and drinks at a local restaurant.
This program is designed for the non-scientist and will provide students with a basic understanding of geology, hydrogeology, and environmental chemistry. The fundamental principles will be presented in terminology that makes it easy to understand… even if your only background is high school chemistry. You will also learn how to use this information when evaluating environmental conditions at your site or property.
Each year APA, its members, chapters, divisions, and professional institute sponsor National Community Planning Month to raise the visibility of the important role of planners and planning in communities across the U.S. Please join the APA NJ and NY Metro Chapters incelebration of this occassion! Appetizers included. Cash Bar.
The webinar will discuss the research on the dangers to pedestrians of talking while talking or texting on cell phones. It will cover four of Prof. Nasar’s studies on pedestrians and cell phones and the evolution of his thinking about both beneficial and harmful effects of cell phones use among pedestrians.
Regularly scheduled Executive Committee Meeting.
The NJ Chapter’s of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and US Green Building Council (USGBC) join together to host a special educational program, tour and networking event featuring New Jersey’s first Gold LEED ND Certified project: the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District in Newark, NJ.
The Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey (AHPNJ) would like to invite you to our Southern Regional Networking Event entitled "What’s the Score? Impacts of Credit on Accessing Affordable Housing." This panel discussion will examine the post-recession lending and housing markets, and their relation to the importance of one’s credit score.
This webinar will inform planners how to effectively communicate the value of our work, leverage discussions with community stakeholders into educational opportunities, and using the media to our advantage.
In today’s tough economy, businesses understand now more than ever that a penny saved is a penny earned! An environmental audit will help identify potential savings for your company. It targets energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction and leaner manufacturing practices. These can all add up to thousands of dollars of savings every year! That’s why this year’s Auditor’s Workshop is focusing on sustainability.
Please join fellow planners in the Southeast Section of the APAPA at our Annual Event! This year, our destination and topic of discussion is the Central Delaware River Waterfront in Philadelphia. Sarah Thorp, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation’s Director of Planning, will present The Plan for Central Delaware. The Plan uses urban design and economic development planning tools to make recommendations about how to reconnect the Delaware River Waterfront to existing Philadelphia neighborhoods and corridors.
“Reach Them to Teach Them” - November 3rd-4th, Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
The presentation will enable planners to recognize and incorporate into practice the fundamental principles of small-town design. The session seeks to inspire and motivate planners (generally as non-designers) to work for better place design, how to achieve it, and what the results are.
"Design on the Delaware is a three day conference and trade show that brings together design and building professionals, business and public leaders, product and service providers for a two day trade show and three days of professional education and networking.
During this 2-day course you will participate in a comprehensive review of the assessment that takes place prior to the acquisition or development of commercial property. You will learn how to conduct an analysis on various real estate development projects to identify the magnitude of the risk, and based on that assessment, make a decision on whether or not to move forward with the development project.
"Dwight Merriam, a partner with Robinson & Cole, Attorneys at Law, will present the Bloustein School's annual Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning on Wednesday, November 9 at 5:00 p.m.. This year's lecture will be ""What We Must Never Forget: The Social Equity Obligations of Planners and Planning Officials.""
ULI Northern New Jersey presents its annual real estate trends and forecast meeting, featuring insights from leading experts both nationally and locally. The event will again feature a presentation on the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2012 report—a publication from PricewaterhouseCoopers and ULI—as well as a session on the outlook for our local area, led by a panel of leading real estate investors and experts.
New Energy Economy is no longer a pie in the sky for the U.S. Many companies around the world are working hard to figure out how to lower the cost to provide clean energy to American consumers.
Join us for a tour of the new 4500 sq ft roof garden at the John Theuer 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.
Regularly scheduled Executive Committee Meeting.
Join us at the APA-NJ Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee 2012 Launch Meeting on Monday, November 14 beginning at 6:30PM in the Bloustein School room 173.
Stop by and visit our APA-NJ Exhibit Space!
This session will address the changing store mix in downtown - how to fill vacancies; retail trends, recommendations on "multi-channel" strategies such as e-commerce, back-door retailing, and concierge services, zoning to encourage development in downtown, transit oriented development, parking techniques to support new uses; and retail financing alternatives.
The Urban Land Institute of Northern New Jersey and Langan Engineering and Environmental Services invite you to a special hard hat tour of the most talked about mixed use development on the East Coast.
Presentation by John Hasse, PH.D. AICP, Rowan Universit on Evidence of Persistent Exclusionary Effects of Land Use Policy within Historic and Projected Development Patterns in New Jersey...followed by discussion with Alan Mallach, FAICP Research Director of the National Housing Institute and environmental consultant Candace Ashmun regarding implications relative to housing and the environment.
Join the Natural Lands Trust (NLT) and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) for this one-day workshop planned specifically for county and municipal government professionals which will highlight those communities and organizations who are working together to save green, while going green.
Regularly scheduled Legislative Committee Meeting.
Charisma Acey will share her findings and experiences with women’s responses to the lack of service delivery and networked infrastructure within the context of their roles and responsibilities in the household, sense of community, and opportunities to participate in urban governance in Nigeria and Uganda.
Local foods are all the rage, but what happens to all the food waste? Learn how planners can play an active role in food waste diversion. Explore issues of how food waste is connected to climate change, hunger, and air quality. Walk through how the Mississippi Gulf Coast planned for food waste diversion, with a focus on sustainability and livability. Examine strategies that offer opportunities for more sustainable, food security, and livable regions.
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Regularly scheduled Executive Committee Meeting.
The DNJ "Excellence Awards" recognize New Jersey's best downtown projects and programs. Previous award-winning projects include mini parks, storefront facade improvements, train stations, office buildings, academic facilities, riverfront entertainment complexes, courthouses, residential developments and parking facilities.
The APA-NJ Legislative Committee will be convening to discuss the draft Redevelopment Policy Guide and Summary, draft Housing Policy Guide and the status NJ Transit's Parking Privatization plan.
On Thursday, January 5 at 2 p.m. (Eastern), APA will host a free webinar for members about “Planning for the State Legislative Session.” The one-hour webinar is the latest in APA’s Communications Boot Camp — a 12-week program to help members and their allies become effective messengers and advocates for planning.
The webcast participant will get a glimpse of twenty years into the future for what can be done to see how to provide mobility in our communities. Five modes of local transportation are presented: walking, bicycling, sharing public vehicles, sharing private vehicles, and driving.
January APA-NJ Housing Committee Meeting
This session is a primer to explore the integration of sustainable energy strategies into the urban context, starting from the earliest stages of planning to ensure heightened environmental performance at the building, site and community scale. Strategic energy planning, the setting of realistic targets and goals and developing a systematic strategic plan for clean energy integration and implementation will also be examined.
In Maryland we are leading the nation in not only thinking about change, but in preparing for the future. This session will highlight the emerging importance of development economics in realizing land use visions. The linkage between land use plans, implementation strategies and revenue generation for delivering infrastructure, will be discussed.
Professional Planners and Dual licensed Professional Planners/ Landscape Architects with AICP standing will be happy to know that “Natural Leaders”, the NJASLA January 29-31 Annual Meeting and Exhibition is approved for 19 AICP CMs for eighteen educational sessions.
Tourism-related activities are an increasingly important component of rural economies providing income and diversification to rural communities. This webinar will examine current trends in rural tourism, which are being shaped by a rapidly shifting economic landscape and ongoing demographic change.Â
Annual Retreat for the APA-NJ Executive Committee
Join APA PA Southeast Section’s Emerging Professionals Committee for our first happy hour! We will be mingling and enjoying drinks on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 from 5:30-8:30 PM at Field House, 1150 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
The 2012 AICP Exam Review Series is being co-hosted by the North Carolina, Maryland, Illinois, and Pennsylvania chapters of the American Planning Association. Speakers and presentation materials are in process. Members of participating chapters in the Planning Webcast Series are invited to participate.
This FREE workshop will feature presentations on:
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As communities struggle to balance their budgets, innovative waste management and recycling approaches can help shore up the bottom line while creating local business opportunities. Join Andrew Dane, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc (SEH), and Dr. John Katers, UW-Green Bay, to learn how planners can help communities identify and implement waste re-use opportunities, rural ag/waste to energy opportunities, and recycling best practices.
The afternoon will focus on the changing nature of volunteerism, and now your local program can respond to volunteers interested in only short term or bite sized assignments. We will also discuss how the role of the Team chairperson must change given the casual nature of many volunteer assignments