Speakers for this webinar will be from the U.S. EPA-Chesapeake Bay Office, the State of Maryland Department of Planning, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Within the last two years, to meet legal requirements, the EPA has taken a stronger role in directing cleanup efforts with equal but full emphasis on non-point sources, point sources, and air quality. State strategies have been submitted to EPA and the states are working with local governmental agencies including regional planning agencies in developing local watershed plans to meet EPA requirements.

How will preservation fit into the future of New Jersey’s economy? What might it take for our historic and cultural attractions to sustain themselves beyond the current economic downtown? What do the current census and demographic shifts mean for preserving the past? Where will future development pressure occur and how might that impact historic site redevelopment?

This webinar explores the connections between accessibility, mobility and community development and provides insights and ideas for shaping transportation systems that will make communities more livable both in the here and now and for generations to come.

This webinar will parse the fundamental components of real estate finance so that participants will better understand the financial pro formas that real estate developers present to planners and economic developers when seeking public approvals for projects.

10am-12pm - Meet at the Paterson Museum or other designated spot for the Mill Mile Tour, led by Richard Polton. 12pm-1:30pm - Lunch at one of the great Mid Eastern restaurants in South Paterson with presentation from Andre Sayegh on Paterson neighborhood development. 2pm-4pm - Tour of Downtown Paterson, led by Richard Polton, focusing on […]

With the renewed federal focus on fostering regional innovation clusters (RICs), geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure, planners across the nation are seeking to understand how to translate the concept of clusters into actual sustainable local economic growth. This webinar will examine the regional innovation cluster concept and provide an overview of two communities that have successfully planned for RIC growth.

This webinar introduces the H+T Index, a tool developed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology that is helping illuminate the hidden costs of unsustainable development. The H+T Index documents the transportation costs associated with a home’s location for 337 U.S. metropolitan areas by pricing the tradeoffs between housing and transportation costs that buyers and renters make when choosing where to live.

Regularly scheduled Legislative Committee Meeting.

The APA-NJ Housing Committee will be discussing the first draft of a NJ-specific Housing Policy Guide along with hosting a forum featuring Professor John Hasse and the recent Rowan University research report on the persistence of exclusionary zoning in New Jersey.

Regularly scheduled Executive Committee Meeting.

The APA-NJ Redevelopment Committee will be hosting its first meeting under the leadership of Michele Delisfort, who was appointed by the APA-NJ Executive Committee in June 2011.  The agenda includes:  welcome & introductions, redevelopment policy guide, workshop session/topic ideas and partnerships.

This session promises to be interesting as planners today face many ethical dilemmas. An overview of the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct will be given along with a description of ethics principles, rules of conduct and ethics complaint procedures. The session speaker will share “real life” ethical situations and scenarios. Learn about ethical situations that your peers face in the region and on a national basis.

The APA-NJ Redevelopment Committee will be having a conference call to discuss its first draft of a NJ-specific Redevelopment Policy Guide.

Regularly scheduled Legislative Committee Meeting.

Learn the basics about Eco-industrial Development from one of the leading practitioners in the field and gain an understanding of how Eco-industrial Development can fit into your sustainability planning efforts.

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.