Your ticket includes dinner, two drinks, and the evening's entertainment.

"Planning the Urban Forest" is a hands-on training workshop for professional planners on integrating best practices in urban forest protection and development into the planning process. It will introduce participants to concepts of the urban forest and how planners and allied professionals can quantify its benefits in social, environmental, economic, and other terms.

The conference will focus on how to plan healthy communities, and how to improve children's health and development by improving the built environment.

We are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Urban Developer's Night will be held Monday, October 25, 2010 at 5:00 PM at the Robert Treat Hotel, Newark, NJ. Last year we had over 30 display tables and over 250 attendees.

PlanSmart NJ honors key players with the C. McKim Norton Community Development Award, the Van Zandt Williams, Jr. Community Involvement Award, and the Awards for Economic, Environmental, Resource Efficiency, and Regional Equity Achievement.

View the Flyer:  http://policy.rutgers.edu/news/events/CandeubLecture10-28-10-LR.pdf

Affordable Housing Strategies discusses policy considerations and the political and financial challenges that confront developers of housing for individuals and families earning less than 80% of the area median income (AMI).

This course will familiarize participants with the basic elements of planning: principles of planning, the comprehensive plan, plan adoption and specific plans. Participants will learn how planning is practiced in the United States, and explore how to apply the concepts in their communities.

Contextual site analysis is a pre-design research activity which focuses on the existing, imminent and potential conditions on and around a project site. It is, in a sense, an inventory of all the pressures, forces and situations and their interactions at the property where our project will be built.

Business Development for Planners is an introductory class that will provide planners that are new to consulting - or agency planners that want to learn the overall business development process - tools and techniques to build their business development skills, identify potential opportunities, and pursue business opportunities.

Join us on November 3 for a Fall MIT DUSP Alumni Reception and Open House event for alumni and prospective students in New York City. Come to hear current trends in Planning, Design, and Development of NYC Schools from DUSP Alumna Sharon Greenberger (MCP '93) and Department Head Amy Glasmeier. Meet and mingle with NYC-area colleagues, classmates, and old friends.

ULI NNJ cordially invites you to participate in an interactive half-day conference. The program designed to showcase excellence in the design and development of K-12 projects. The program will consist of presentations and discourse about specific projects and critical issues relevant to successful K-12 facilities.

At the NJPO Days of Planning during the NJ State League of Municipalities Conference, several sessions will gain credit toward CM.  Registration with NJPO covers all approved sessions over the three day schedule. For more information, visit www.njpo.org or call 908.412.9592

The purpose of these awards is to recognize leadership in public policy and achievement of the full scope of the development process: design, planning, community development and involvement, construction, economic viability, marketing, management and sustainability.

Instructor:  L. Nicolas Ronderos is Senior Planner for Community Development at Regional Plan Association. His work focuses on the interrelation between transportation, land use and real estate.

In this course, learners will serve as a consulting team  to leaders of a community engaged in arts-based community or economic development. Learners will assess the challenges faced by the client, provide a leadership diagnosis, and offer recommendations to help civic or cultural leaders in the community be more effective.

Learners in this course will gain mastery over the fundamentals of urban design. In this interactive course, learners will use a variety of tools to learn urban design vocabulary, understand key concepts, and the ability to analyze and evaluate design strategies.

This course combines the best elements of the two Writing Studios. Part 1 focuses on short forms, such as emails and memos. Part 2 focuses on plans and projects. This course will be offered in an innovative way: through our standard BOCEP online format and through web conferences.