The Internet has allowed a new ease in citizen communication and engagement.  This citizen input has materialized through the Internet and more specifically through e-mail, blogs, interactive websites, U Tube, My Space, Facebook, and now Twitter.  Most people’s cell phones are now powerful tools for communicating with each other.  However, the amount of information which goes out via these tools on a daily basis is somewhat overwhelming and seems hard to get a handle on.

Description Come join members of the YPG in discussing future programs and activities! All ideas are welcome!

In the last two decades, communities across the nation have come to value bicycle and pedestrian facilities – sidewalks, bike lanes, shared use paths – as significant community assets. Bicycle and pedestrian facilities provide direct benefits to residents and employees, connecting people to local destinations and increasing access to recreational opportunities.

While individual planners strive to attain the high ethical standards of the AICP Code of Ethics, the office environment is certainly a contributing factor to ethical practice. Learn from Carol Barrett, FAICP as she shares helpful advise on how to work to create and sustain an ethical office environment. She will explore common ethical challenges in the office and approaches to resolve these ethical conflicts.

The “Impacts and Opportunities of an Aging Population” webinar will explore the new world that is being created by the seismic demographic shift that begins on January 1, 2011 when the first of the Baby Boomer generation celebrates their 65th birthday. Over the next 20 years (2030) the older adult population will double to 71 million and, by 2050, the population of our seniors will be equal to that of our youth (109,090,000 vs 109,147,000).