The Community Leadership Institute, a two day program focused on strategies to address vacant problem properties and revitalizing communities. The Institute is structured to be a low-cost, relatively small gathering where we can have in-depth discussions that prepare participants to return to their locales armed with perspective needed to address the considerable challenges we face.
Our planning careers are pivoted on building communities, both physically and socially. But what about building literary communities? The premise of the CPBC is simple. Every three months, APA-NJ and APA-NYM will choose a different book for membership to read. Our current selection is Crabgrass Frontiers: The Suburbanization of the United States. On the third month of these quarterly cycles, the chapters will organize an in-person meet-up to discuss the featured book at length. Between the time of introduction and meeting-up, CPBC members are encouraged to participate in an online forum to share their ideas in real-time. Our September 2012 meet-up will be held in Jersey City's The Merchant Bar and Restaurant from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The New Jersey Builders Association is pleased to offer the seminar, "Site Remediation - Your Basic Toolkit," at Woodward & Curran (East Windsor).
This webinar will provide attendees the latest national and state data on housing and transportation relevant to an aging population. Hear how disability rates, family structures, foreclosure rates, and the age of homes have shifted in the decade, as older households adapt to face new and continuing challenges. Learn what’s being done to address issues of affordability. Understand the latest travel patterns of those 65+ as observed in the 2009 National Household Travel Survey. Hear what public and private sector strategies AARP’s planning experts recommend for the creation of lifelong communities. During the webinar, presenters will show their new 6.5 minute video entitled, “Active Living for All Ages: Creating Communities Around Transit,” and discuss how the voices of older adults living in Arlington, VA’s TOD neighborhoods can help win the argument for walkable, mixed-use communities.
Promoting sustainable, inclusive and economically prosperous communities. Â Join 1,000 community, business and labor leaders, clergy, and local elected officials from across the state to press state and national policy makers to act on bi-partisan solutions to pressing problems impacting our communities.
Every fall the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management (NJAFM) conducts an annual conference that attracts over 200 people for a 2-day conference that showcases the state-of-the-art in techniques, programs, resources, materials and equipment, and services to accomplish flood mitigation and other community goals. The 2012 NJAFM Conference will be held October 2-3 at the Palace in Somerset, NJ.
Please join us at this free information session hosted by NJ TRANSIT to promote the sustainable development Local Demonstration Project (LDP) program. These information sessions will educate you on what the LDP is and how to fill out a successful application.
Montclair Center is a vital and evolving downtown, where urban planners have implemented projects for over a century. Join us for a narrated walking tour that will discuss the historic architecture of Montclair Center and a projects past, present and future.
Please join us at this free information session hosted by NJ TRANSIT to promote the sustainable development Local Demonstration Project (LDP) program. These information sessions will educate you on what the LDP is and how to fill out a successful application.
Everyone makes them. But how do you address mistakes and learn from them? A panel of veteran planners working in a variety of settings discuss a common workplace problem and how they have addressed the issue. Learn how the fundamental issue of how you handle mistakes shapes you, your professional life, and your efficacy as a planner. How do you handle the public fallout and how can you turn mistakes into something beneficial? Find out.
TOD is much more than proximity to transit – good urban design is essential to true TOD. This panel will address the key design concepts that distinguish TOD, as well as planning considerations such as land use types, environmental constraints, historic features, and social justice issues.
Join Bordentown City Officials and the American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter to celebrate Downtown Bordentown’s Award as a GREAT PLACE IN NEW JERSEY!  The tour will be guided by Bordentown Mayor James Lynch and former Mayor and Assemblyman Joe Malone, with Deputy Mayor Heather Cheesman, Commissioner Zigmont Targonski and City Clerk Patricia Ryan on hand to offer interesting viewpoints and historical facts about Bordentown.
This year's conference will present innovative economic development strategies and engage participants in discussing how best to develop sustainable communities, neighborhood revitalization, property management, green building, housing for special populations, financial resources and more.
A one-day intensive workshop teaching how to make your community and region destination ready. Designed for business district management organizations, chambers and other municipal, county and regional leaders.Â
Do transportation investments, particularly rail transit investments, facilitate long-term city and regional economic growth? If yes, what is the signficiance of the role of rail transit, versus other factors, in regional economic growth? In this webinar Bill Lee, Executive Vice President of AECOM Economics, will provide an extensive data-based review of three city pairs, each representing two cities that once had similar profile, but with one city that invested in regional rail transit and the other that did not.
MAC URISA 2012 is the largest GIS conference in the Mid-Atlantic region. We are proud to host a comprehensive, multi-day conference that showcases outstanding and innovative uses of GIS technologies in our area.
Join us for Policy Briefing exploring the New Jersey Solar Energy Legislation signed into law by Governor Chris Christie (S-1925). Experts will discuss what is included in the legislation, the land use ramifications, and its impact on the solar market in New Jersey.
This webcast will provide planners and land use lawyers with everything they need to know about the “ins and outs” of the impacts of the booming natural gas industry’s activities on our communities. We start with an overview of the regulation of fracking activities, including federal, state, and local regulations and the consideration of land rights. Then we address in detail the role of planners in jurisdictions where fracking is permitted or is being contemplated, and how that role varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Get ready for what will be APA-NJ's largest conference yet! Â Visit our conference website: www.2012NJPlanningConference.org for more details. Â Registration is open!
Please join us at one of our free information sessions hosted by NJ TRANSIT to promote the sustainable development Local Demonstration Project (LDP) program. These information sessions will educate you on what the LDP is and how to fill out a successful application.
We are pleased to partner with New Jersey Future on the first of their new webinar series. The Nuts and Bolts of Non-Contiguous Clustering, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 12:30 pm, is a one-hour look at this innovative land-preservation tool and how it has been implemented in the state of New Jersey. Three presenters […]
Sponsored by the Women's Transportation Seminar, join a discussion on the various views of the environment for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) for transportation in NJ and how PPPs are evolving in the industry to enhance project delivery options. Learn what is developing with PPPs and how this funding tool may advance construction of new facilities. Hear how NJ state leadership views PPP’s. Find out the latest on this alternative funding source from a representative of the FHWA. And learn about plans at the Port Authority of NY & NJ to engage private partners to replace a major bi-state bridge.
We all know that our usual public meetings aren’t attracting large portions of our populations, and that many of the people we most want to hear from are more likely to use email and web sites than to show up for a council meeting. But with all the websites and whiz-bang online tools out there, what should we be doing? We will explore several different online public participation techniques, from surveying to idea prioritizing and ongoing project management. We will give a real-time demonstration of how several methods and online tools work, and we will spend a little time with the developer of one of these tools to discuss the challenges and protections needed to foster effective online participation.