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.