Training and Webinars

Upcoming Events - 2025

May 30 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

APA’s Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook

Jason Jordan, APA Policy Director, and Andrea Brown, APA Michigan Chapter Executive Director, will present the APA's Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook, and show how planners can partner with elected officials and stakeholders to promote innovative housing strategies and a more open and timely process for the review of proposed new residential developments. Owen Beitsch will add a private practice perspective on how economic and environmental factors can affect the development review process, and outline steps that planners can take to minimize delays due to these factors.

APA Private Practice Division

CM | 1.5

  • June 5 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Multi-Modal Transportation Impact Studies

The session will focus on preparing and reviewing multimodal transportation impact assessments rather than just preparing a traffic impact study. A review of the recently updated Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) Recommended Practice on Preparing and Review of Multimodal Transportation Impact Assessments will explain the benefits. Speakers from cities that have developed and applied a new multimodal process will explain their process and the lessons learned. Dan Hardy, the Chair of ITE’s Committee, will review its Recommended Practices on Multimodal Transportation Impact Analyses for site development. Melissa Hayes, the Project Manager for the City of Nashville, will describe how the city replaced traffic impact studies with multimodal guidelines. Nashville applied ITE’s recommended practices along with examples from Austin, Seattle, San Jose, and Washington, D.C. Melissa and dan’s work will be discussed to show the positive impact on not only Nashville, but other communities.

APA Private Practice Division & Transportation Planning Division

CM | 1.5

  • June 6 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Utility Scale Renewable Energy

The State of Michigan's MI Healthy Climate Plan and the subsequent adoption of PA233 has resulted in communities needing to consider renewable energy development, including solar energy, wind energy, substations, and battery storage. Join us for a deep-dive into planning and zoning for renewable energy so you can better guide your communities to a position that is based on good planning.

APA Michigan Chapter

CM | 1.5 + SUSTAINABILITY

  • June 20 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

The Power of Parcel Data: Leveraging Land Ownership Information and Water Insights for Smarter Planning

Every water challenge — whether it’s managing resources during drought, guiding development through availability assessments, restoring wetlands, or protecting watersheds — starts with a foundational question: Who owns the land? Land ownership determines access, responsibility, and the potential for action. Yet for planners and water professionals, this data has historically been difficult to access and integrate. To bridge this gap, the Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) — a mission-driven organization enabling data-driven decisions for the greater good of land, water, and people — has developed a nationwide parcel database that reveals, with unmatched precision and interoperability, who owns what land across jurisdictions, state boundaries, and complex ownership structures. CGS is exploring new opportunities to weave water data into this platform and open the door for deeper insights into how land and water systems connect. This webinar will introduce the unique dataset, share early use cases, and invite discussion about how integrating land ownership and water data can help planners and water managers answer questions like: “Who owns land critical to watershed health?” and “Where are land use patterns influencing water access or infrastructure investments?” Join us for a preview of what’s possible at the intersection of land and water data — and help shape where we go next.

APA Water and Planning Network

CM | 1.5 + SUSTAINABILITY

CM | 1.5 + SUSTAINABILITY

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CM credits can be claimed by looking up the sponsoring Chapter or Division as provider

2025 Distance Education: The following are available for CM credit on demand until 12.31.25:

https://www.ohioplanning.org/aws/APAOH/pt/sp/webcast_ondemand