Training and Webinars
Upcoming Events - Summer 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- APA Nevada Chapter 52nd Annual State Conference – 10.21.24 – 10.22.24, Las Vegas, NV
WEBINARS & CM OPPORTUNITIES:
All at 10 AM Pacific (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED):
- July 12 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
GIS Automation for Planners: Model Builder
Automating software workflows enables planners to conduct analysis to inform decision making accurately and efficiently, opening up more time to engage with results. In this webcast, planners will be introduced to the capabilities of ArcGIS Pro's Model Builder, with a focus on its components and advanced features like iterators and model-specific functions. The session will provide practical tips for creating efficient, modular workflows alongside guidance on developing parameterized tools from models, and considering aspects like workspaces and documentation. Additionally, we'll discuss the limitations of Model Builder in handling highly complex workflows. This session is tailored for planners looking to integrate GIS automation into their work, offering practical insights for effective application to common planning tasks.
APA Technology Division
CM | 1.5
- July 19 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
From NIMBY to Not Impossible, Maybe, Better Yet
Triggers to “Not in My Back Yard” are often rooted in fear. Fear of loss of quality of life, property values, environmental degradation, health effects, or distrust in technology, government, and management. Other triggers can be ideology or impacts on symbolic places. NIMBY-ism is not simply a U.S. phenomenon, it happens everywhere. Research from around the world reveals useful techniques for anticipating NIMBY arguments, improving systems to avoid triggers, and recognition of the importance of local political cultures where “we are in this together” versus “everyone for themselves.”
APA Technology Division
CM | 1.5
- August 2 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Innovative Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) provide many co-benefits. This session will explore how Devens is integrating NbS into all development projects through a combination of education, incentives, and regulations to further the sustainable redevelopment of this former military base. This session will also explore how Devens is using biometric tools to measure the impact of NbS on the subconscious, supporting the design of places and spaces for people first. The Apple Country Natural Climate Solutions Project and Ayer-Devens Pocket Forest Project will be featured as innovative and replicable tools that communities can use to help integrate the natural and built environment.
APA Massachusetts Chapter
CM | 1.5 + SUSTAINABILITY
- August 9 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Located on the east side of the St. Johns River in Putnam County, Fla., East Palatka is a rural farming community that has traditionally been home to potato and cabbage farm laborers. The Gullah Geechee established a community here, and their descendants remain to this day. The community originated in the 19th century and is characterized by brick streets, small-frame residential dwellings, historic churches, a mature natural landscape, and agricultural fields. Seeking to preserve its cultural heritage, limit displacement, and spur equitable economic development opportunities for residents, leaders reached out to the APA Florida Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT) for their expertise in the fields of public policy, planning, historic preservation, and economic development. Along the way, CPAT volunteers used their professional resources to connect the community with the University of Florida to provide further assistance with the implementation of some goals identified by community members. During this webinar, CPAT participants will share their lessons learned, best practices, and the final report action items. This webinar is ideal for planners who work with underserved and rural communities.
APA Florida Chapter
CM | 1.5
- August 23 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
D-PRAT and Serving the Underserved: Lessons on Creative Partnerships
For too many disadvantaged communities, change for the better remains elusive. Access to planning and urban design expertise is limited and often non-existent. The American Planning Association’s Urban Design and Preservation Division (UDP) created and deployed the Design and Preservation Rapid Assistance Team (D-PRAT) to solve problems related to planning, urban design, and historic preservation in collaboration with local governments and community organizations. This unique program has allowed us to engage UDP members as volunteers to help create various partnerships with communities across the country and include other supporting regional and state agencies to address problems on topics such as equity design, climate adaptation, placemaking, historic preservation and main street revitalization. D-PRAT offers a model that can be applied to communities from small rural areas to dense urban centers. The program is centered on an intense two-day workshop focused around a quick-response strategy while daylighting the steps needed to build the framework for long term revitalization opportunities. This unique program has allowed us to engage UDP members as volunteers to help create various partnerships with communities across the country and include other supporting regional and state agencies to address problems on topics such as equity design, climate adaptation, placemaking, historic preservation and main street revitalization. D-PRAT offers a model that can be applied to communities from small rural areas to dense urban centers. The program is centered on an intense two-day workshop focused around a quick-response strategy while daylighting the steps needed to build the framework for long term revitalization opportunities.
APA Urban Design and Preservation Division
CM | 1.5
Click on the title links to register. You can see the current listing of all webcasts at www.ohioplanning.org/planningwebcast.
CM credits can be claimed by looking up the sponsoring Chapter or Division as provider
2024 Distance Education: The following are available for CM credit on demand until 12.31.24:
- New Developments in Planning Case Law – 1.5 CM + 1 LAW
https://www.ohioplanning.org/aws/APAOH/pt/sp/webcast_ondemand