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APA NY Metro Chapter & AIA/NY
presents
How Zoning Makes Buildings
A panel discussion with the NYCDOB & NYCDCP
Monday, January 26, 2009, 6 - 8 pm
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, NYC
RSVP to AIANY.
For further information, contact APA NY Metro Zoning Committee Chair at Zachary.Bernstein@friedfrank.com and/or view the program flyer.
Qualifies for AICP CM, AIA and CLE credits.
FREE Online APA National Course
"Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments"
Earn 6.0 CM Credits
Click here for more information.
APA 2009 Monthly Webcast SeriesOffers 12 webcasts starting Friday, January 9, 2009
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET
Earn up 18 CM credits (1.5 CM credit per webcast)
Registration on a first-come basis up to 1,000 participants per webcast.
Click here for more information.
Register now for the
Ethics in Planning CD-ROM
January 28, 2009, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
NYMTC, 22nd floor conference room
199 Water Street, NYC
Earn 1.5 Ethics CM Credits
RSVP to office@nyplanning.org
Fee: $10 to Chapter members, payable at the door
View flyer for more information.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The Long Island Section just announced that Arthur Kunz Memorial scholarships will be awarded to up to three entry-level planners (as defined by APA) to attend the National Planning Conference in 2009. The scholarship will pay for conference registration, APA membership for one year, and some additional expenses. In the spirit of Mr. Kunz, a Suffolk County planner and mobile workshop enthusiast, the scholarship will also fund attendance at one mobile workshop. If you are an entry level planner from Long Island or working on Long Island and wish to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2009 conference, send your resume and why you are interested in an email to LongIslandSection@nyplanning.org
Proposed NYC Congestion Price Proposal
Read APANY Metro's March 17, 2008 policy statement to city and state government officials on the proposed proposal.
APA NY Metro/NYMTC program on Transit Oriented Development in Australia
entitled
Postcard to America
Urban Design/Planning
South East Queensland
February 13, 2008
Click here [20 MB .pdf] to view the presentation.
NY Metro's written response to PlaNYC 2030
We invite chapter members to read the NY Metro's response to the Bloomberg Administration's PlaNYC 2030.
Cover letter [.pdf]
NY Metro's response [.pdf]
Diversity Committee response [.pdf]
NY Metro Chapter's Recommendations on the Jamaica Rezoning Plan
Read the chapter's May 23, 2007 letter to Amanda Burden outlining our recommendations on the Jamaica Rezoning Plan.
NY Metro Chapter's Comments to AICP Commission on Certification Maintenance
Read the entire text of NY Metro chapter's March 20, 2007 letter to the AICP Commission on Certification Maintenance Program.
Read the latest CM changes and modifications (as of September 20, 2007) by the AICP Commission.
Ethel Sheffer's "Viewpoint" Article in the July 2007 issue of Planning
Read Ethel Sheffers "Viewpoint" article in the July 2007 issue of Planning magazine on Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 and some of the concerns of the NY Metro Chapter about the plan.
NY Metro Chapter Conference Proceedings
The APA NY Metro Chapter holds a biennial conference on topics and issues of relevance to planners and other professionals in the built environment in the New York metropolitan region. Proceedings of the conferences since 2001 can be accessed through this link.
NY Metro Chapter 2007 Conference Proceedings
Planning for a More Livable New York: Regional Growth, Nature and the Ecological City
October 12, 2007
NYU Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavilion, New York City
Summary of Proceedings
Notice APA NY Metro Planners!
More thoughts and questions on CM.
•Recent Planetizen Op-Ed article
•Stuart Meck email forwarding the Planetizen Op-Ed article
•AICP President's Response to Planetizen Op-Ed article
•AICP Staff Response to Planetizen Op-Ed article
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