DMV Urban Planning + Design Professionals

This will be an opportunity for planners and designers–from entry level to senior executives–to network, share their professional experiences, and toast to fellowship. We will provide games, music, light hors d'oeuvres, and limited wine. Guests have the option to purchase additional food and beverages from the As You Are Menu. 

Price of admission is $10, all forms of payment will be accepted at the door.

Brought to you by: Valecia Wilson, Ebony Dumas, Jess Williams, and Matt Jones

When: March 27th @ 6pm 

Where: 500 8th Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003

Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

Thursday, March 21 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Participants of this live webinar are eligible for 1.5 AICP CM credits.

Transportation expert Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus on the underlying geometry that all transit systems share. Jarrett’s gift is being able to break down the basic principles of public transit so that you may have the tools necessary to clarify and advocate for your own values.

Join Walker as he talks about his new book, Human Transit, and offers guidance to achieve successful public transit that will enrich any community.

This event is hosted by the Maryland Department of Planning.

Find out more and register for this free webinar via the link below.

"Building Community Resilience"
Thursday, March 21 | 12pm-1:30pm[1.5 CM: 9287054] 

Planners in Delaware are empowering local communities to develop resiliency and sustainability plans and to complete local mitigation projects to build community resilience. This webinar will feature a panel of speakers that will share examples of planning resources and local projects that are benefiting Delaware’s vulnerable communities. The audience will gain valuable resources and best practices that they can replicate in the context of their own communities.


Speakers:

Stephanie Johnson
Director, DelDOT’s Division of Transportation Resiliency and Sustainability

Ed Lewandowski
Coastal Communities Development Specialist, Delaware Sea Grant Program/Marine Advisory Service at the University of Delaware

Michelle Koenig
Director of Conservation and Watershed Planning, Delaware Center for the Inland Bays

Moderator:

Joshua Thomas, AICP
Office of State Planning Coordination, Delaware

Monthly Online Executive Committee Meeting

Please join the Maryland APA ring in the holiday season and hear from Jake Day, Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development Dr. Calvin Ball, Howard County Executive, and others from the housing community discuss ways they are addressing the housing crisis in Maryland.

COST:  A DONATION TO MD APA IS APPRECIATED TO OFF-SET THE COST OF THE EVENT.  STUDENTS WITH A STUDENT ID ARE FREE.

Online Webinar: Thursday, November 9th | 12:00pm-1:30pm

CM Credit Pending
This webinar will explore the Chesapeake Bay Program’s 1-meter resolution Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) data and how it can be used by local land use planners. Speakers will present case studies of how they’ve used the LULC data in their work: 1) best management practice implementation to maximize local watershed restoration efforts 2) tracking tree canopy cover changes and prioritizing planting locations to meet Climate Action Plan goals 3) state-wide land use map for comprehensive planning and land preservation. The high-resolution LULC can be coupled with high-resolution hydrography data to target stream restoration efforts, identify riparian planting opportunities, develop watershed restoration plans and more.

Speakers: 

• Sarah McDonald, US Geological Survey

• Scott Heidel, PA Department of Environmental Protection

• Bill Mahoney, Howard County, MD

• Deb Sward, Maryland Department of Planning

Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration Webinar
Thursday, October 5 | 12pm-1pm

 “The plan wasn’t implemented.” This is an all-too-common lament about comprehensive plans. It is a proverbial tale familiar even to those who are not planners. A plan sits on the shelf and collects dust. There are different things planners can do to create plans that are practical and lead to results. The webinar will discuss the “implementable comprehensive plan” approach – principles and steps communities can employ to create plans elected officials and citizens embrace and partners join in to help implement. The webinar will highlight case studies and lessons learned as the implementable plan has grown as a movement in Pennsylvania.

The webinar will discuss five keys for an implementable plan. The keys include suggestions for a plan’s content, organization, process steps, and participants. The webinar will take a closer look at how the five keys have been applied in recent comprehensive plans to involve elected officials and the public, undertake problem-solving work sessions, design workable action plans, and create capacity to implement the plan. The webinar will challenge planners. Are they driven by helping a community achieve its aspirations and address its problems and needs or by the exercise of writing a book? Do they focus on the real issues a community is facing or a perceived statutory template? Presenters Denny Puko and Jim Pashek are pioneers of the implementable plan approach. Ideas they will present come from their book Off the Shelf and Into Action, How to Create an Implementable Comprehensive Plan.

Speakers:

Denny Puko
Denny Puko Planning Consultant LLC

Jim Pashek
Pashek+MTR

[CM Credit Pending]  Updated 9/25

Register for MAPC Webinar

https://arch.umd.edu/events/karl-f-g-du-puy-lecture-urban-design

Karl F. G. Du Puy Lecture in Urban Design

Friday, September 8, 2023
6 - 7:15pm

Great Space

3835 Campus Drive
Architecture Building (145 ARC)
College Park, MD 20742

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You are invited to the inaugural 

Karl F.G. Du Puy Lecture in Urban Design 

featuring a conversation between

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA, LEED AP

and

Professor Brian Kelly, AIA 

REGISTER HERE

*Registration is required

Reception to follow outside the Kibel Gallery

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA, LEED AP is the Malcolm Matheson Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master of Urban Design Program at the University of Miami. She is recognized as a leader of the movement called the New Urbanism, promoting walkable resilient urban design. A co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism in 1992, her teaching, research and consulting professional practice has ranged across new community design, community rebuilding, regional plans and zoning codes. A number of innovations in professional practice, such as the traditional neighborhood design zoning code (TND), were initiated with students in the University of Miami’s School of Architecture design studios and first implemented through community outreach in South Florida.

Brian Kelly, AIA is Associate Dean for Development and Faculty Affairs and Professor in the Architecture Program at the University of Maryland College Park, where he teaches introductory design studios, site design and analysis, and graduate studios that focus on campus planning and academic architecture. He received his professional degree from the University of Notre Dame and a post-professional degree in urban design from Cornell University. His scholarly work includes speculations on teaching methodology, the design process, relationships between traditions and modernity, and of course campus planning. Kelly's plein air watercolors, charcoal drawings, and sketchbook drawings have been exhibited widely and were part of a traveling exhibition Lines of Inquiry: The Architectural Drawings of Brian Kelly. 

The Karl F.G. Du Puy Lecture in Urban Design was created in 2021 to honor the memory and legacy of Professor Du Puy, a force of nature and a giant within the Architecture Program at the University of Maryland where his passion for urbanism, architectural history and building craft was a foundational part of the curriculum. This lecture will continue to raise issues of urban design and inform future built environment professionals about their responsibility to the city. 

 SUPPORT THE LECTURE

Join planners from around the state to hear from Maryland Department of Planning Secretary Flora and Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Wiedefeld as they embark on their new roles.

Ticket includes: light food, non-alcoholic beverages at the event and a complementary drink ticket to utilize following the event at Diamondback Brewing Company.

Proceeds will benefit the APA Maryland Student Scholarship fun. Cost $5.

DATE: Thursday, June 15, 2023

TIME: 5:30 PM

PLACE: Baltimore Metropolitan Council Office (1500 Whetstone Way Suite 300, Baltimore MD) 

COST: $5

Register: Eventbrite

Monthly APA Executive Committee Meeting.

Monthly meeting with Executive Committee Members.

Joint Conference to coincide with the National Planning Conference.
Info and registration here.

Please join APA Maryland for their annual meeting to discuss the status of the Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). You will hear updates from our regional representatives and the Chapter President. Also take advantage of the opportunity to network with other planners from across the state of Maryland. Refreshments will be provided along with an open bar (beer and wine).

Location, Parking & Directions: This event will take place at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) Headquarters on the 3rd Floor of the Rampart Building (Library and Conference Area).
Get information on Parking & Directions here: https://baltometro.org/directions

Tentative Agenda:

4:00-5:00pm: Call meeting to order (Conference Area)5:00pm: Annual meeting adjourned and Happy Hour Begins5:00-7:00p: Games, Socialize, and Network (Library)7:00pm: Adjourn.

Registration for this event is $15. All proceeds will contribute to our scholarship fund.

Contact: Email contact@APAMaryland.org if there are any questions.

MORE INFO TO COME:

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 9am-4pm  @ Serenity Farm/Farm4Hunger in Southern Maryland

APA conference on Post COVID-19 Planning – Agriculture – Climate Change

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-apa-national-capital-area-chapter-conference-tickets-409900632827

2022 In Person Conference

About this event

Please join the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association for our annual 2022 conference.

This year's conference will be in-person at UDC's Van Ness Campus on Friday September 30th. We will also be having mobile workshops on Saturday, October 1st.

This year's conference will be our first in-person live event since 2010=9, and we cannot wait to see you.

Per UDC's and the DC Government's regulations, proof of vaccination will be required to attend the conference.

The conference fee is $20, and it will include at least 7 CM Credits (including 2 Mandatory), breakfast, lunch and a few surprises.

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Please join Morgan State University's School of Architecture and Planning on Tuesday December 14 at 5:30pm for their semester-culminating virtual Super Jury Presentations. Super Jury is a time where students are also able to present on various planning-related projects and gain the perspectives of various planners and built environment professionals.

This is a fantastic learning opportunity for current students and a way to see the work of emerging planners in the field! Click link below to join!

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Virtual AICP Group Study. Please contact mdapaemergingplanners@gmail.com for more info

Cycling is a sustainable means of urban travel. It has the potential to serve many short- and medium-distance trips—for commuting to and from work and school, shopping, and visiting friends—as well as providing recreation and exercise. Cycling promotes physical, social, and mental health, helps reduce car use, enhances mobility and independence, and is economical for both public and personal budgets. This presentation explores how to make city cycling safe, practical, and convenient for a broad spectrum of ages, genders, and abilities. Buehler and Pucher discuss the latest cycling trends and policies around the world and consider specific aspects of cycling. Based on data from 2019-2020 from cities around the world, they also review the impacts of COVID-19 on cycling levels and government policies to promote cycling. Taken together, the presentation demonstrates that successful promotion of cycling depends on a coordinated package of mutually supportive infrastructure, programs, and policies. Cycling should be made feasible for as many people as possible and not limited to especially fit, daring, well-trained cyclists riding expensive bicycles. The talk is based on their recent co-edited book Cycling for Sustainable Cities (MIT Press).

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