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Events & Conferences

CCAPA provides these listings free of charge as a service to its members and to the public. CCAPA is not affiliated with the parties listed here, and the fact that they are listed should not be taken as any kind of an endorsement, guarantee, or warranty by the CCAPA. CCAPA assumes no responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions by persons or entities in these listings. Submitted material may be edited to fit. CCAPA reserves the right to not post any listing submitted.

Please submit information of any event of interest to the Planning Community to the .


Land Use Education Partnership

Education for land us


e board members co-sponsored by CCAPA throughout the year at various locations. Click here for details and schedule of events

Upcoming Conferences

2009 Southern New England Planning Conference
Call for Session Proposals

SNEAPA 2009 Conference

This year's conference is graciously supported by Sponsors and Exhibitors including:

Planimetrics | DiPrete Engineering | VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | Pare Corporation Inc. | Robinson and Cole | Shipman & Goodwin LLP | Woodard and Curran, Inc. | Maguire Group Inc. | Beals and Thomas, Inc. | RKG Associates | Barry S. Porter & Associates, Inc. | BFJ Planning | MainStreetGIS, LLC | Laberge Group | Horsley Witten Group | Turner Miller Group | RKG Associates


To learn how you can be a Sponsor or Exhibitor, go to www.sneapa.org  Thank you!


The Connecticut, Massachussetts and Rhode Island APA Chapters invite you to be part of the 2009 Conference by submitting a conference session proposal.

The Conference draws up to 500 planners, architects, engineers, landscape architects, and other related professionals.

The first round of the Certification Maintenance (CM) Program for members of AICP
will draw to a close at the end of the year. The 2009 Conference is a great opportunity to maintain professional knowledge and to complete CM requirements.

Preferred Proposal Topics
Management Skills for Planners
Sustainable Development
Regional Solutions
Economic Development / Housing

Other Proposal Topics
Consideration will be given to other topics on a case by case basis.

Presentation Style
Interactive and participatory workshops are encouraged and strongly recommended.

Submission Deadline
June 7, 2009

Submit to
pagini@charter.net

Conference Information
www.SNEAPA.org

Click here for more information


CCAPA Events

2009 CCAPA Awards - Awards Luncheon
Friday, December 4, 2009

Please Join Us In Celebrating the Holiday Season and Recognizing Several Worthy Award Recipients!

Inn at Middletown
70 Main Street
Middletown, CT

Registration begins at 11:30
Lunch Served Noon to 1 pm
Award Presentation 12:45 pm to 2 pm

The buffet lunch will feature harvest soup, salad, salmon and beef entrees and dessert.

Cost :$25.00 at the door (cash or check payable to CCAPA)

PLEASE RSVP by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30th
Space is limited to 100 attendees

RSVP Via Email to:

Town of Ellington
(860) 870-3120
Free parking is available at two adjacent lots.
Metered on-street parking and valet parking are also available.


Reinventing Commercial Strips
Re-Development Design Strategies to Create Mixed-Use Centers
A Workshop Session With Randall Arendt
Thursday, November 12, 2009

This presentation focuses on practical ways of reclaiming existing highway strips characterized by dysfunctionality and visual blight. Multiple strategies blending the twin disciplines of Conservation Design and New Urbanism are discussed for rebuilding these corridors, gradually increasing their functionality and attractiveness. Click here for more information


21st Annual Conference on Urban and Community Forestry in Connecticut
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Join us in exploring how informed management of the roadside environment matters to those concerned about wildlife, environmental quality, invasive plants and animals and, of course, trees. Hear what nursery professionals, wildlife biologists, foresters, an archaeologist and others have to say about the ecology of roadsides. Click here for more information


Rail-Volution 2009
Building Livable Communities with Transit Westin Waterfront Hotel Boston MA
October 29-Nov. 1

This is the 1st time this conference has been held in New England. Early registration deadline is Oct. 6th For the conference program and to register go to: www.railvolution.com
CM Credits Available


Community Builders Institute
2009 Courses

NU's award winning Community Builders Institue teaches the basics of advanced economoic development and land use planning.

Questions? Contact:
Thomas E. Marano CEcD at 860.665.5121 or by

John D. Pagini, AICP at 960.742.7056 or by

Click here for more information about the courses.

Fall Programs (Pending):

  • Cool Tools for One-to-One Marketing in 2009 (CBI Program), Wednesday, September 2, 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (CM credits Pending)

  • Growing Green: A “How to” for All Communities, (CBI Program), Wednesday, October 14, 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (CM credits pending)

  • Investing in Growth, (CBI Program), Tuesday, November 10: 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (CM credits pending)

Traffic Calming - A Connecticut Road Scholar Program Elective Workshop
July 7, 2009 - Farmington, CT
July 8, 2009 - Colchester, CT

Traffic Calming introduces an engineering tool whose primary purpose includes
addressing speed concerns and/or cut-through traffic on residential streets and
enhancing opportunities for non-motorized street users.

This course provides information that can help municipalities establish a rational traffic calming program for their roadways in addition to detailing specific traffic calming devices. It defines traffic calming, describes various traffic calming devices, outlines potential positive and negative impacts on a neighborhood and reviews a sample traffic calming program. It also investigates related issues, such as impacts of traffic calming devices on liability, roadway maintenance and emergency service.
Participants perform case studies; applying traffic calming measures to address traffic concerns.

Who Should Attend: This program is designed for any state and local personnel involved in reducing intersection crashes and roadway safety. Public Works Directors, Highway Superintendents, Road Foremen, Town Engineers and Town Planners are encouraged to attend.

This workshop is sponsored in part by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association.

Click here for more information.


CT Association of Zoning Enforcement Officials’ (CAZEO)
Annual August Field Trip Meeting
August 5, 2009

This meeting will be held in Putnam on “Mill Redevelopment” – please see the following schedule. 

Agenda - Rotary Park – Putnam, CT

11:30 Registration
12:00  Welcome – Mayor Robert Viens & Town  Administrator Doug Cutler
Lunch – Rotary Park (Bandshell if raining)
12:45 Business Meeting
1:00 “Mill Redevelopment” – Delpha Very, Putnam Comm.. Dev. Director & Caitlyn Fisher – Historic Preservation intern

Followed by: Walking mill tour, including Cargill Falls Historic Mill in downtown Putnam.

Fees:
$25.00 Members - $30.00 for all others – including “members” who are delinquent in their Annual Dues                  

Please notify by Friday, July 31st if you plan to attend. Phone - (860) 828-7008

Please pay at luncheon registration by Cash or Checks payable to “CAZEO”

Our Speakers
Delpha Very, Putnam’s Community Development Director is the former 1st Selectman of Woodstock.  Her office is in the Belding Hemingway Mill.

Our Main Speaker, Caitlyn Fisher, is doing an internship at the Community Development office in Putnam with her focus on Mill Redevelopment.  Ms. Fisher is a Brown University graduate and is doing her internship through The 1772 Foundation, a Nationwide Historical Preservation Foundation. 

Directions
From I-84 east, exit Route 74, go right until Route 74 ends, left onto Route 44 east into Putnam.  At light is Kennedy Drive - Cargill Falls is on the left.  Rotary Park is on Kennedy Drive. 

From I-95 North, take 395 North exit, at exit 95 take left onto Kennedy Drive into town.

Parking - take right onto Kennedy Drive - Municipal parking on right and left – walk to Rotary Park, or take left onto Kennedy Drive, pass Park on left – on right is a shopping Center with plenty of Parking, walk across to Rotary Park.


Planning Education at a Distance

New program at the Ohio State University offering online continuing education classes for practitioners and public officials. Planning Education at a Distance (PED) is an Internet based educational tool that provides planners and government officials with on-line urban and regional planning related continuing education opportunities. Through the integration of audio/video components, PowerPoint slides, and reading materials, PED provides participants with hands-on training to strengthen skills needed to both manage land development through planning and bring new planning techniques to your community. Courses focus on current and emerging issues facing the planning community in Ohio and the rest of the country. The result is a web-based learning experience very similar to the physical classroom but in a much more "on-demand" framework.

All of our courses qualify for Kentucky Planning Continuing Education Credit, Tennessee Planning Continuing Education Credit. Many of our courses qualify for AICP Continuing Education Credit. If you are a member of the Ohio, New Jersey of Western Central Chapter of the American Planning Association these courses qualify for the Pilot AICP Mandatory Continuing Education program.

Our current course offerings include

Each of the courses, except AICP Exam Preparation, is designed to take between 4 and 8 hours to complete. Each course includes lectures from experts in the field, reading materials, links to outside resources, and an on-line discussion board. At the end of each course the participant completes an exam. Upon successfully completing the exam, each participant is awarded a certificate of completion.

The AICP Exam Preparation Course is a comprehensive preparation for the AICP exam. This course includes six practice exams, lectures, on-line discussion board, reading materials, and links to outside resources. Participants have access from the time they register through the exam period (for example now through November).

For more information visit:
http://knowlton.osu.edu/ped or contact Jennifer Evans-Cowley 614.247.7479 or by .


Future National Conference Calendar
It's never too early to plan to attend a future APA National Planning Conference.

YEAR CITY DATES HOTEL
2009 Minneapolis April 25-29  
2010 New Orleans April 10-14  
2011 Boston April 9-13  
2012 Los Angeles    
2013 Chicago    

For more information please contact by phone 312.786.6397 or by


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