| October 22, 2010 | | 12:30 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
A symposium for Practicing and emerging planners and community development professionals
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010
Time: 12:30 – 6:00 pm
Location: Cabot Auditorium, Tufts University, 170 Packard Ave. Medford, MA
Join emerging and practicing planners and community development professionals from the greater Boston area for a lively symposium exploring the opportunities and challenges of planning for our increasingly diverse cities. Guest planners and community development professionals will highlight effective planning strategies for engaging diverse communities–citing real-world experiences. Through lecture and facilitated dialogue, practical strategies for promoting cultural understanding and equity in planning practice will also be explored. The symposium will also feature regional and/or national experts on the topic of intercultural city planning and culturally competent planning.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact: TuftsICP@gmail.com.
Tentative Agenda
- 12:30-12:40 pm: Welcome and Introductions
- 12:40-12:55 pm: Research Presentation: “When Equity is Not Enough: An Investigation into Cultural Competency in Planning Education”
- 12:55 – 2:10 pm: Panel Discussion: Planning in Diverse Cities
Guests: Local Planners
- 2:10 – 3:15 pm: Breakout Discussions by Topic
Guests: Local Planners, UEP Alumni, UEP faculty
- 3:15 – 3:45 pm: Break and Refreshments
- 3:45 – 4:45 pm: Keynote Speaker
- 4:45 – 6:00 pm: Panel Discussion: Planning with Community Partners
Guests: community development professionals (TBA)
About the Tufts UEP Intercultural Planning Group
The UEP Intercultural Planning Group envisions UEP graduates celebrating diversity in planning; taking part in forming communities where diversity is celebrated and communities of a variety of cultures, classes and races form a mosaic of prosperous communities. Our first step in that direction is hosting the symposium titled “Planning for The Intercultural City: Practice and Visions.”
Space is limited; please RSVP online http://www.interculturalcity.eventbrite.com
Looking for accessible, convenient, and affordable online planning education? The American Planning Association now offers a series of online courses on the latest topics in planning, hosted with their learning partner, Captus Press.
Each course contains interactive multimedia presentations and downloadable PowerPoints. Progress quizzes to consolidate your learning and a discussion group where you can interact freely with other planning professionals is available for each course.
Full details and course descriptions
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association
Mass Housing Partnership
American Planning Association of MA
Date: September 30, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: United Church of Christ Conference Center: Framingham, MA
This workshop will highlight different strategies communities have successfully used to foster local support for planning and development activities that promote affordable housing. Topics include:
- Organizational development
- Community outreach and innovative initiatives
- Developing local leadership
- Case study: 89 Oxbow, Wayland
Who should attend: municipal officials, board and commission members, housing partnerships and committees, community development and planning staff, housing advocates, developers, and housing authorities.
For more information contact:
Miryam Bobadilla at Miryam.Bobadilla@state.ma.us
Connie Kruger at CKruger@mhp.net
| June 9, 2010 | | 8:30 am | to | 3:30 pm | | June 10, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 12:30 pm |
How to Keep & Attract Businesses to Your Downtown
Date: June 9 & 10, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 3:30pm (June 9), 9:00am – 12:30 (June 10)
Location: Newburyport City Hall, 60 Pleasant St., Newburyport, MA, 01950
This workshop will examine the fundamental economic principles that support a strong and vibrant downtown. Peg Barringer, Finepoint Associates, will provide information and techniques on how to use these principles to strengthen existing businesses and recruit new businesses.
The second day of the workshop speakers will highlight successful implementation of these concepts.
Speakers for June 10:
Ann Lagasse, Leasing Director, Newburyport Development
Sheila Pwomey, Leasing Manager, Newburyport Development
Maria Dickinson, Economic Development Officer, City of Lowell
Registration Deadline is May 28, 2010
Register online: www.mass.gov/dhcd
| May 18, 2010 | | 8:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
New ideas on the enhancement and sustainability of America’s public transportation resources.
Date: May 18, 2010
Time: 8:00am – 3:00pm
Location: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Keynote Speakers:
U.S. Congressman John W Oliver
U.S. Department of Transportation Under Secretary for Policy Roy W. Kienitz
U.S. Federal Transit Administrator Peter M. Rogoff
In addition to business and government leaders and transportation experts, the Summit will feature a rare panel discussion with General Managers of five of the largest transit systems in the nation - Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, and Washington, DC.
America’s network of transit systems is one of our most effective economic engines as well as a key player in the effort to reduce emissions that cause greenhouse gases. Yet many of these systems, particularly those in our largest cities, are financially and physically distressed. Solutions to the financing and management of metropolitan transit issues are too often caught in the crossfire of local control and parochial politics, leaving little consideration for the innovative, broadly applied solutions that could enhance and sustain these resources throughout the country.
The National Transit Summit brings together practitioners and policymakers, environmentalists and industry leaders to exchange ideas and forge a practical agenda for improving our transit systems and financing their sustainability to meet society’s needs now and for the future.
To RSVP: please send an email to kmillios@massinc.org, including your name, company,
email and phone number
Additional Information here
Presented by the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
Date: June 10, 2010
Time: 8:30am
Location: UMass Boston Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom (100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125)
Join the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance (MSGA) as they kick off their new Great Neighborhoods program, which will help residents create communities that are affordable, diverse, walkable, and have a high quality of life.
Learn how other cities and towns broadened opportunities for local residents.
Listen for lessons that metro Boston should adopt.
Share your ideas in discussions with panelists and Smart Growth Alliance members.
Additional information and registration here
| April 28, 2010 | to | April 29, 2010 |
Sponsored by New Urban Research
Date: April 28-29, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Location: Hyatt Place Boston/Medford – 116 Riverside Ave. Medford, MA 02115
Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3.1 in order to:
- Create Thematic Maps
- Address Mapping
- Download and Map Census & American Community Survey Data
- Conduct Spatial Queries
- Download Free Shapfiles
- Create Well Designed Maps
Additional information and registration:
http://www.urban-research.info/workshops/massachusetts-gis.htm
| June 9, 2010 | to | June 10, 2010 |
Date: June 9-10, 2010
Location: Marriott Spring Hill Suites at Devens
Registration Fee: $125.00
Community development and housing professionals from around the state will be the featured speakers at the fourth annual Massachusetts Housing Institute for local officials.
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP), Citizen’s Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association (MA APA), the event will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, June 9-10, at the Marriott Spring Hill Suites and Conference Center at Devens. Click here for a schedule of the two-day program and a list of scheduled presenters.
The two-day intensive workshop is designed for local officials, planners, housing committees, community preservation committees, housing trusts, and others who are working to provide housing options for their community. Planners can expect to receive 10-12 American Institute Certified Palnners (AICP) Certification Maintenance credits for sessions offered at the Housing Institute.
Topics that will be covered during the workshop include housing finance, building local support, working with distressed properties, and local success stories.
To sign-up for this year’s Housing Institute or for more information contact MHP’s Dina Vargo at 617-330-9944 ext. 260 or at dvargo@mhp.net
| April 28, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 3:30 pm |
Co-Sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development and the Metropolitan Area Planning Committee
Date: April 28, 2010
Time: 9:00am-3:30pm
Location: Cary Memorial Library (1874 Massachusetts Avenue. Lexington, MA 02420)
The concept of managing public parking is taking hold in communities throughout the Commonwealth. Cities and towns are grappling with questions that range from how to develop a lease with a private entity, to what is the right price for metered parking? Jason Schreiber, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, will review the concepts that support parking management and bring new information, with MA examples, to the specifics of how to implement this economic development tool.
Additional Information and Registration Here
Registration Deadline is April, 16, 2010
Please direct any questions to Emmy Hahn
elizabeth.hahn@state.ma.us
617-573-1364
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Lecture
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Lincoln House (113 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138)
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council, responsible under state law for developing a comprehensive regional plan for the Greater Boston region, sought the involvement of some 5,000 individuals and organizations to craft MetroFuture, a plan adopted in December 2008, after five years in the making. The plan has a focus on growth where people already live, work, and play, linked by an efficient transportation system and surrounded by a protected set of natural resources and amenities. Marc Draisen, executive director of MAPC, will reflect on the initiative’s success, challenges, and lessons learned, as MetroFuture is now poised to go from plan to implementation and action.
The event is free but pre-registration is required
For additional information and registration, please contact:
lincolninstitute@resource-plus.com
(888) 845-8759
online registration available here
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