From APA:
"Strong Cities, Strong Communities
August 2, 2012
8:00am – 9:00am (networking breakfast beginning at 7:30am)
American Planning Association
1030 15th St., NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Featured Speaker
Mark Linton, Executive Director of the White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities
Please join the American Planning Association for a policy breakfast discussion on the Obama’s Administration’s creative interagency partnership, the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Initiative. Created last summer, the program aims to help economically struggling cities leverage resources to create lasting economic development and prosperity. This initiative brings together key federal agencies, including HUD and the Economic Development Administration, and is touted by the Obama Administration as a significant policy innovation to address challenges facing the nation’s urban communities.
The original pilot program focused on six cities that have experienced significant economic challenges, providing the cities with federal officials and other experts to offer their insight and help build capacity to focus on creative solutions. Recently, the Administration announced the availability of $11 million to expand the program beyond the original six cities and to create a new competitive grant program that allows cities to offer cash prizes for innovative economic development ideas. Mark Linton, the Executive Director of the White House Council on SC2, will discuss how this innovative program is helping cities leverage resources and find unique solutions in difficult economic climates and what resources SC2 plans to provide to cities in the future.
Join APA for an examination of this new federal initiative and a discussion of how federal policy can support economic development in urban communities. APA hosts quarterly policy breakfasts featuring leading experts, policymakers and thought leaders talking about the key issues affecting planning and community development. Light breakfast and coffee will be provided.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to govtaffairs@planning.org if you plan to attend."
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
May 8 APA Policy Breakfast on Housing Policy
From APA:
"APA Policy Breakfast
The Rise of Renting & the Future of Housing Policy
May 8, 2012
8:00–9:00 a.m. (networking breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m.)
American Planning Association
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Featured Speaker
Matthew Yglesias
Slate's business and economics correspondent, writer of the Moneybox blog & author of the newly published The Rent is Too Damn High
Please join the American Planning Association for a policy breakfast discussion on the impact of the rise of rental and multifamily housing on housing and community policy and economics. Homeownership and mortgage policies were at the center of the housing crisis that plunged the nation into the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Increasingly, it appears that recovery in the housing market will be driven by renters and multifamily housing.
Both demographic and real estate trends point to the vital role of rental housing in building strong communities and the overall economy.
· Nationwide apartment vacancy rates are at a decade low while average rents continue to rise to the highest level in more than four years.
· Housing construction has been led by multifamily housing starts with single family construction continuing to decline. In February, multifamily starts grew 21.1% while single family starts declined nearly 10%. Multifamily housing construction is up 85.4% from a year ago and has fully recovered to pre-recession levels.
· Morgan Stanley estimates that converting foreclosed properties to rental properties would generate 1.8 million jobs.
· Three large population segments likely to dominate the housing market: Gen Y, retiring baby boomers, and homeowners displaced during the recession show strong preferences for multifamily and rental housing.
What are the implications of this shift for policymakers and planners? How should housing policy — from Washington to local zoning boards — change in response to the demand for rental and multifamily housing? How should housing and neighborhood policy respond to the challenge of foreclosed properties? How should housing finance policy and institutions change?
Join APA for an examination of these trends, policy options and the implications for the nation's communities. APA hosts quarterly policy breakfasts featuring leading experts, policymakers and thought leaders talking about the key issues affecting planning and community development.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to govtaffairs@planning.org if you plan to attend.
About the Speaker
Matthew Yglesias is Slate's business and economics correspondent. Before joining the magazine he worked for the Center for American Progress' ThinkProgress blog, the Atlantic, TPM Media, and the American Prospect. His first book, Heads in the Sand, was published in 2008. His second, The Rent Is Too Damn High, was published in March. His popular twitter feed (@mattyglesias) has nearly 40,000 followers."
"APA Policy Breakfast
The Rise of Renting & the Future of Housing Policy
May 8, 2012
8:00–9:00 a.m. (networking breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m.)
American Planning Association
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Featured Speaker
Matthew Yglesias
Slate's business and economics correspondent, writer of the Moneybox blog & author of the newly published The Rent is Too Damn High
Please join the American Planning Association for a policy breakfast discussion on the impact of the rise of rental and multifamily housing on housing and community policy and economics. Homeownership and mortgage policies were at the center of the housing crisis that plunged the nation into the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Increasingly, it appears that recovery in the housing market will be driven by renters and multifamily housing.
Both demographic and real estate trends point to the vital role of rental housing in building strong communities and the overall economy.
· Nationwide apartment vacancy rates are at a decade low while average rents continue to rise to the highest level in more than four years.
· Housing construction has been led by multifamily housing starts with single family construction continuing to decline. In February, multifamily starts grew 21.1% while single family starts declined nearly 10%. Multifamily housing construction is up 85.4% from a year ago and has fully recovered to pre-recession levels.
· Morgan Stanley estimates that converting foreclosed properties to rental properties would generate 1.8 million jobs.
· Three large population segments likely to dominate the housing market: Gen Y, retiring baby boomers, and homeowners displaced during the recession show strong preferences for multifamily and rental housing.
What are the implications of this shift for policymakers and planners? How should housing policy — from Washington to local zoning boards — change in response to the demand for rental and multifamily housing? How should housing and neighborhood policy respond to the challenge of foreclosed properties? How should housing finance policy and institutions change?
Join APA for an examination of these trends, policy options and the implications for the nation's communities. APA hosts quarterly policy breakfasts featuring leading experts, policymakers and thought leaders talking about the key issues affecting planning and community development.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to govtaffairs@planning.org if you plan to attend.
About the Speaker
Matthew Yglesias is Slate's business and economics correspondent. Before joining the magazine he worked for the Center for American Progress' ThinkProgress blog, the Atlantic, TPM Media, and the American Prospect. His first book, Heads in the Sand, was published in 2008. His second, The Rent Is Too Damn High, was published in March. His popular twitter feed (@mattyglesias) has nearly 40,000 followers."
Friday, April 6, 2012
Apr 10 Tuesdays at APA: The Sociable City
You’re Invited!
Tuesdays at APA-DC
April 10 @ 5:30pm
The Sociable City: Planning, Smart Growth, and the Nighttime Economy
Speaker: Jim Peters
President, Responsible Hospitality Institute
Planning for people in a dense, highly concentrated space requires adapting Smart Growth policy to the nighttime economy and increased demand for places to socialize. More extensive consideration of zoning, transportation, and public resource allocation is necessary to attract the people who want to work, study, and play where they live.
Jim Peters, president of the Responsible Hospitality Institute, will share lessons learned from providing consultation services to more than four dozen U.S. and Canadian cities to better plan, manage, and police hospitality zones transitioning from day to evening to late-night activity. An author and a speaker at conferences worldwide, Peters blends his understanding of generational needs to meet and socialize with practical application of core principles gathered from research and documentation of success.
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RSVP for April 10 Tuesdays at APA
Learn more about this event and upcoming events on the APA website
Tuesdays at APA–DC
Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects.
The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers.
Directions
Please enter on 15th Street and check in with security desk
American Planning Association - Headquarters
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Metro – Farragut North (red line)
McPherson Square (orange/blue lines)
Parking available in paid parking lots or on street
Several Capital Bikeshare stations are also nearby
We hope to see you there!
Tuesdays at APA-DC
April 10 @ 5:30pm
The Sociable City: Planning, Smart Growth, and the Nighttime Economy
Speaker: Jim Peters
President, Responsible Hospitality Institute
Planning for people in a dense, highly concentrated space requires adapting Smart Growth policy to the nighttime economy and increased demand for places to socialize. More extensive consideration of zoning, transportation, and public resource allocation is necessary to attract the people who want to work, study, and play where they live.
Jim Peters, president of the Responsible Hospitality Institute, will share lessons learned from providing consultation services to more than four dozen U.S. and Canadian cities to better plan, manage, and police hospitality zones transitioning from day to evening to late-night activity. An author and a speaker at conferences worldwide, Peters blends his understanding of generational needs to meet and socialize with practical application of core principles gathered from research and documentation of success.
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RSVP for April 10 Tuesdays at APA
Learn more about this event and upcoming events on the APA website
Tuesdays at APA–DC
Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects.
The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers.
Directions
Please enter on 15th Street and check in with security desk
American Planning Association - Headquarters
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Metro – Farragut North (red line)
McPherson Square (orange/blue lines)
Parking available in paid parking lots or on street
Several Capital Bikeshare stations are also nearby
We hope to see you there!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Jan 20 APA Communications Bootcamp Webinar on Social Media
From the American Planning Association:
"Resolve to Become a Better Advocate for Planning In 2012
APA can help you do it with Communications Boot Camp, which continues this month with a guide to working with elected officials and a webinar on social media.
Do your community's elected officials understand the value of planning? Do they stand up — and speak out — to support your work? If they're less-than-powerful advocates, turn to our how-to guide, "Working with Elected Officials," to learn how to identify potential allies and turn them into effective planning champions. This essential guide, prepared by APA Government Affairs Director Jason Jordan, will be available on the boot camp webpage on January 13.
You may register now for the last webinar in the boot camp series, "Social Media Strategies: Using, Organizing, Monitoring and Responding," on January 20. Panelists will review social media and give real-world examples of planners — and planning opponents — who are using them to great effect. Find out how you can implement these potent tools in your own work.
Register for the January 20 webinar
Previous how-to guides and recorded webinars are archived on the Communications Boot Camp webpage. All boot camp resources are free for APA members. Communications Boot Camp does not offer CM credit.
Communications Boot Camp webpage"
"Resolve to Become a Better Advocate for Planning In 2012
APA can help you do it with Communications Boot Camp, which continues this month with a guide to working with elected officials and a webinar on social media.
Do your community's elected officials understand the value of planning? Do they stand up — and speak out — to support your work? If they're less-than-powerful advocates, turn to our how-to guide, "Working with Elected Officials," to learn how to identify potential allies and turn them into effective planning champions. This essential guide, prepared by APA Government Affairs Director Jason Jordan, will be available on the boot camp webpage on January 13.
You may register now for the last webinar in the boot camp series, "Social Media Strategies: Using, Organizing, Monitoring and Responding," on January 20. Panelists will review social media and give real-world examples of planners — and planning opponents — who are using them to great effect. Find out how you can implement these potent tools in your own work.
Register for the January 20 webinar
Previous how-to guides and recorded webinars are archived on the Communications Boot Camp webpage. All boot camp resources are free for APA members. Communications Boot Camp does not offer CM credit.
Communications Boot Camp webpage"
Sunday, October 16, 2011
October 2011 APA Regional and Intergovernmental E-News
E-News
October 2011
Additional Free Webinar on Chesapeake Bay Restoration Program
On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM EDT, the APA Regional and Intergovernmental Planning Division, with support from the APA Latinos and Planning Division, will sponsor a second webinar on the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Program. The Division’s first webinar on this subject was held in late May, and focused on US EPA and State of Maryland activities related to Chesapeake Bay water quality. The upcoming webinar will concentrate on State of Virginia activities.
The first hour of the program will feature presentations by the following panelists: (1) John Carlock, AICP, Deputy Executive Director for the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News area); (2) Jeffrey Corbin, Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for the Chesapeake Bay and Anacostia River; and (3), Anthony Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Virginia Department of Natural Resources for Chesapeake Bay Restoration. The last half hour of the webinar will be open to questions from the listening audience around the country. One and one half AICP Certification Maintenance credits are available.
The Chesapeake Bay Restoration program has been underway since the mid-1980’s. A recent consent order directed the EPA to take a stronger role. Initially, the states submitted their general strategies in the latter part of 2010 and early 2011 to implement the EPA directed program. Now the states are working with local and regional agencies in developing implementation steps.
To register for this webinar, go to the following link:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/
FY2012 APA RIPD Draft Work Plan Available for Review
Attached is a draft work plan and budget for the APA Regional and Intergovernmental Planning Division for FY2012. Please send any comments on the proposed budget to Division Chair to Board Chair Bob Leiter ble@sandag.org by Monday October 24, 2011.Saturday, October 1, 2011
APA Transporation Division Business Meeting and Reception at Railvolution 2011 in DC - Invitation to APA Virginia Members
APA Virginia was pleased to receive the sponsorship of APA’s Transportation Planning Division for the Transportation Planning session track during our Chapter Conference at Wintergreen in July. This was a first-time partnership between the Chapter and an APA Division, and we will seek additional opportunities to engage the APA Divisions in Section events, Chapter conferences, and other Chapter programs in the future.
In turn, APA Virginia will be co-sponsoring, along with the APA National Capital Chapter, the APA Transportation Planning Division’s second annual Business Meeting and Networking Reception during the upcoming Railvolution 2011 Conference in Washington, DC in October. Chapter members, who are planning to attend Railvolution 2011 and all planners in the area, are invited to the meeting and reception to learn more about the Division, discuss future partnership opportunities between the Division and our Chapters that can assist you with your work, and to network with transportation planners from all over the country.
Business Meeting: Monday, October 17, 6 p.m., Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Maryland Room A
Networking Reception to follow at: Tono Sushi, 2605 Connecticut Avenue NW.
Railvolution 2011 - October 16-19, 2011 at the Washington Marriott WardmaApaVirginia Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Event on October 26,2011
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity
Diversity Planners Network Breakfast
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
“A Regional Approach to Minority-Owned Businesses in Chesapeake”
Speaker Steven Wright
Director of Economic Development, City of Chesapeake
Speaker Angela Barber
Marketing Research Specialist/SWaM Coordinator, City of Chesapeake
At the offices of Parsons Brinckerhoff in the training room
6161 Kempsville Circle, Norfolk, VA 23502
8:00 AM registration
8:30 to 10:30 AM event
Continental Breakfast provided
Abstract:
This event is the latest in the Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Committee’s (ECDC) Diversity Planners Network Breakfast Series. A SWaM (Small, Women and Minority Owned) firm is required on certain local and state-issued contracts in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like any small business, a SWaM business must be competitive and aggressive, but such a business within the City of Chesapeake will not succeed if the client base is only within the City of Chesapeake. This rings true for SWaMs in every locality in Hampton Roads. Therefore a regional approach is required for all SWaMs in the area for competitiveness and survival. Steven Wright and Angela Barber will delve into the challenges of SWaM firms in Chesapeake and what their Department is doing to make these firms competitive within Hampton Roads. This Breakfast will serve as a predecessor to a regional ECDC symposium of Minority Business Development in Hampton Roads.
Getting there:
From Hampton: I-64 E to exit 284B for Newtown Rd; Keep left at the fork to continue toward Newtown Rd; Take exit 15A for Newtown Rd South; Turn right onto Newtown Rd, Take the 1st right onto Kempsville Rd; Turn left onto Kempsville Circle.
From Chesapeake (Greenbrier area): I-64 W to 284B to Newtown Road; Keep left at the fork to continue toward Newtown Rd; Take exit 15A for Newtown Rd South and follow directions above.
From Downtown Norfolk: I-264 east to 15A Newtown Road South and follow directions above OR (if you’re adventurous) a 15 minute walk along Kempsville Road from the Newtown Road Tide light rail station.
Space is limited to 20 attendees. RSVP without delay.
Contact Joseph Curtis (curtisj@pbworld.com or (757) 466-9622) for more information or to RSVP.
Learn more about the ECDC by going to our webpage (to be updated soon!) or contacting Nicole Thompson, ECDC Chair at ecdc@apavirginia.org.Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesdays at APA DC: Sept 20 Regional and Local Econ Dev Speaker
You’re Invited!
Tuesdays at APA-DC
September 20 @ 5:30pm
Regional and Local Economic Development: A Global Perspective
Speaker: Cliff Hague
Past President, Royal Town Planning Institute
Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K
A way of understanding different approaches to economic development will be presented, drawing on Regional and Local Economic Development, a new book by Hague, Hague and Breitbach. The form economic development takes is linked to the priority attached to different policy aims (e.g. economic efficiency or environmental sustainability) and to expectations about whether the market will deliver desired forms of development in particular locations. The different approaches can also be linked to different governance mechanisms and illustrated by examples from practice. In "hard times," when and where local economies are weak, and the capacity of governments to make an impact is also limited, there is a case for looking at less orthodox approaches. There are examples of these within the U.S., but this may be a field in which the global North can learn something from practices in the global South.
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Learn more about this event and upcoming events on the APA website
Tuesdays at APA–DC
| Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects. The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers. Directions Please enter on 15th Street and check in with security desk American Planning Association - Headquarters 1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West Washington, DC 20005 Metro – Farragut North (red line) McPherson Square (orange/blue lines) Parking available in paid parking lots or on street See you there! |
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesdays at APA in DC: Aug 30th/Planning Capital Bikeshare
You’re Invited!
Tuesdays at APA-DC
August 30 @ 5:30pm
Planning Capital Bikeshare
Speakers:
Jim Sebastian, AICP | District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
Charlie Denny | Alta Planning + Design
Tommy Wells | DC Councilmember (Ward 6)
As the first true bikeshare system in the United States, Capital Bikeshare is a big hit in the District and Arlington. With early success, the program is set to expand the system with more and larger stations and further connect the metropolitan area. Hear from the District Department of Transportation, Alta Planning + Design, and a DC Councilmember on the future of the DC area's exciting new bikeshare program.
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RSVP for the August 30 Tuesdays at APA
Learn more about this event and upcoming events on the APA website
Tuesdays at APA–DC
Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects.
The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers.
Directions
Please enter on 15th Street and check in with security desk
American Planning Association - Headquarters
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Metro – Farragut North (red line)
McPherson Square (orange/blue lines)
Parking available in paid parking lots or on street
See you there!
Tuesdays at APA-DC
August 30 @ 5:30pm
Planning Capital Bikeshare
Speakers:
Jim Sebastian, AICP | District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
Charlie Denny | Alta Planning + Design
Tommy Wells | DC Councilmember (Ward 6)
As the first true bikeshare system in the United States, Capital Bikeshare is a big hit in the District and Arlington. With early success, the program is set to expand the system with more and larger stations and further connect the metropolitan area. Hear from the District Department of Transportation, Alta Planning + Design, and a DC Councilmember on the future of the DC area's exciting new bikeshare program.
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RSVP for the August 30 Tuesdays at APA
Learn more about this event and upcoming events on the APA website
Tuesdays at APA–DC
Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects.
The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers.
Directions
Please enter on 15th Street and check in with security desk
American Planning Association - Headquarters
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Metro – Farragut North (red line)
McPherson Square (orange/blue lines)
Parking available in paid parking lots or on street
See you there!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Tuesdays at APA-DC - You're Invited!
You’re Invited!
Tuesdays at APA-DC
June 21 @ 5:30pm
BRT in Context: Colombia and New York
Speakers: Thomas Bassett
Program Associate, APA
& Andrea Marpillero-Colomina
Historic Preservation & Urban Planning Media Coordinator, Columbia University
Rapidly urbanizing cities face new challenges regarding mobility. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a flexible and cost-effective way to alleviate transit demands. Colombia has become the global leader with low-cost, high-efficiency BRT systems. This lecture will explore the physical aspects as well as innovative financing structure of BRT in Colombia and take a critical look at the recently implemented Select Bus Service in New York City.
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Learn more about this event and upcoming events on the APA website
Tuesdays at APA–DC
| Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects. The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers. Directions Please enter on 15th Street and check in with security desk American Planning Association - Headquarters 1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 750 West Washington, DC 20005 Metro – Farragut North (red line) McPherson Square (orange/blue lines) Parking available in paid parking lots or on street We hope to see you there! |
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Monday, January 31, 2011
American Planning Association Upcoming Events
Mitigating Disaster through Design and Construction Conference
March 2-3, 2011
Washington, DC
APA is a sponsor of the “Mitigating Disaster through Design and Construction Conference.” Join the Honorable Earl Blumenauer (3rd District of Oregon), Jim Schwab, AICP, Manager of APA’s Hazards Planning Research Center, and others in an important dialogue on critical issues in hazards mitigation.
Learn more here: http://www.mhcmarketing.com/
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Inaugural Event
Sustaining Places
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 • 5:00 p.m.
Join us for the inaugural Tuesdays at APA–DC at APA's Washington, D.C., office.
The featured speaker is APA President Bruce Knight, FAICP, who will discuss APA's Sustaining Places Initiative and its efforts to reexamine the comprehensive plan with a focus on sustainability.
As Knight said in his remarks during the United Nations Fifth World Urban Forum last March in Rio de Janeiro, "Sustaining Places will examine both how places can be sustained and how places themselves sustain life and civilizations. Planning's comprehensive focus is not limited to a building or a site but encompasses all scales and all forms of organization of human settlements, from rural areas and small town to cities and metropolitan regions. ... Planners are uniquely qualified to be global leaders in integrating these two concepts of sustainability and places. Ours is the place-making profession and the places that we make must have lasting value for all."
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| Join APA in Washington, D.C., each month for this after-work lecture and discussion series. Practicing planners, researchers, and professionals from allied fields discuss innovative ideas and concepts or present their latest projects. The events are free and open to APA members and nonmembers. |
Location
APA's Washington Office
1030 15th St., NW
Suite 750W
Washington, DC 20005
APA's Washington, D.C.. office is located on the corner of 15th and L Streets NW. Please use the entrance on 15th Street. Let security know you are there to attend an event at the American Planning Association and they will direct you to the elevator to the 7th floor.
Several public transportation lines are close by, including the red (Farragut North station) and orange (McPherson Square station) lines. Additionally, several paid parking garages are available nearby.
Would You Like to Be a Speaker?
Are you interested in presenting at a future Tuesdays at APA–DC? Contact Ryan Scherzinger at rscherzinger@planning.org.
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