Job Oppty at New River Valley Planning District Commission

New River Valley Planning District Commission - REGIONAL PLANNER

This position supports the economic and community development planning program of a regional planning agency that serves 12 governments and two universities in the New River Valley of Virginia.  The successful candidate will have a comprehensive knowledge of economic planning, community development, data collection, data analysis and experience working with a regional planning agency, economic development district or local government.  The candidate will be responsible for initiating and leading planning studies, preparing publications, conducting public meetings, preparing grant applications and assisting in a regional revolving loan program.  The candidate must have strong verbal and written communication skills along with presentation skills.  A Master’s Degree in planning, public administration, economics, geography or closely related field plus a minimum of two years of experience or a Bachelor’s Degree and four years of planning experience is preferred.   

Salary Range $32,000 to $42,000.  Excellent benefits package.  Send cover letter and resume by November 5, 2010 to the New River Valley Planning District Commission, 6580 Valley Center Drive, Suite 124, Radford, VA 24141, Attn: Kevin Byrd, Executive Director.  EOE  Full position advertisement can be found at www.nrvpdc.org

Wed Oct 27: Sustaining Places: Comprehensive Planning for the Future

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
9:30 a.m.–12:00 noon
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.
CM | 2.5

Register

At the U.N.'s 5th World Urban Forum in March, APA's President, Bruce Knight, FAICP, formally announced APA's Sustaining Places Initiative. The Sustaining Places Initiative is a multi-year, multi-faceted program to define the role of planning and the comprehensive plan in addressing all human settlement issues related to sustainability, from rural areas and small towns to cities and metropolitan regions. This year's symposium will explore both the role and the key elements of the comprehensive plan — the leading policy document and tool to help communities of all sizes achieve sustainability.

Confirmed Speakers:

David Godschalk, FAICP moderator/speaker
Stephen Baxter Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning
University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill
Co-Chair, APA's Sustaining Places Initiative
Armando Carbonell, AICP
Chair, Department of Planning and Urban Form
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Timothy Beatley
Professor of Sustainable Communities
School of Architecture and Department of Urban and Environmental Planning
University of Virginia

For more information about the AICP Symposium, please visit: http://www.planning.org/aicp/symposium/index.htm

Oct 20 Talk, Ec Dev& Revitalization in Fairfax County: Fostering Economic Success

Virginia Tech Politics and Planning Speaker Series

"Economic Development and Revitalization in Fairfax County: Fostering Economic Success"

Dr. Gerald Gordon, President, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, and

Barbara Byron, Director, Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization and Reinvestment

WHEN? October 20^th, 7:00 p.m.

WHERE? SPIA Room 305, 1021 Prince Street

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (EDA) promotes Fairfax County as a world-class center of commerce and trade and the technology hub of the East Coast.  With offices in Tysons Corner, San Francisco, Bangalore, Frankfurt, London, Seoul, and Tel Aviv, the EDA is an independent authority with a seven-member board of business leaders.  It works to attract and retain business in the County to enhance the commercial tax base.

The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization and Reinvestment (OCRR) facilitates strategic redevelopment and investment opportunities within targeted commercial areas that align with the community’s vision and that improve the economic vitality, appearance, and function of those areas.  The County has seven established revitalization districts – Annandale, Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners, Lake Anne, McLean, Merrifield, Richmond Highway Corridor, and Springfield. It also works actively in the effort to transform Tysons Corner.

Learn about the economic development strategies of these two entities and how they work in complementary ways to foster the long-term economic success and stability of the County. 

Oct 14 CNU DC/CASPA Social Hour

CNU DC/CASPA Social Hour
October 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that this month CNU DC and CASPA are co-hosting a social hour that is generously sponsored by The Loree Grand (www.loreegranddc.com) and NoMa Business Improvement District (www.nomabid.org), who will provide beer and wine for the gathering.

Location: Club room of The Loree Grand at Union Place, 250 K Street NE, Washington DC
Metro: Red Line, New York Avenue/Florida Avenue/Galludet U station


Hope to see you all there!

Graduate School Open House and Info Session, Natl Capital Region, 10/18/10, 5:00-7:00pm, Room 214, NVC

Please share with your friends and family who might be interested in earning a graduate degree or certificate from Virginia Tech in the metro DC area.  Explore opportunities in master’s and doctorate programs.  Free parking to the first 50 people – tell the parking attendant that you are here for the Open House. 

For further information contact the Graduate Student Services Office (GSSO) at (703)538-8327 or gsso@nvc.vt.edu

Intro EndNote Sessions in the Natl Capital Region, 10/4/10 and 10/5/10

There will be four Introduction to EndNote sessions.  

Classes on 10/4/10 will be held in Room 220 at 1021 Prince Street in Alexandria

Classes on 10/5/10 will be held in Room 101 at the Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church

The classrooms for these sessions have EndNote X4 (Windows version) loaded on the computers.  If bringing your personal laptop, it will be helpful if the software has been loaded already.  For assistance in obtaining the software and to register, see the staff at the Library/Resource Center in Falls Church (703-538-8340 or library@nvc.vt.edu)  or contact the instructor of these sessions, Dave Beagle.

Oct 26 Pgm on Community Land Trusts: A Shared Equity Model

From the APA Virginia Listserve:

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond invites you to attend a forum on Community Land Trusts: A Shared Equity Model.

October 26, 2010

9:00- 2:00pm

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

701 E. Byrd Street

Richmond, Virginia

Targeted to affordable housing practitioners, banks, foundations, and local and state policy makers, this forum will provide an overview of how shared equity models generally, and community land trusts in particular, can preserve long-term affordable homeownership and

stabilize neighborhoods impacted by foreclosure.

Ryan Sherriff, Research Associate, Center for Housing Policy, will open the forum with a review the basics of establishing community land trusts.

John Davis, Partner, Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC and Emily Thaden, Shared Equity Development Specialist, The Housing Fund will then describe how community land trust structures vary in different kinds of real estate markets.

Sue Henderson, Associate General Counsel for Real Estate and Finance, Habitat for Humanity International, will facilitate a working lunch discussion with three organizations operating community land trusts in Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia as a solution to providing affordable housing and neighborhood stabilization in their own communities.

There is no cost to attend. For more information or to register please go to www.vhda.com/BusinessPartners/govandnon-profits/REACHVirginia/Pages/FRB-OnlineRegistration.aspx.  

The deadline to register is Monday, October 18th.