From bfrost at nhhfa.org Tue Dec 2 09:13:12 2008 From: bfrost at nhhfa.org (Ben Frost) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:13:12 -0500 Subject: [NNEChapter] APA Monthly Webcasts Message-ID: A dozen chapters of APA have pooled their resources to offer webcast training opportunities that are free to APA members. The 2009 monthly webcast calendar is attached, and will be posted to the NNECAPA website. You can visit the APA Utah Chapter website to register for any of these: http://www.utah-apa.org/webcasts.htm. All sessions are approved for 1.5 hours of CM credit or are pending approval, including credit for Law and Ethics. Creating Citizen Engagement in Small and/or Rural Communities January 9, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST Energy Efficient Land Use Planning February 6, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST Sustainability in Codes and Public Policy - Diving Deep March 6, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST Agricultural Preservation April 3, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT TBD May 1, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT Current Trends in Planning Law - CM LAW CREDIT June 5, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT AICP Code of Ethics - CM ETHICS CREDIT July 3, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT Wind - Small and Large August 7, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT The Future of Transportation: Providing Sustainable Choices for the Public September 4, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT Practical Application of Takings, Exactions and Constitutional Procedural Requirements in Local Land Use Decisions - CM LAW CREDIT October 2, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EDT Community Visioning: Creating the Framework for Tomorrow's Florida November 6, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST Creating Sustainable Communities December 4, 2009 - 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin D. 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Name: AICP Newsletter for 2009 CM Sessions.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 89577 bytes Desc: AICP Newsletter for 2009 CM Sessions.pdf Url : http://list.planning.org/pipermail/nnechapter/attachments/20081202/76f9de41/attachment-0001.obj From bfrost at nhhfa.org Tue Dec 9 11:27:23 2008 From: bfrost at nhhfa.org (Ben Frost) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:27:23 -0500 Subject: [NNEChapter] Urban Design Workshops this month in New England Message-ID: Hello, everyone: Here's a relatively inexpensive workshop offered by our friends at CNU-NE. CM credit is being sought. Ben URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP: 301 For professional urban designers, landscape architects, civil engineers, architects, and planners. Though the New England town center is revered and used as a model for community design across the country, new growth in our towns has been inconsistent with the well-loved patterns and lifestyles of our historic communities. Several generations of building according to Euclidean zoning has resulted in lost knowledge pertaining to the form and design of New England s fine-grained neighborhoods, including exceptional street networks, beautiful terminated vistas, close-knit commercial and residential cores, and successful public spaces. Urban Design Workshop: 301 offered by the Congress for the New Urbanism, New England Chapter and our Partners will provide registrants with specific tools and techniques for designing infill and neighborhood plans that reflect the best traditions of New England town building. Instruction will focus on smart growth principles and the design of walkable, compact neighborhoods as a strategy for achieving sustainability. Instructors will lead participants through a hands-on exercise, using a project site that presents an urban design challenge common to towns throughout New England. Our experienced urban designers will provide one-on-one instruction and teach methods for artfully and economically solving real-life urban design challenges. Instruction will include: * Optimal street sections for walkable streets, * Sustainable design solutions, * Flexible retail design techniques, * Phasable plans that can change with market needs, * Parking solutions that facilitate walkability, * Safe and functional open spaces, * Drawing techniques that result in easily understood master plans. Instructors are New England-based designers with over 20 years of experience creating master plans, infill plans, and neighborhood plans across the county and internationally. They include Bill Dennis, principal of B. Dennis Town & Building Design; Rick Chellman, principal of TND Engineering; Russ Preston, urban designer for Cornish Associates; Don Powers, principal of Donald Powers Architects; and Robert Orr, principal of Robert Orr & Associates. Providence, RI Date: December 12, 2008 (Friday) 12:30 - 4:30 pm Location: Department of Planning & Urban Development, 4th Floor 400 Westminster Street, Providence, RI Partner: Grow Smart RI Land-Use Training Collaborative West Haven, CT Date: December 15, 2008 (Monday) 12:30 - 4:30 pm Location: Savin Rock Conference Center 6 Rock Street, West Haven, CT Partner: 1000 Friends of Connecticut Burlington, VT Date: December 16, 2008 (Tuesday) 12:30 - 4:30 pm Location: Champlain College Hauke Conference Room 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT Partner: Smart Growth Vermont Westbrook, ME Date: December 18, 2008 (Thursday) 12:30 - 4:30 pm Location: TechMaine 506 Main Street, Westbrook, ME Partner: GrowSmart Maine Cost: Members of CNU NE (or members of Partnering Orgs) $65 Non-Members $85 Students (with ID) $25 To register please send an e-mail to newengland at cnu.org. Please enter the workshop location in the subject line. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ben Frost v: 603.310.9361 bfrost at nhhfa.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reduce waste; print less. ##################################################################################### Warning: The information contained in this message may be confidential and protected from disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your computer. 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The fee reduction is as follows: First time applicants pay $125, candidates who have tested before and are Scholarship recipients this cycle will only pay $65. The scholarship is competitive, and is based on the criteria listed below. The final scholarship recipient selection rests with the Chapter Professional Development Officer and shall be final. Reduced AICP Exam Fee Scholarship Selection Criteria * Applicant shall submit a written explanation of financial hardship (including financial hardship caused by a budget cutback in a firm or agency), which necessitates the request. * Members of ethnic or racial minorities shall be given preference. * The applicant(s) selected will be otherwise unlikely to take the exam without the reduced fee. * The applicant's employer will not subsidize the exam fee. If you would like to be considered for this scholarship, please submit a statement of up to 250 words addressing the above criteria. All submittals will be held in strict confidence. Scholarship application statements should be submitted to me at bfrost at nhhfa.org no later than Friday, January 2, 2009. No refunds will be given to Scholarship applicants who have a current paid application in the system prior to APA staff presetting the application for them. Please note that the awarding of a scholarship does not guarantee that a recipient will be approved to take the AICP Exam. The exam application will be evaluated like any other. Ben Frost NNECAPA PDO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin D. Frost, Esq., AICP Director of Public Affairs, New Hampshire Housing 32 Constitution Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 Mail: P.O. Box 5087, Manchester, NH 03108 www.nhhfa.org bfrost at nhhfa.org v: 603.310.9361 f: 603.488.0893 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reduce waste; print less. ##################################################################################### Warning: The information contained in this message may be confidential and protected from disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your computer. 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As of February 2008, nearly 800 mayors have pledged to "meet or beat" the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the United States. Local leaders of cities and regions are adopting a wide array of green community strategies: "green" municipal operations and construction standards, alternative forms of transportation, and "energy smart" growth. Come hear about these and other innovative implementation strategies. Speakers include: Lee R. Epstein, Director, Lands Program, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Nancy McKeever, Sustainable Energy Program Manager, California Energy Commission Phillip Rodbell, Program Manager for Urban and Community Forestry in the U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania Access the Podcast here: http://www.planning.org/aicp/symposium/2008/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin D. Frost, Esq., AICP Director of Public Affairs, New Hampshire Housing 32 Constitution Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 Mail: P.O. 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