This course elevates the work the South Bronx community has been doing, led by South Bronx Unite (SBU), to dream, envision, and advocate to transform the former Lincoln Recovery Center into a thriving community hub: The Hearts Community Center.

The EPA awarded $250 million in planning grants to states, MSAs, tribes, and territories to address climate action planning regionally. Each entity was given the same requirements, timeline, and budget. Let’s check in and see how they’re doing!

Housing is a human right, yet Indigenous Peoples in Canada face significant challenges with homelessness and inadequate housing both on- and off-reserve. This session will explore these issues, share insights from research projects and lived experiences, and examine urban, suburban, and rural housing considerations to help planners address these disparities.

Learn how the planning department at the Borough of State College, PA has deployed a digital twin to analyze the impacts of new developments, specifically denser residential development to meet their modern housing needs.

This session will outline lessons for land use recovery from severe weather, earthquakes, and climate change from New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, and encourage planners to explore their role in the recovery process and to take action before a disaster strikes their community.

Missing middle housing plays an important role in meeting a variety of housing needs at different price points, yet it's been disappearing for decades. This course explores how four Twin Cities municipalities are removing barriers to missing middle housing development.

To avoid project shut-down, these planners learned to “surf” the waves of COVID-19 conditions, and pivot between in-person and online engagement. This case study highlights lessons learned and the “new normal” of crisis-ready outreach strategies.

Good transit access is a critical element of diverse, healthy centers. Have you ever tried to build a transit center? Too often zoning doesn't permit them. Learn how to facilitate transit center development to support mobility and enhance urban environments.

The future is full of uncertainty that can paralyze today’s public actions. In this session, you will learn how the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council is exploring future scenarios to manage uncertainty and coordinate long-range policies and investments.

Explore Mesa, Arizona's use of VR/MR to create new engagement strategies, starting with youth and civic planning. These immersive technologies bring abstract concepts like TOD and climate-adaptation to life, allowing for experiential understanding and participatory decision-making across diverse groups.

This Case Study showcases how to transform local decision making by incorporating equity, health, and accountability into transportation policies. Illustrating how small-scope studies and demonstration projects can advance implementation of complete streets.

Through the lens of a developer, designer, planner, and the public sector, we will explore how to implement communities’ visions for an innovation economy. We will explore the design, development, economics, and partnerships associated with innovation districts after the pandemic.

Learn how the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) is doing its part to advance the spirit of the Justice40 Initiative using data, planning, and tools to engage in practices that promote environmental justice and equity.

This year's theme, Homes Start with Planning, emphasizes the critical role of planners in addressing housing needs within our communities. By the end of the course, learners will understand how planning contributes to delivering equitable, inclusive, and sustainable housing solutions for all. Sessions will explore strategies to meet diverse community needs through thoughtful, impactful planning practices.

Learn about the Neighborhoods Now Initiative as a case study for building interdisciplinary partnerships to empower local organizations in community planning efforts. The course will spotlight a project from the initiative, Chinatown Night Market, and its impact on NYC's Chinatown.

This session explores innovative housing projects in Ukraine addressing urgent needs caused by the displacement of millions of Ukrainians. It highlights the CO-HATY project, providing emergency and long-term housing, and the Vid Sertsya Budova initiative that aims to create a sustainable 15-minute city for 25,000+ residents.

As the population continues to grow, affordable housing needs have quickly spread across Colorado suburbs. Join us to hear about the City of Centennial's approach to simplifying complex housing topics and finding creative solutions to a variety of outreach challenges.

Planning can be tough! I’m not sure any of us realized we would be facing so many emotionally intense situations. Join fellow planners as we laugh and cry while learning how to manage and recover from those moments.

In the wake of the pandemic, emerging work culture focuses on the power of infusing leadership with empathy. Empathy leaves space for genuine emotion at work and humanizes the workforce.

In the world of planning, where decisions shape the lives of countless individuals, the ability to lead with empathy is increasingly important taking on a greater role politically and professionally. These panelists will discuss leadership styles, empathetic engagement, and relationships.

Partnerships and Federal Funding Build an Oasis in a Food Desert. Tulsa Economic Development Corporation and partners leveraged federal grant dollars and made community and equity the core of a new grocery store.

Tulsa adopted its Neighborhood Infill Overlay in December 2021, after years of planning and community engagement in downtown-adjacent neighborhoods. The overlay removes barriers for new missing middle housing and brings historic missing middle building types into compliance with zoning.

Rapid growth can decimate the natural environment if not well-managed. Learn how to establish the nexus between policy, community values, planning, development regulations, and consensus for action, to protect the natural environment and enhance the sense of place.

The Mapping Segregation Project maps how racial restrictive covenants led to the inequitable development of Montgomery County, Maryland. The Planning Department has built a GIS mapping tool and data set that shows patterns of racial segregation at the neighborhood level.

Imagine having the ability to evaluate the fiscal impacts of development on your agency’s operating budget at your fingertips. Our Esri-based model generates visual and numerical fiscal impacts of new development, from single-lot redevelopment projects to multiple-use plan areas.

This webinar will explore key skills needed to manage conflicts in planning work. It will focus on managing relationships and finding the best ways to design meetings for better planning outcomes.

During comprehensive planning processes, planners often hear concerns about plans being written only to "collect dust on a shelf". This session will describe the Kansas City, Missouri's efforts to modernize comprehensive planning and provide more awareness and transparency through implementation.

Leveraging private funds to make public improvements is a powerful way to improve the public realm. Pittsburgh's Mobility Trust Fund helps bring neighborhood mobility projects to fruition when otherwise unfunded. Learn how this valuable tool is a win-win for everyone.

Planners understand the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion in planning. Knowing how to move beyond understanding towards action is needed. This presentation will help you develop tools to move into action.

Explore opportunities to harness the potential of AI while upholding the values at the core of our profession. Leverage AI to foster ethically driven, equitable, sustainable, and vibrant communities - let's shape the future together!