2019 APA Washington Annual Conference

Shaping Communities that Thrive
October 16-17, 2019
Tacoma, WA

Registration | Sponsorship | Schedule | Session Descriptions

Thank you for attending the 2019 APA Washington Annual Conference. We look forward to seeing you at the 2020 Conference.

Presentations and CE Credits for the 2019 Conference will by available by the end of November.

Schedule

Please Note - "The Curb is a Place, Too" has been moved to 3:45 pm on Wednesday 10/16. Their original time slot at 2:15 pm will no be open for visiting exhibitors and networking. There may have been other minor changes to the schedule - please consult the final program before selection your sessions.

Wednesday, October 16
Block	Track 1: Dreams to Dirt	Track 2: Creating "Place"	Track 3: Environment & Community Sustainability	Track 4: Inclusive & Diverse Community Engagement	Track 5: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
7:00 - 8:00 am	Registration, Exhibits, & Networking
8:00 - 9:30 am	Plenary Session
9:30 - 9:45 am	Break with Exhibitors
9:45 - 11:00 am	Actions Speak Louder than Policies	KeyArena: Renovating a Landmark	Planning as Economic Development	Thinking Big: Preparing for Micro-Mobility	WA Roadmap
11:00 - 11:15 am	Break with Exhibitors
11:15 am - 12:30 pm	Challenges to Reimagining: When Local Governments become Land Developers	Missing Middle Messes and Successes	Addressing Sea Level Rise in Coastal Planning for Washington State	Just Data - Mapping for Equity and Inclusion	The Latest in APA Legislative Advocacy - Law
12:45 - 2:00 pm	Keynote Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 pm	Downtown Economic Development: A Holistic Approach	Housing Action Plans: Strategies for Affordability	The Curb is a Place Too	Safe Routes to Equity (and Schools!)	The Power of Storytelling
3:30 - 3:45 pm	Break with Exhibitors
3:45 - 5:15 pm	Urban Alchemy: Placemaking from Scratch	Market Incentives for Affordable Housing Production	A Watershed in Transition: Managing the Past, Planning for the Future	Empowering People in Changing Communities	Street Smarts: Making Community Street Closure Permits Easy
5:00 - 6:30 pm	Reception
6:30 pm	Pub Crawl

Thursday, October 17
Block	Track 1: Dreams to Dirt	Track 2: Creating "Place"	Track 3: Environment & Community Sustainability	Track 4: Inclusive & Diverse Community Engagement	Track 5: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
8:00 - 9:00 am	Registration, Exhibits & Networking
9:00 - 10:15 am	Just Build it Already	Creating and Revitalizing Small City Downtowns	SEPA: Effects on Sustainable Growth	Youth in Force: Engage Now! Planning	Planning for Wildlife & Climate Resilience
10:15 - 10:45 am	Break with Exhibitors
10:30 - 12:00 pm		HB 1923: New Housing Tools for Washington Cities - Law		Ethics - A Game Show!
10:45 am - 12:00 pm	WWU: Community/University Partnerships for Sustainable Futures		A Step Beyond the Infrastructure: Promoting Multimodal Transportation		A Tale of Two Cities: The best of Visualizations, The Worst of Visualizations
12:15 - 1:30 pm	Awards Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 pm	Understanding Liability Protections and Brownfield Redevelopment	Regulating & Reviewing Privately Developed Public Art	Rock Down to Electric Avenue	Affordable Housing Initiative	UW Session
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Break with Exhibitors
3:30 - 4:45 pm	Wayfinding through Implementation: How to Get Signs in the Ground	Planning Through the Lense of Arts & Culture	Healthy Environments = Healthy People, Thriving Communities at a Regional Scale	Watershed Councils - Nimble Models for Collaborative Community Engagement	Communications: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly