Continuing Education: Upcoming Trainings

Happy National Community Planning Month! Planners shape the neighborhoods and communities in which they work and the APA celebrates this relationship every October! This month’s curated training sessions focus on how planners can work to improve equity, sustainability, and resilience in the communities they serve. Learn more and get inspired with more resources here!

Whether you're looking to deepen your knowledge or stay updated on the latest trends and best practices, these trainings offer invaluable insights to propel your career forward and stay ahead of AICP requirements:

1. Planning Pioneer or Planning Pariah? Rethinking Bartholomew’s Legacy

○     Date: October 18th, 2024

○     Time: 10 AM PT

○     Description: Named a planning pioneer by the American Planning Association, Harland Bartholomew had a profound impact on professional planning, formalizing the use of zoning and comprehensive plans and influencing transportation and housing practices nationwide. These past planning practices shaped today’s communities and created and sustained racial and economic segregation. This webinar will explore the complicated legacy of Harland Bartholomew nationwide and in three cities: Washington, DC, Louisville, KY, and St. Louis, MO. The panel will also discuss measures to identify and address these legacies in the built environment.

○     CM Equivalence: 1.5 with 1 Equity Credit

○     Cost: Free!

○     Register here

2. Addressing Public Health Impacts of Climate Change

○     Date: October 22, 2024

○     Time: 10 AM PT

○     Description: Communities across Washington State are grappling with ongoing and new weather events related to climate change, including extreme heat, wildfire smoke, flooding, and more. Climate change threatens the health, livelihoods, and well-being of everyone, but it negatively affects specific groups more than others and often makes existing social and health inequities worse. While many local governments have some community health response strategies in place and are engaging in climate adaptation planning, the scope and scale of population health impacts are increasing and require additional attention and resources. In this webinar, presenters from the Washington State Department of Health will provide an overview of the health implications associated with climate change in Washington state and offer guidance on preparing and responding to these impacts, including in comprehensive plans. Next, a presenter from Public Health – Seattle & King County’s Climate & Health Equity Initiative will describe how they are taking local action to help make communities more resilient to extreme weather by prioritizing health equity and developing tools to guide decision making.

○     CM Equivalence: 1.5 With 1 Sustainability and Resilience Credit

○     Cost: Free!

○     Register here

3. Sustainable Urban Design: A Comprehensive Approach

○     Date: October 25, 2024

○     Time: 10 AM  PT

○     Description: Sustainability at the urban design scale has garnered increasing interest over the past few decades but remains a complicated area of work and a largely fragmented field without a unified approach.  The wide range of scales, disciplines, and areas of expertise involved in sustainable urban design has made it difficult to understand and to apply in real-world projects.​ Nico Larco, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Oregon, will present the Sustainable Urban Design Framework, a new, comprehensive approach to sustainable urban design built from current research and best practices from across the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and environmental engineering.  The framework organizes over 50 specific urban design elements in relation to five sustainability-focused outcomes and four scales of intervention.​ The Sustainable Urban Design Framework is the focus of the recently published Sustainable Urban Design Handbook, a graphically rich and easy to use resource for designers, planners, developers, elected officials, and community stakeholders.

○     CM Equivalence: 1.5 with 1 Sustainability and Resilience Credit

○     Cost: Free!

○     Register here

Of course, there are always other FREE trainings available on Planetizen and the APA Ohio based Planning Webcast Series!

Stay tuned for more updates and valuable resources in our upcoming newsletters!

And, as always, please reach out to Continuing Education Committee Chair Justin Patterson with any questions or ideas for training opportunities at [email protected]