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Spring Into Planning: Southwest WA Planners' Forum | Save the Date! 

Greetings and Happy Spring!
 
The Department of Commerce, the Southwest WA APA and the Planning Association of Washington invite you to the upcoming Southwest Washington Planners’ Forum scheduled for Wednesday April 17, 2025. Topics for the Spring Forum include:
  • Updates and Introduction to Commerce Draft Rural Lands and UGA Guidance
  • Agritourism Considerations and Planning
  • Source Water Protection, Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas – Protecting Your Drinking Water
Please use the link below to register. The agenda will be sent out closer to the event.
 
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM– 11:30 AM                                                                                                           
 
CM Credits: For those seeking continued maintenance credits as part of their AICP, this forum seeks to offer up to 1.5 CM credits. Also, if you still need to log CM credits from the previous Winter 2025 Southwest Washington Planners' Forum, the link is here: https://planning.org/events/eventsingle/9306464/
 
Survey: If you have attended a Regional Planners’ Forum or are considering doing so, Commerce invites you to take our 2025 survey. This survey will help determine training needs for the upcoming year.
 
The Washington State Department of Commerce, Planning Association of Washington, and Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association collaboratively present the Regional Planners’ Forums. The Planners’ Forums offer a unique opportunity – at no charge – for planners, planning commissioners, elected officials and community members to talk informally about local issues, to share ideas and to receive updates from state and federal agencies whose work may impact land use. The Planners’ Forums also satisfy requirements for credentialed planners toward professional development through advanced-level presentations provided by professionals on an array of timely and relevant planning subjects.
 
Please feel free to share, and if you wish to be added to the Southwest Planners’ Forum contact list, let me know. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me with any questions.
 
Thank you, 
Catherine
 
 
Catherine McCoy (she/her) |  SENIOR PLANNER
Growth Management Services  |  Washington State Department of Commerce
1011 Plum St SE
Olympia WA  98504-2525