American Planning Association
Washington Chapter
2012 Conference
Conference Session Descriptions
Session Materials:
Thursday's Sessions
- United We Plan: collaborative, game changing efforts to create Livable communities in the face of emerging challenges
- “Your Lips move, but i Can’t Hear What You’re Saying” Using Land Use Mediation to Comfortably Reduce Drama and Reach Solutions
- Complete Streets or Complete Networks: Transportation Planning innovations to Create Truly inclusive Communities
- What’s Next: Real Estate in the New Economy
- Designing for Neighborhood Employment Opportunities
- Streamline Decision-making in a Tough Political and Economic Climate
- Is There a New Math for Evaluating Transportation Concurrency?
- Parking Spaces to Park Places: Ballard’s 14th Ave Experience
- WTIF? The Future of Tax Increment Financing in Washington
- Lessons from Pioneers of Collaboration: Partnership Case Studies in Renton, Redmond and Bothell
- How you can Disarm Contentious Public Policy Debate
- Growing Equitable Transit Communities in the Central Puget Sound Region
- Green and Eco-industrial Development
- PAALing Around—SMP Public Access Alternatives in Tacoma
- Essential Tools for Efficient Permit Processing and Hearings
- Looking Forward to Comprehensive Plan Updates: Practical Advice to Kick-Start Your Update
- Transportation Planning, Partnerships and Policy for a New Economic Paradigm
- Unusual Alliances: Non Profits and Social Service Providers
Friday's Sessions:
- Skagit 2060 and Snohomish County; Expanding Alliances, Pooling Resources for Greater Impact
- Collaborative Transportation Prioritization:Diverse Stakeholders & Divergent Views
- Right Size Parking in King County: Re-evaluating Parking Standards to Achieve tod Success
- New Efforts With Working Waterfronts and Public Access
- Planning for Economic Impacts: Integrating Economic and Fiscal Analyses Into Planning
- Ecosystem Services: the Gridlock Breaker
- Destination Redevelopment: Public Transit as a Catalyst for Investment
- Building Success Through Partnerships
- Energy Efficiency Empowers Communities
- “With Us, Not Without Us!” Under the Social Equity Lens
- A Look at Olympia’s Efforts to Revitalize its Historic Downtown
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