News & Events
Last Updated: 1/26/12
The Vermont Planners Association sponsors and organizes meetings and workshops throughout the year. In addition we occasionally produce technical documents. Below is a listing of those events, as well as any other opportunities available to planners. We urge you to check this section of our site for regular updates on what is going on with VPA and our partners.
In addition to the information below, you can communicate with other VPA members around Vermont through the VPA List Serv using the link below.
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News
Legislative Reports
Legislative liason Sharon Murray, AICP is once again providing the VPA membership with regular and well-written legislative reports from the capital. You can download her reports in the Legislative Reports section of our web site, or you can look for them when she posts them on the VPA List Serv.
VPA is now on Twitter!
The Vermont Planners Association now has a Twitter account. You can follow us at:
2012 APA Chapter Webinars
Here is the current list of free webinars being offered in the first quarter of 2012 by the consortium of Universities and APA Chapters and Divisions.
- January 13 - Community Mobility, New Mexico Chapter
- January 20 - Integrated Clean Energy Strategies for Sustainable Communities, Maryland Chapter
- January 27 - New Directions in Planning, Maryland Chapter
- February 3 - Opportunities and Challenges in Rural Tourism Planning, Economic Development Division
- February 10 - Planning for Innovation in Waste Management and Recycling, Wisconsin Chapter
- February 17 - Crossing Into New Territory: Suburban Immigration and Local Government Reactions in the Washington DC Region, Ohio State University
- February 24 - Planning for Goods Movement: Players, Trends, Challenges, Transportation
- February 29 - Regulating Sand and Gravel Mining: Lessons from Michigan, Small Towns and Rural Planning Division (Law CM Pending)
- March 2 - Community Development in a Global Context: Gender-Aware Planning in African Cities, Ohio State University
- March 9 - Economic Impacts and Opportunities of Families: Children, Elders, and Caregivers, Planning and Women Division
- March 16 - Federal Tools for Aging and Livable Communities, Private Practice Division
- March 22 - Your Ethical Responsibility to Social Equity, Michigan Chapter
- March 30 - Technology in Community Building Applications: Implementation of Social Media, Computer Programming and Virtual Reality Platforms in Community Planning Initiatives, New Jersey Chapter
All webinars are free and will qualify for Certification Maintenance credit (1.5 hours each). Remember to sign up early, as some of them get fully booked with 1,000 participants nationwide.
Events
There are no VPA events at this time.
A listing of planning related events in Vermont can also be found at the Vermont Planning Information Center (VPIC).
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New Publications
VPA has no new publications at this time.
For a listing of older publications from VPA that are not legislative in nature, go to the resources and links section of our site. For legislative documents, please go to the legislation page of this site.