2017 AICP EXAM PREP CLASS - Registration is open!

Interested in taking the AICP Exam this spring or fall and looking for some assistance or a refresher? APA-MA can help!

We are proud to again offer AICP Exam preparation courses for planning professionals who wish to take the exam in May or November 2017.  This intensive multi-day training is offered only in the spring and has proven to be a valuable resource for AICP test takers in the past. We have assembled an esteemed array of lecturers to help guide you in studying for the exam.

Monday, March 20, 2017 (6-9 pm)

Exam Overview - Darlene Wynne, AICP

Fundamental Planning Knowledge & Administration - Wayne Feiden, FAICP

Current Planning - Brian Currie, AICP

Core Planning Values, Project Management, & Plan Making - Ralph Willmer, FAICP


Monday, March 27, 2017 (6-9 pm)

Planning Law - Pamela Brown, Esq., FAICP

Monday, April 3, 2017 (6-9 pm)

Transportation - Jonathan E. Church, AICP

Ethics - Peter Lowitt, FAICP & Neil Angus, AICP CEP, LEED AP BD&C, ND

Monday, April 10, 2017 (6-9 pm)

Public Participation, Advocacy Planning & Economic Development, Judi Barrett

Exam Review - Darlene Wynne, AICP


Location:

Burlington Town Hall Annex *
Meeting Room A
25 Center Street
Burlington, MA 01803
6:00-9:00 pm

*We are exploring ways to provide remote participation for those who may not be able to travel to Burlington. Please contact Darlene Wynne if you'd like to be notified about this option.

Registration:

To register, please email the following information to Darlene Wynne, AICP, APA-MA Professional Development Officer at dwynne@beverlyma.gov <mailto:dwynne@beverlyma.gov> .
*       Name
*       Company/Municipality/Organization/School
*       Address
*       Email Address
*       Phone

If you have already sent me your name, please reach out again to confirm your attendance.


The cost of the course is $100 (or $25.00 per class) and includes dinner.
Checks should be made payable to: APA-MA (Please bring checks to the first day of class).

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REDUCED FEE AICP EXAM SCHOLARSHIP - still available!

There is still time to apply for an AICP Exam Fee Scholarship! Please see the APA-MA website (http://www.apa-ma.org/professional-development/aicp-exam-resources
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Scholarship recipients pay reduced fees to AICP as follows:

*       First time AICP Exam applicants: $145 (combined $70 application and
$75 exam fee)
*       Previously approved AICP Exam applicants: $75 (exam fee only)

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Darlene Wynne

APA-MA Professional Development Officer

Darlene Wynne, AICP

City of Beverly

Assistant Planning Director

Beverly City Hall

191 Cabot Street

Beverly, MA 01915

978-921-6000 x2342 (p)

978-921-6187 (f)

dwynne@beverlyma.gov

"Proactive steps toward zoning to encourage livable places. And by livable, I mean mixed-use, economically vibrant, convivial, walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly."

http://www.placemakers.com/2017/02/15/codes-study-trends-in-zoning-reform/

Richard Florida Takes a Detour

One of the most enthusiastic advocates for the urban resurgence, Richard Florida turns his attention to the segregation, inequality, and housing shortages that threaten to tear cities apart in The New Urban Crisis.

https://www.planetizen.com/node/91190?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news-02162017

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-08/whole-foods-tumbles-after-posting-sixth-straight-sales-decline

Read here:   http://bit.ly/2lksF6d

Read here:

http://bit.ly/2knPJ3S

Cool idea: Make maps for bike infrastructure as if the lanes, trails, and paths constituted a connected transit system.

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2017/02/what-if-bike-maps-looked-like-subway-maps/512657/?utm_source=SFTwitter

"Mass tourism can be roughly defined as thousands of people going to the same destination, often at the same time of the year, and often arriving in large, consecutive human waves. Examples of these human waves of tourism include, but are not limited to those times when enormous cruise ships dock and disembark or when weekly turnover occurs at area wide lodging and vacation rentals.

Among the factors that have accelerated the impacts of mass tourism in recent years are:

• Airbnb, VRBO, and similar websites which allow for homeowners to easily rent rooms or dwellings – this can balloon the number of visitors well beyond traditional lodging
• Larger and more numerous cruise ships (for oceanfront locations)
• Advent of deep discount and no-frill airlines making air travel more affordable
• Second, third, or fourth vacation homes for the wealthy
• Investor-scale buying of residential properties and converting them into vacation rentals"

https://panethos.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/the-venice-effect-destination-cities-imperiled-by-mass-tourism/

Here’s one reason why: Millennials, currently the largest demographic in rental property and in the workforce. This is a generation that lives the upscale, fast-casual life (to borrow some restaurant language). Work life and non-work life blur for this crowd, which is less attached to material things and more about social experiences. As a result, a 24/7 live-work-play mentality is being integrated into the design and functionality of both hotels and apartment buildings."

For More: http://www.dlrgroup.com/insights/articles/murch-hotel-meets-housing-in-mixed-use-plans/

"In the early 1990s, neighbors in South Sydney, Australia, fought over the plans for a former factory site in a mixed-race neighborhood. A local Aboriginal population wanted the site used for community facilities, including job training. An older white population wanted a park, with a police station....The Block, as the neighborhood is known, became the site of a fierce, racially charged planning dispute. The local government, after first moving to demolish the factory buildings, instead hired “social planning consultant” Wendy Sarkissian who organized months of meetings within the camps, culminating in a “speak-out” where residents bared their feelings to each other..."

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/emotions-city-planning-engagement