Upcoming APA Utah Events

Please join us for this informative webinar to learn more about the importance of building a strong professional network and get tips on how to build your network.

Cleckley’s book, Empathic Design, provides essential approaches and methods for designing public spaces with respect for the history and lived experiences of communities. This work ensures that all people, especially those marginalized and harmed by systemic oppression, are represented in their built environment.

Supreme Court decisions and changing federal regulations have created significant confusion regarding Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), particularly over
wetlands.

Join APA Utah and the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) for an informative walk-through of the Moderate Income Housing (MIH) application process and newly updated tools aimed at making reporting clearer, simpler, and more manageable.

Active Listening as a Planner’s Best Friend (a two-part Upskilling Initiative)

As is true for most species, humans evolved alongside and thus have an intimate connection with the day-night of our rotating Earth. Many bodily functions and daily rhythms are synchronized with the resulting light-dark patterns.

October 9-10, 2025 The Depot & Megaplex Theater at The Gateway 13 North 400 West Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Planners from Utah will descend on Salt Lake this October for APA Utah’s 2025 Fall Conference. With two days of presentations addressing both urban and rural planning needs, the Fall Conference highlights content for professional (more…)

Join APA Utah for a fun and relaxed evening of baseball and connection at the News Bees Stadium on Thursday, June 6 at 6:00 PM!

Thursday

Jason Jordan, APA Policy Director, and Andrea Brown, APA Michigan Chapter Executive Director, will present the APA’s Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook, and show how planners can partner with elected officials and stakeholders to promote innovative housing strategies and a more open and timely process for the review of proposed new residential developments. Owen Beitsch will (more…)

Communities have long used landscaping codes to reduce water consumption, but a few stand-out cities have crafted codes that pair water-wise goals with fire-wise principles. Join experts for an hour-long webinar exploring how these double-duty landscaping codes can reduce fire risk and encourage water conservation in your community. Register! (more…)

Across the United States, a shift is underway to reimagine auto-oriented landscapes, leading to a surge in collaborative projects to improve connectivity and revitalize public spaces within auto-centric areas. This year’s Student Planning and Design Competition focused on the Colfax and Federal Interchange site in Denver, Colorado. Situated adjacent to Empower Field at Mile High (more…)