Upcoming APA Utah Events

AICP CM Event # 9220736   The Regional Solutions: Missing Middle Housing Event will be held Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Viridian Event Center in West Jordan.  Early registration is open now through Sept. 24 at https://missingmiddle.eventbrite.com.   The cost of housing is one of our biggest challenges (more…)

AICP CM Event ##9220735 After many years of stakeholder and working group engagement, Envision Utah will launch the Creating Community Guide: A Guide to Walkable Centers at this year’s Quality Communities Academy. The guide is a resource for local governments, developers, and the public to create live, work, play, and learn communities in Utah. At (more…)

The first in a new series from the Smart Growth Network and U.S. EPA Building Upon Large-Scale Brownfield Investments to Rejuvenate a Community Wednesday, August 18 at 2:00 p.m. Participants of this live webinar are eligible for 1.5 AICP CM credits. Join U.S. EPA’s Brownfields/Land Revitalization and Office of Community Revitalization staff for a series (more…)

Major housing shortages continue to affect communities in the U.S. and abroad. Many well-intended planning efforts seeking to address this problem are failing to deliver high-quality results, even when they’re aimed at filling the gap of “missing middle housing” in cities and towns. Join the Maryland Department of Planning and the Smart Growth Network as Dan (more…)

The book editors will introduce the webinar series and the challenges advocates for smart growth face today. They will review the history of the smart growth concept and provide an overview of its evolution over time. They will address governance issues and describe how smart growth has been pursued at the local, state, regional, and (more…)

  WHAT:  Safer Buildings, Stronger Communities: A Road Map to Action for Earthquake Country A 90-minute webinar presenting the Wasatch Front Unreinforced Masonry Risk Reduction Strategy Join this free online event to find out more about the hazard posed by seismically dangerous buildings and how your community can use this strategy to address the problem.   WHEN:  July (more…)

The Evolving World of ADU Regulations Wednesday, July 7 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Participants of this live webinar are eligible for 1.5 AICP CM Law credits. Donald Elliott, FAICP, of Clarion Associates, a high energy urban planner and lawyer, explores how America’s cities and counties are regulating ADUs, how those regulations are changing as we (more…)

AICP CM Event #9221437 Find the DRAFT agenda and additional details HERE: APA UT Fall Conference Schedule After a brief COVID-related hiatus, APA Utah invites you to participate in its 2021 Fall Conference at Utah’s newest performing arts venue—Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center. By combining nationally renowned keynote speakers with presentations on topics such as climate (more…)

Two distance education sessions available for on-demand viewing through December 31, 2021: CM | 1.5 LAW Public Art Life Cycle: Concept to Commission CM | 1.5 ETHICS Ethics for Planners (more…)

Please join us for a continuing discussion on solving housing issues throughout Sevier County Revisit the six strategies for promoting housing that we covered in Summit I Housing Assessments – What they are, how to conduct one and how to use one A discussion with Brent Bateman, the former Utah Ombudsman on Land Use Law (more…)

Join planning practitioners and allies across Utah for a dynamic panel and presentation on the perspectives and experiences of navigating through the pandemic that share the need for equity-centered practices in and beyond crises. An equity toolkit will also be provided to encourage long-term application. Open to all those interested in the intersections of race, (more…)

Gain Insights and Tools to Address Housing Affordability About this event (Full program can be found Here: 2021 Housing Affordability Seminar Program FINAL) In response to feedback from last year’s summit attendees, this June we’re convening a special mid-year Cache Summit Seminar focused on Housing Affordability, in addition to the traditional annual event in November! (more…)