APA SCD E-Bulletin - 01/15/2021
Sustainable Communities Division News
A Warm Welcome to Our New Chair!
SCD extends a great appreciation for post-Chair Matt Bucchin for his dedication and leadership as he now passes the leadership torch to our new Chair, Merrill St. Leger, for 2021-2022! Read this letter to learn more about Merrill and exciting plans for 2021!
2021: Happy New Year and New SCD Website
We're bringing in the new year with a brand new SCD website: apascd.com. In case you haven't checked it out already, we invite you to visit the site and the new features. All SCD-related information will be posted to the site going forward. Don't forget to bookmark it and check for updates regularly!
Applications for the 2021 APA-SCD Awards for Excellence in Sustainability
The 2021 SCD Awards Applications are open and available on our new webpage until 5pm EST Sunday, February 28. Watch the past webinars and find out about the lessons learned that you can apply to your own sustainability efforts on our new website or our YouTube Channel!
Join the Plan4Resilience Network
Join the Plan4Resilience network to connect with others interested in applying nature-based solutions to advance community resilience! This conversation is increasingly important as communities come together to identify rebuilding projects supported by federal funding. We invite you to share your questions, resources, and success stories with peers today!
LEED for Cities and Communities Webinar Series
Recently, USGBC released LEED for Cities and Communities—a certification program that specifically helps local leaders, planners and developers create sustainable cities and communities. To help advance both of our missions, SCD and USGBC are promoting a series of free LEED for Cities and Communities webinars. They are approved for both GBCI CE (continuing education) and AICP CM credit (1.0 hour).
Check out the daily lineup for other future webinars.
For questions about the LEED for Cities and Communities rating system, please reach out to SCD member Vatsal Bhatt, PhD, Vice President – Communities, USGBC, at vbhatt@usgbc.org.
APA News
An Introduction to APA's New President
APA has transitioned to a new two-year president, Leo R. Asuncion Jr., AICP. You can read his introduction and more about his background on APA's Planning Magazine's article, New Opportunities for a Bright Future for Planning
Seven Students Receive Scholarships to Advance Planning Studies
Aspiring planning students have earned scholarships from the American Planning Association Foundation. The scholarships help make planning education more accessible, attract the most talented individuals to the profession, and work toward making the profession more diverse. Each of this year’s scholarship recipients are inspired by their own personal experiences and desire to create stronger futures for their communities through equity, environmental stewardship, and economic development. Find out who the recipients are!
AICP Certification
A new platform for the AICP certification process is now available for the winter application window which opened on January 5. Apply ASAP to schedule in submitting your experience essays this month!
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Upcoming Events
APA Webinars
January 19 - Working With Elected Officials and Understanding Everyone’s Role in Planning
January 31 - New Jersey American Society of Landscape Architects 2021 Annual Meeting
January 27 - Community Friendly Lighting in our Downtowns and Developments
February 19 - Health In All Policies: Incorporating Health into Planning, Policy and Decision-Making
February 24 - Working With Developers to Foster Investment in the Community
May 5 - 2021 National Planning Conference (Mark your calendars!)
Planning for upcoming 2021 webinars are in progress - check out the APA webinars page and APA-SCD's NEW webinar page for updates.
Other Webinars
Opportunities
Community or Neighborhood Development - The City of Decatur, AL is looking for a candidate who possess a thorough knowledge of and experiences with the principles and practices of management and leadership. Experience in, or ability to quickly adapt experiences and knowledge to urban planning, land use, building construction, zoning, subdivision regulations, historic preservation, economic development, and site development rules, regulations and ordinances in a growing, comparably sized community.
Village Administrator/Community Development Director - The Village of Wadsworth, IL is seeking an individual with a non-traditional skill set for the position of Village Administrator/Community Director. Someone that can combine a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a field related to the work at hand, along with at least 10 years experience (including at least 5 years in a top management position), a working knowledge of local government in Illinois, technical experience in some combination of Streets and Parkway management, Building, Zoning, Code Enforcement, Park maintenance, Economic Development, along with Budget preparation and administration would be ideal for this position.
Deputy Community Development Director - The City of Rochester, MN is offering a unique opportunity for an innovative, collaborative, and high-performing individual to provide leadership and direction in support of our vision "to be recognized as America's most innovative development services team" and carry out our Development Services and Infrastructure commitments.
Housing Program Coordinator - The City of Charlottesville is seeking qualified candidates to be considered for the position of Housing Program Coordinator who are highly motivated and who strives for success by demonstrating Charlottesville's Core Values of Leadership, Trust, Creativity, Respect, and Excellence. The Housing Program Coordinator position performs responsible professional work in the handling of a variety of assignments in the Housing and Redevelopment Division of the City Manager's Office and does related work as required.
Know of an opportunity (job, RFP, etc) of interest to the APA Sustainable Communities Division? Post it on LinkedIn or send it to apascd@gmail.com!
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