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Free CM Education and Training Opportunities

o   The free online course, Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments, is available through June 30, 2010.  Earn up to 6 CM credits online.  This online course will explain the value of conducting an HIA and the steps involved in conducting an HIA. Throughout the course, examples of health impact assessments are highlighted and discussed. A how-to guide for conducting health impact assessments (HIAs), developed by the American Planning Association and the National Association of County & City Health Officials, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To participate, please visit http://professional.captus.com/Planning/hia/default.aspx.

o   The free podcast, The 2008 AICP Symposium, is available until September 30, 2009, and is eligible for 2.5 CM credits. To participate, please visit https://www.planning.org/aicp/symposium/2008/

o   Free podcasts of Tuesdays at APA may also be obtained for CM credits. Members may browse the distance education listing from the CM Activities page to find podcasts eligible for CM credit.

Please download the document below to see the Planning Congress' 2009 activities.
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American Planning Association
Gold Coast and Broward Sections

06/30/2009

Cordially invite you to join us for an interactive “open mike”
Video Conference with staff from the Department of Community Affairs

This is an opportunity for you to ask questions to the staff members who are in the trenches, doing the reviews, and writing the ORC reports.  Topics will be up to the participants, but may include a general discussion of the unique issues of importance to our region and how they affect comprehensive plan amendments and evaluation and appraisal reports (EAR).  Additionally, the discussion will provide an opportunity to focus on the new legislation from the 2009 Session and new mandates on planning for Energy Efficiency and global climate change among others.

Kovens Conference Center, 3000 NE 151st Street, Miami FL  33181
www.koven.fiu.edu for a map and directions
Tuesday, June 30th  @ 12:00 p.m.

$10.00 (cold lunch deli buffet)
 
Scarlet Tenen, AICP at stenen@corradino.com or 305-594-0735 by June 23rd at noon

APA Gold Coast will be applying for 1.0 CM credit for AICP members

Please join the South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) offices in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for an Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Workshop. A box lunch will be provided at a cost of $12.50. The workshop will cover the content requirements and process for preparing and adopting the next round of EARs. Special sessions on addressing climate change and energy efficiency (HB 697) issues during the EAR process, and a roundtable discussion of how to make your EAR process more effective will be included.

PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration for the workshop is required and the cost of the box lunch must be submitted to the SFRPC by July 10, 2009 (checks made payable to the SFRPC). Please register by contacting the Administrative Section of the SFRPC at (954) 985-4416, or sfadmin@sfrpc.com.  If you have additional registration questions, please contact Rachel Kalin at the SFRPC, rkalin@sfrpc.com.

The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) recently sent out an invitation letter to Local Governments in the SFRPC region. This is a follow-up email and will hopefully reach out to the greater private planning and NGO-community. Please feel free to forward this invitation along to anyone that may benefit from attending the EAR workshop.

Thank you,

Rachel M. Kalin
Regional Planner
South Florida Regional Planning Council
3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 140
Hollywood, Florida 33021
Ph: (954) 985-4416
Fx: (954) 985-4417

rkalin@sfrpc.com

http://www.flasla.org/conference.htm

2009 FLASLA Annual Meeting
July 23-July 25, 2009
Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa
Ft. Myers, FL

2009 FLASLA Annual Conference Committee
Mary Bates, ASLA Member at Large (Education & Research) memberatlargeER@flasla.org (407) 963-6864	Steve Trudnak, FASLA 2009 FLASLA Conference Co-chair conference2009@flasla.org (239) 334-0046

If you would like to have a local, planning-related event posted, please email the section Secretary, Karen Friedman. Please provide contact information for event.