APA-Chicago Metro Section Calendar of 2010 Events

Below is a program schedule of the 2010 APA-Chicago Metro Section Events:

January 14th @ Jaks Tap (901 W. Jackson): "Career Paths in Planning: A Networking & Roundtable Event"

February 25th @ DePaul University Downtown Campus: "Planning for a Sustainable Future: Hot Topics and Cool Examples"

March 17th @ DePaul University Downtown Campus: "Planning for High-Speed Rail"

April 10th-13th in New Orleans, LA: 2010 National Planning Conference

May 14th @ CMAP Offices, Willis Tower: "Right Sizing Cities and Suburbs: Matching Capacity and Demand"

June 23rd @ CMAP Offices, Willis Tower: "Overcoming (Re-)Development Obstacles"

July 21st @ Arlington Heights Village Hall: "TOD: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead"

August 12th @ Naperville City Hall: "Planner Toolbox: Creating Better Landscape and Sign Codes"

September 22d-24th @ Bloomington-Normal, IL: 2010 State Planning Conference

October 14th @ CMAP Offices, Willis Tower: "Planning for the Recovery"

November 10th @ CMAP Offices, Willis Tower: "The Many Shapes, Colors and Applications of Design Guidelines"

December: No Event, Happy Holidays!

Metro areas get chunk of rural stimulus aid

By Brad Heath from the USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — More than $2.7 billion of stimulus aid for struggling parts of rural America has gone to the nation's biggest metropolitan areas.

That's nearly a quarter of the $12 billion in rural assistance the government has paid out so far under President Obama's economic stimulus package, a USA TODAY review shows. It went to small, far-flung suburbs in metropolitan areas with more than a million residents, including growing towns around Atlanta and Phoenix. . . . [click here to continue reading]

Community Scholars Event - Friday!

Fellow MUPPs,

On behalf of the UPPSA Board and the Community Scholars team, I would like to extend this gesture of encouragement for you to attend the fundraising event for the Community Scholars program. This initiative is not just about MUPP master's projects. It is about starting a new approach to applying our learning and unique expertise in an effort to address real community problems. Our hope is that this program will continue on and develop further in future years.

We have high hopes for this initiative, but in order for it to succeed the team needs your support. UPPSA has expressed its support for the Community Scholars team's endeavours in pledging funds to assist with putting on this event. Please express yours by attending on Friday. Meet new fellow MUPPs, learn more about what is to come, hear some music, and enjoy the Pilsen Art Walk!

Details:
When?: Friday, December 11th, 6 - 10pm
Where?: Per Populus Gallery in Pilsen, 626 W. 18th Street (at Des Plaines)
What else?: $10 suggested donation, raffle with some great prizes (one month unlimited yoga, free bike maintenance, more), Pilsen Art Walk!

Link to event invite on Facebook: http://bit.ly/7gnMXN

Hope to see you there,

Jason Saavedra
Candidate, Master of Urban Planning and Policy '10
President, Urban Planning and Policy Student Association

P.S. - if I have not yet met you, please find me at the event and introduce yourself!

Regional Planning and Sustainability: Chicago’s Future

Date: Monday, November 30
Time: 6 - 7 pm
Place: Northeastern Univ., in the CBM (College of Business and Management), Room 111

Speaker: Hala Ahmed, AICP
www.cmap.illinois.gov
Hala Ahmed holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). Since 1994, she has worked as an architect and urban designer in many parts of the world including Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia as well as an urban and regional planner in Decatur and Peoria, IL. Ms. Ahmed joined the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) in 2007 where she worked on a variety of projects including the Regional Water Supply and Demand Study (to be released in February 2010) the Regional Comprehensive Plan- GO TO 2040- (to be released on October 2010) as well as watershed and other natural resource plans.

GIS ArcView Workshops

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) throughout the year offers two-day workshops in the GIS software ArcView 9.3. This is a great way to get an introduction to GIS if you don't have room for the course in your schedule. Each workshop has room for 5 students and costs $350.

The workshop is held from 9:30am to 4:30pm both days with a 1 hour break for lunch on your own. Scheduled dates for future workshops thus far are:

Wed-Thu, Dec 2-3, 2009 (this date is flexible if anyone wants to attend in December, but needs that time to study, etc.)

Wed-Thu, Jan 27-28, 2010

Wed-Thu, Mar 10-11, 2010

Wed-Thu, May 26-27, 2010

Wed-Thu, June 23-24, 2010

If you would like to reserve a seat or have any questions, contact Jan Drennan(jdrennan@cmap.illinois.gov, 312-386-8686)

Thursday 11/19: Mixer with MBA, Real Estate and Public Administration

This Thursday (November 19th) at 8:45PM, come schmooze and chat with your friends and colleagues from the MBA, Real Estate and Public Administration programs over drinks at Jaks Tap (901 W. Jackson).

TOD and Meeting Friday, November 19th

On Friday November 19th, UPPSA will be holding its next General Assembly meeting and TOD. The meeting will begin at 6pm in the CUPPAH basement lounge followed by a taste of Polish cuisine at very affordable yet highly rated Czerwone Jabluskzo/Red Apple at 3121 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Please plan on joining us at both events!

Images of Northeastern Illinois Photo Contest

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has launched their 2009 Images of Northeastern Illinois Photo Contest, which will continue throughout the month of November. MUPPs are encouraged to submit photos for consideration, and two winners will be selected in each of the following categories:

• Diversity (people, places, art, culture, food)
• Community Vitality (walkable, vibrant places; retail; neighborhood pride)
• Natural Environment (lakes, rivers, preserves, parks, sky, wildlife)
• Architecture/Urban Design (plazas, buildings, neighborhoods, boulevards)
• Transportation (pedestrians, bikes, cars, boats, trains, planes, etc.)

Prizes currently include:

• 1 Bootcamp from Richard Stromberg's Chicago Photography Classes
• $30 off coupons to Richard Stromberg's Chicago Photography Classes
• Copies of "Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago" from the Illinois Humanities Council
• Certificates for a Fresh Picks Double Box of seasonal vegetables from Irv & Shelly's Local Organic Delivery
• Tickets to Chicago Architecture Foundation's Walking Tours
• and MORE!

Not to mention, it will be another item to add to your resume and/or portfolio. Visit CMAP's website for additional information here.

[Photo Courtesy of CMAP]

MPC Placemaking Roundtable, October 28th

*What Makes Your Place Great? Roundtable*

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Noon – 1:30 p.m. **

Metropolitan Planning Council Conference Center

140 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1400, Chicago, Ill. 60603



Cost for MPC donors: $15.00
Cost for non-donors: $30.00

(The above prices apply to students as well.)

Sept.22 -Chicagoland Car-Free Day

Here is an excuse to explore other ways of getting around.

On Tuesday Sept. 22, Active Trans will partner with RTA, Pace, Metra, CTA and communities around the region for Chicagoland Car-free Day. The event is part of World Car-free Day, the one moment when people around the world pledge to go sans auto.

The day will only work if we get everyone involved. The more people we get to pledge to go car-free, the more fun the day will be! Plus, when you take the pledge on our website, you get a coupon for $1 off a large drink at Caribou Coffee on Sept. 22 (We’re not that crazy to ask you to go caffeine-free). Find a Caribou Coffee location near you.

http://www.activetrans.org/carfree