Upcoming Webinars
Your Hour With APA Virginia
Thank you to the Berkley Group for generously supporting our webinar series.
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Your Hour with APA Virginia Chapter, sponsored by The Berkley Group, is a free webinar series happening on the fourth Monday of each month from Noon - 1 p.m. and is currently open to everyone; including members and non-members.
Members can receive 1 CM credit for watching live. All webinars are recorded and posted to our YouTube channel.
We are looking for webinar presenters! Interested in participating? Contact staff at gillian@bellatrixcg.com
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Up Next in the Webinar Series:
April:
"Guide: Proactive Planning for Resilience"
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Elizabeth Andrews, Distinguished Law and Policy Fellow with the UVA Institute for Engagement and Negotiation, will present a new guide, Proactive Planning for Resilience: Protocols for Community-Led Climate Adaptation Planning in Virginia (https://adaptationguide-va.com/). She developed the Guide this past year as a Practitioner Fellow for the UVA Environmental Institute in partnership with the Virginia Sea Grant program. The Guide is intended to assist local government staff and elected officials in Virginia, as well as community representatives who desire to engage in holistic adaptation planning to increase their resilience to climate hazards. Elizabeth will walk attendees through the Guide and seek their input on content, organization and uses of it, particularly suggestions for additional helpful information to include.
Recently in the Webinar Series
March Webinar:
Economic Development and Community Vitality Programs in Virginia with DHCD
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development's Economic Development and Community Vitality Division has a broad array of programs and resources that localities around the Commonwealth have successfully utilized to create impactful changes in their communities. From the hyper local to the regional, from ecosystems to placemaking, our programs are built to be leveraged together for maximum impact. This webinar explored how DHCD partners with both rural and urban communities to create positive outcomes
February Webinar:
Think Big, Plan Small: Lessons from Icelandic Cities for the U.S.
When confronted with challenges and opportunities, planners in smaller American cities often look to larger places in the US for models, but the differences in scale can limit how useful those examples can be. This webinar will look at a different example for small city inspiration- the cities on the small island country of Iceland. The bold planning taking place in these smaller cities - which started off as car-dependent as most American cities - can inspire bold action for the similar planning challenges in the US. In this webinar, Jeff Levine will discuss what he learned on a recent research trip to Iceland that can be useful for American planners.
January Webinar:
Historic Preservation as Revolutionary Community Development How Abingdon Expanded the Historic District
When you travel through the Appalachian Region of Southwest Virginia one thing stands out: some communities have preserved their history! The revolutionary war’s tides were turned when 400 men marched to Kings Mountain from Abingdon Virginia in 1780. Abingdon is looking to preserve the past in order to maintain its future as one of less than 40 communities in Virginia to be a designated Certified Local Governments. Learn how Abingdon successfully expanded its historic district without a single opposition. The Town of Abingdon’s presentation will break down every step of our process to achieve the goal of expanding the Town of Abingdon’s existing Old & Historic District by an additional two blocks. The topics included will discuss how to initiate a Local Historic District expansion and Zoning Map Amendment processes, how to present a Local Historic District expansion to the public in a meaningful and exciting way, how to interact with the public when questions arise ensuring public buy-in, what research is involved in preparing reports for Board and Council reviews. By the end any planner will feel comfortable knowing they have the keys to expand their local Historic District the right way! Listen to two residents who have dedicated their lives to Historic Preservation in both their own properties and their dedication to the Town.
November Webinar:
APA Virginia: Awards Quick Take Webinar | Part 2
Join us in celebrating and learning more about our 2024 award winning projects:
Parking Reimagined | Fairfax County
Chesapeake Industrial Waterfront Study | City of Chesapeake
Richmond Connects | City of Richmond
September Webinar:
AICP College of Fellows Q&A
June 2024 Webinar:
Exploring DRPT’s Open Data Portal and Interactive FY25 Six-Year Improvement Program
In early Spring, DRPT launched a new Open Data Portal to provide interactive and static data to our partners, the public, and other stakeholders interested in exploring rail and transit data. This presentation will highlight the variety of data products the Virginia
Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) has publicly available including statewide rail and transit performance data, SMART SCALE projects, and the FY25 Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP). Built entirely in house using ArcGIS and PowerBI,
these tools will enable DRPT to better serve our partners and the public and serve as a model for open governance....