Recorded Webinars
Your Hour With APA Virginia Webinar Series, Sponsored by The Berkley Group
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
Take a look at recent webinar recordings linked below!
Recently With "Your Hour With APA Virginia"
Integrated Resilience: Coordinated Planning in the City of Petersburg
1 CM | 1 SR: #9287057
The City of Petersburg has been experiencing what has been described as a “renaissance” in recent years, driven by coordinated and cohesive community planning efforts. In the past year alone, Petersburg has made significant progress in updating its Comprehensive Plan, developing a Downtown Master Plan, completing multiple transportation studies, leading regional coordination in environmental resilience, and preparing for a Zoning Ordinance rewrite. This webinar will highlight best practices from Petersburg’s planning efforts and discuss how to effectively coordinate and prioritize planning efforts to maximize community impact.
Speakers:
Naomi Siodmok, AICP, Director of Planning and Community Development, City of Petersburg
Luke Peters, ENV SP, Planner II, Berkley Group
Caroline Vanterve, AICP, Planner II, Berkley Group
"Storytelling Not Yelling Toward Inclusive Public Engagement"
Speaker: Asa R. Eslocker, Renaissance Planning
In this engaging storytelling session, participants will learn how storytelling can shape how we see and form our cities, communities, and ourselves – especially toward more inclusive engagement. Authentic storytelling has the potential to engage underserved communities, breakdown polarizing barriers, and realign planning projects for inclusive long-lasting change. More communities, agencies, and planning departments are expanding their focus on equity, justice, and inclusion goals, but often lack the tools or approaches to achieve these goals. Storytelling makes complex planning challenges easier to understand and has the power to synthesize different voices when identifying common hopes, aspirations, and visions of place....
CM # 9283516
"Solar Revenue Impacts"
Revenue impact (e.g. real estate, M&T exemption, energy revenue sharing, siting agreements) of utility scale solar photovoltaic (electric energy) systems (VA Code 58.1-3660 and 58.1-2636)
Revenue impact (e.g. ground-mount solar panels, roof-top solar panels, solar shingles) of residential and mixed-use solar installations (25kW or less) (VA Code 58.1-3661 effective 01.01.23)
CM #9281563
"Planning for the Infrastructure of the Digital Age"
This session will be about the trends we are seeing in data center development and forecasts for energy demand in Virginia and overall PJM territory going forward. For localities, data centers are a very attractive economic development opportunity, they are known for having low traffic counts, few service costs, and high tax revenue. This session will outline the land use impacts of data center development including externalities like transmission lines, substations, and energy generation facilities and potential implications for surrounding land uses that should be considered when reviewing these proposals. As the digital age continues to flourish with incredible amounts of information available at the click of a button and data intense machine learning programs becoming widely available, the infrastructure to make it all possible is resulting in major land use changes and infrastructure expansions....
CM #9275604
"Mapping Suitability for (Sub)urban Agriculture and Planning Local Food Systems "
Urban agriculture is becoming increasingly common in many areas across the Commonwealth. However, individual instances of urban agriculture, especially non-commercial forms (i.e., community gardening) are often short lived. In many cases, political jurisdictions often approach urban agriculture development without intentionality and do not have the internal agricultural knowledge needed to proactively plan local food systems. The presenters will
discuss their geospatial research within the Greater Richmond Area identifying prime (sub)urban agricultural land to mitigate the issues surrounding site selection. Examples will be provided of how partnering localities have utilized the results and the implications for their zoning modernization processes.
CM #9277071
"Critical Media Analysis to Inspire and Evaluate Praxis"
Popular media narratives around an issue like gentrification or bike lanes frequently are at odds with what planners know to be evidence-based best practices. In order to properly engage broad-based coalitions, planners need to debunk myths and frame arguments incisively.
CM #9270433
"What's Next Is Now: Managing Disruption in a Rapidly Changing World"
From cryptocurrency to climate change, the world is changing before our very eyes. How can we track emerging issues and better prepare our communities to successfully manage disruption? This session will help planners recognize and understand drivers of change and learn how to address them to create more equitable, healthy, and resilient communities. The speakers will begin by presenting a scan of current trends and emerging issues, and then share a practical approach to incorporating a future focus in their work. The session will include audience polling to find out what emerging issues participants are experiencing in their work, as well as case studies of communities that are finding innovative ways to manage change. Our future depends on our ability to respond quickly and thoughtfully to disruptive emerging issues. This session will equip planners to help their communities get started.
CM # 9267292