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  • APA NYM Economic Development Committee Monthly Meeting in June

    WHEN:
    Tuesday, June 1, 2021
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Economic Development Committee is hosting the monthly meeting on 6/1/2021 at 6:30pm.

    If you are interested in joining us, please email at economicdevelopment@nyplanning.org

    We will send you the meeting link via email.

    Thank you and See you then

    APA NYM Economic Development Committee

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Other
    CM Credits:

  • Little Island Walking Tour

    WHEN:
    Wednesday, May 12, 2021
    3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

    WHERE:
    Little Island Park, NEW YORK NY

    Little Island Walking Tour 

    Event Description:

      The Economic Development Committee invites you to tour the recently constructed Little Island Park, located on the west side of Manhattan along the Hudson Greenway. The walking tour will showcase the park’s impressive landscape architectural elements and provide a narrative of its development over the past several years. Please join us for this exclusive tour of New York City’s newest public space along the scenic Hudson Waterfront.

    Date & Time:  Wednesday 12, 2021, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

    Location: Little Island Park, Pier 55 at Hudson River Park Greenway

    Number of Participants:  16 in total 

    • This event availability is limited to up to 16 people in total.  RSVP will be closed after it reaches the maximum number. (After you RSVP and can no longer attend, please contact us ASAP.)

    RSVP required at economicdevelopment@nyplanning.org

     

    Tour Guide:  Celine Armstrong (Project Executive of Little Island)

    CM Credits: 1.5 credits (pending)

    Committee: APA NYM Economic Development Committee

    Important Note:

    1. This event will be held at the recently constructed site. The site is not open to the public yet.
    2. For traveling, it may require the attendees to travel via public transit to the meeting location.
    3. All attendees are required to sign the site waivers before the walking tour starts. For those confirmed attendees, the site waivers will be sent in advance.
    4. All attendees are required to wear face masks all the time, socially distanced and adhering to any other CDC/State/City Requirements.

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Other
    CM Credits: 1.5 (Pending)

  • Digital Divide in Education The Pandemic & Its Impacts

    WHEN:
    Thursday, May 6, 2021
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Tech Talk | Digital Divide in Education The Pandemic & Its Impacts

    What? 
    Join the Technology Committee on May 6th for a continuation of the bi-monthly speaker series, in this Tech Talk we will be hosting a discussion around the digital divide—experienced by 1.5 million New Yorkers and exacerbated due to COVID-19. The content explored in this talk is original research prepared by a dedicated Technology Committee working group.

    RSVP to apa.techcomm@gmail.com to request zoom details.

    When & Where

    May 6th, 6 pm to 7 pm EST via Zoom

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Discussion
    CM Credits: 0

  • APA NYM Economic Development Committee Meeting in May

    WHEN:
    Tuesday, May 4, 2021
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Economic Development Committee is hosting the monthly meeting on 5/4/2021 at 6:30pm.

    If you are interested in joining us, please email at economicdevelopment@nyplanning.org

    We will send you the meeting link via email.

     

    Thank you and See you then

    APA NYM Economic Development Committee

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Other
    CM Credits:

  • APA NYM Economic Development Committee Meeting in April

    WHEN:
    Tuesday, April 6, 2021
    6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Economic Development Committee is hosting the monthly meeting on 4/6/2021 at 6:30pm.

    If you are interested in joining us, please email at economicdevelopment@nyplanning.org

    We will send you the meeting link via email.

    Thank you and See you then

    APA NYM Economic Development Committee

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Conference
    CM Credits:

  • AICP Virtual "What to Expect" session

    WHEN:
    Wednesday, March 31, 2021
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    If you’re planning on taking the AICP exam this Spring, now is time to start gathering your study resources and getting familiar with the exam topics if you haven’t already. The NY Metro Chapter is pleased to offer the following session:

    AICP Virtual “What to Expect” Session

    Wednesday, March 31 @ 6 PM

    Zoom Meeting

    Please join us for an overview of what you can expect on the AICP exam, a discussion of study materials, and hear from Chapter members who have recently passed the exam. You can meet other exam takers and create study groups.

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Discussion
    CM Credits:

  • Simplify That Code!

    WHEN:
    Monday, March 29, 2021
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Please join the Sullivan County Planning Department and APA Metro NY Chapter, Hudson Valley West for “Simplify That Code” Virtual Training with Author, lecturer, and site designer, Russell Arendt.

    Mr. Arendt is the country’s most sought-after speaker on the topic of creative development design as a conservation tool. His work has been featured in leading periodicals including the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Wall Street Journal, Landscape Architect, Urban Land, the Amicus Journal, the Smithsonian, and the New Yorker. He is the principal and owner of his consulting firm Greener Prospects located in Brunswick, Maine, and is Senior Conservation Advisor at the Natural Lands Trust in Media, Pennsylvania. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute in London. In 2004 he was named an Honorary Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and in 2005 he received the American Institute of Architects’ Award for Collaborative Achievement. In 2008 he received an honorary degree in Landscape Planning and Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design, in Conway, Massachusetts.

    REGISTRATION LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-irrTwjE9b2uf1-Lx4P2s1Lv0YHikos

    CM CREDITS: 1.5 (Pending)

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Lecture
    CM Credits: 1.5

  • Transportation Committee Open Meeting

    WHEN:
    Thursday, March 4, 2021
    6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

    Want to become involved with the Transportation Committee?  Save the date for our first open meeting of the year! We will discuss how to become involved with the Committee and the tentative 2021 events schedule. We look forward to hearing about the programming our members would like to see so we can collaboratively plan for an informative and fun 2021! 

     

    Date: March 4, 2021

    Time: 6:00-7:15 PM

    Location: Zoom (link to be provided) 

    Register: Here

     

     

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Discussion
    CM Credits:

  • Tech Talk | The Wise City

    WHEN:
    Thursday, March 4, 2021
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Calling All Tech & Urbanism Folks!

    Join us for the Tech Committee’s March Tech Talk. The APA NYM Technology Committee hosts a regular bi-monthly speaker series, which focuses on tech, urbanism, and the interdisciplinary areas that intersect with these spaces. All are welcome, no prior engagement with the APA NYM Chapter is required. If you have questions, please email us.

    Daniel Latorre
    Daniel is focused on building communities of practice around place based campaigns, arts, advocacy, and open source urbanism. His past work includes: starting the Digital Placemaking program at Project for Public Spaces, a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people build stronger communities; launching Open Educational Technology, and Creative Commons licenses at Scholastic; and helping advance sustainable urbanism with Streetsblog & Streetfilms, and rebooting community mapping product strategy at OpenPlans. He was a founding steering committee member for NYC Participatory Budgeting leading its first online civic engagement projects, and is active in community organizing in the Brooklyn neighborhood he calls home. With a Colombian & Norwegian-American background this Third Culture Kid & zen practitioner brings an international cross-cultural present-future awareness to all he works on.

    Learn more about The Wise City
    http://thewisecity.org/

    Run of Show

    6:00 – 6:15 Sign-On & Introductions
    6:15 – 6:40 Speaker’s Presentation
    6:40 – 6:55 Moderated Q&A
    7:00 – Thank You! & Sign-Off

    Please RSVP to apa.techcomm@gmail.com to receive instructions and the zoom link.

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Discussion
    CM Credits: 0

  • NYC Roundtable: Improving business through open space: The role of open space in generating business activity at NYC's Business Improvement Districts

    WHEN:
    Thursday, February 25, 2021
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    NYC Roundtable : “Improving business through open space: The role of open space in generating business activity at NYC’s Business Improvement Districts.”

    Date & Time:  February 25, 2021, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

    Location: RSVP required at economicdevelopment@nyplanning.org

    The event’s Zoom information will be forwarded via the RSVP email.

    Event Purpose:  

    New York City (NYC) has been grappling with empty storefronts as businesses struggle to stay afloat due to rent and wage increases as well as consumers’ shift towards online shopping. The prevalence of the current COVID-19 pandemic has further made this issue visible.

    The purpose of this event is to discuss the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on NYC’s Business Improvements Districts (BIDs). The discussion will follow up on New York City’s Open Space recovery initiatives and whether utilizing open space has helped improve business activity within BIDs. Additionally, the discussion will highlight experiences of BID leaders prior and during the pandemic, explore changes in the real estate market, examine the continuing financial challenges that businesses face, and touch upon the role of urban planning in mitigating these challenges.

    Event Description:

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh heavily on the economy of the United States, state and local jurisdictions are challenged to deal with the economic consequences. New York City’s Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have deployed creative strategies to help businesses stay afloat during this period by utilizing open space to promote business activity. While the City explores long-term borrowing options to fund critical government operations and projects, the New York Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association, Economic Development Committee brings together a range of experts to provide insight.

    Speakers: 

    • Roxanne Earley, NYC Small Business Services, Business Improvement District Program
    • Kyle Gorman, NYC Department of Transportation, Public Space Unit
    • Evan Sweet, Meatpacking Business Improvement District (Manhattan)
    • Mark Caserta, Park Slope Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District (Brooklyn)
    • Michael Brady, Third Avenue Business Improvement District (Bronx)

    Moderator: Maryam Yaghoubi

    CM Credits: 1.5 credits (pending)

    Committee: APA NYM Economic Development Committee

    Sponsors:

    Event Type: Conference
    CM Credits: 1.5