Join the Infrastructure Debate

What should APA's Rebuilding America agenda be? Hear how a national coalition is taking shape, and find out what elected leaders are focusing on. Explore an entire track on transportation infrastructure and see if you agree that a paradigm shift is upon us.

Transportation Infrastructure track

Training Opportunities Abound at the Conference

APA's National Planning Conference in Minneapolis offers hundreds of training opportunities in one location. Learn how to incorporate key planning messages in your work. See Paul Farmer's recent New York Times letter to the editor as an example of key planning messages.

Read Paul Farmer's Letter to the Editor

Learn about training at the conference

Exhibit and Sponsor
in Minneapolis

Introduce your organization to the more than 6,000 planners and officials who will gather for the 2009 National Planning Conference. 

Learn about Exhibiting

Find out about Sponsorships

A Few of Our Favorite Things

APA President-elect Bruce Knight, FAICP, who grew up in the Twin Cities area, gives you a tour in the first of a series of online interviews exploring APA members' favorite things in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Bruce Knight's favorite things

Join the Online Infrastructure Community

Take part in the nationwide conversation on infrastructure investment by joining APA's new online infrastructure forum. Post questions, make suggestions, participate in discussions, and share pictures and videos.

Visit the forum

Read about the Rebuilding America project

How Green Is APA?

In recent years, APA has taken steps to make its products, services, and processes greener and more sustainable. Read Executive Director Paul Farmer's progress report.

Read more

Careers at the Conference

A struggling economy can derail your career, whether you're just starting out or you've been working for years. Find strategies — including Job Connection — to launch your career or keep it afloat at APA's 2009 National Planning Conference.

Enhance your career at the conference

Check out Job Connection

Read Planning Online

The March issue of Planning explores the many benefits of saving the urban forest. The issue also looks at a new twist on brownfield redevelopment, the case for affordable housing, and more. Members may read the entire issue online. Everyone is invited to read this month's featured article on an anti-sprawl strategy in one Florida county.

March Planning magazine

New: APA's Energy and
Climate Change Database

In collaboration with the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, APA has launched an online, searchable database of case studies and resources to help communities address energy and climate change issues.

Energy and Climate Change Database

The World's Earliest Cities

On March 17, hear Geoff Emberling, director of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, discuss principles of urban development in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia.

Learn about Tuesdays at APA

CM Website

Providers of education for AICP members will appreciate the enhanced features on APA's Certification Maintenance web pages.

Check out the CM pages

Free Health Planning Course

The first in APA's series of free online courses, "Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments," is available and approved for CM credits.

Take the free HIA course online