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OKLAHOMA CITY
Mayor's Development Roundtable
 

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
(8:00 AM - 1:00 PM)

Cox Convention Center
101 Myriad Gardens
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Register Now!  
Go online or call 800-321-5011 and mention meeting code 8122-0806 .

Don't Miss This Year's Development Roundtable!
Each spring, Mayor Mick Cornett holds the Mayor's Development Roundtable as a forum to bring together public and private sector entities with a commitment to developing a great community. This is the city's seventh Roundtable, which brings nationally renowned speakers and local panel members who will addresses topics relevant to Oklahoma City's growth and development.

Featured topics this year are housing demands and strategies and development opportunities for a proposed urban park in the heart of downtown. The conference provides you the opportunity to participate in interactive open-forum discussion, both during the sessions and at the luncheon. For the first time, this year the Mayor will present an award of recognition for outstanding development in Oklahoma City.

Registration Information:
  • Registration is $65 per person
  • Registration includes breakfast, snacks and a luncheon
                
Peter Harnik
Director
Trust for Public Land's Center for City Park Excellence
               
Laurie Volk
Co-managing Director
Zimmerman/Volk Associates
 
Be sure to Pre-register!

 

APA Audio Conference / Webinar

OKAPA is sponsoring several APA audioconference this Spring.
The fee is $5 per person per session. 

Where:                                                                

Oklahoma City:

CH Guernsey & Company training room

5555 North Grand Boulevard

Contact:  Ken Bryan (phone 405-416-8100).

                 Ken.Bryan@chguernsey.com

 

Tulsa:

Tulsa

Contact:  Erik Enyart (phone 918-366-0427)
                 
eenyart@bixby.com

  

When:  webinars start at 3:00 ends at 4:30 PM; arrive at 2:15 to sign-in, pay, etc.

May 21, 2008
CM: 1.5

Community Based Brownfields Redevelopment

Too often, community groups and residents of low-income communities are left out of the brownfield redevelopment process. Learn how to engage community members so they can see the opportunities presented by brownfield sites. Assess how community development corporations can play a major role and find out how the community can weigh the costs of brownfield redevelopment. Hear from community members as well as technical experts. Co-sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

June 25, 2008
CM: 1.5

Planning Law Review

As the U.S. Supreme Court’s term comes to an end, find out how the nine justices and their federal and state counterparts shaped planning over the last year. Learn about the legal precedents set in the last year by Congress, state legislatures, and ballot box initiatives. Hear from legal experts how to deal with organized challenges to long-standing planning tools. A program the planning director, planning commission, and staff cannot afford to miss.

 

APA WEBCAST

See http://www.planning.org/audioconference/   for more info.

 

OKAPA 2008 OKAPA State Conference

October 9, 2008

(tentative date)

 

  

 

 

 

**Certification  Maintenance Passed by AICP Commission

On April 13, the AICP Commission approved a plan for Certification Maintenance through continuing education. 
 
Details here

For more continued education opportunities, see  Planning Education at a Distance (PED).

PED is an Internet based educational tool that provides planners and government officials with
on-line urban and regional planning related continuing education opportunities.

Planning Education at a Distance

OU MRCPL:  60th Anniversary Conference

Nov. 30 - Dec.1, 2007

Oklahoma State Health Department Health Equity

University of Central Oklahoma

Tuesday, April 15th,  2 hours AICP CM credits

APA WEBCASTS:

"Design Guidelines for Small Towns & Rural Communities"   March 5, 2008

CM: 1.25

"Confronting NIMBYs"   March 19, 2008

CM: 1

Mastering Density    February 13, 2008

CM: 1.5

Resource materials are located here:

http://www.planning.org/audioconference/MASDEN/resourcematerials.htm

"Staying Out of Court by Avoiding Pitfalls"  November 07, 2007

  AICP Con't Education Credit:  

'LEED for Neighborhoods'  October 3, 2007

 AICP Con't Education Credit:  

'Planning Law Review'  June 27, 2007

 AICP Con't Education Credit:  

'Inclusionary Housing'   May 14, 2007

 AICP Con't Education Credit:

'Maintaining Neighborhood Character'   March 14, 2007

 AICP Con't Education Credit:  1.5   

'Complete Streets' February 14, 2007

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