Making Great Communities Happen
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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| January 2011 | |
| January 27 | One Day CEQA Workshop with Ron Bass Ventura County Government Center This workshop will focus on existing and/or recent changes to CEQA guidelines and legislation, as well as issues and trends such as determining when a project is considered a "project" under CEQA, establishing a CEQA baseline, and conducting climate change and greenhouse gas analysis. Participants for this workshop can earn 5.5 hours of APA AICP CM Credit or Ventura County Bar Association MCLE credit. More >> |
| February 2011 | |
| February 18 | Nominations Due The 2011 APACA Central Coast Section Planning Awards nominations are to be submitted by 5:00 pm to Hollee L. King: hollee@HLKplanning.com. For more information, the Award Application, Policies, and Categories can be found here. |
| March 2011 | |
| March 15 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA Third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive notifications. |
| April 2011 | |
| April 9-12 | 2011 APA National Planning Conference Hynes Convention Center, Boston Explore Boston and reconnect with colleagues. For more information, please click here. |
April 16 |
2011 APACA Central Coast Section Planning Awards |
| April 16-17 | Earth Day Festival 2011 |
| April 26 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard)-- |
| April 28 | Presentation on County One-Stop Process 50 Years of Land Use and Growth Management in Ventura County For more information, please click here. |
| April 30 | Central Coast APA Student Event: Sustainable Agriculture and Watershed Winery Tour |
| May 2011 | |
| May 13 | 2011 CPF Sustainability Walking Tours Sacramento, CA Santa Monica, CA Join local planners, architects, developers, students, and other planning professionals in one of two walking tours exploring mixed-use, sustainable, and green developments. For more information, please click here. |
| May 18 | Designing Healthy Communities Cal Poly Spanos Theather, San Luis Obispo CA 3:00 pm. Speaker: Richard J. Jackson, University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Jackson will provide us with his vision of Healthy Communities. A panel discussion will follow. The event is co-sponsored by STRIDE, APA, and the County of San Luis Obispo. Please click here for more information and press release details. |
| May 19 | Energy Efficiency in Planning--How to Make Buildings More Energy Efficient City of Ventura 2nd Floor, Ventura CA 6:00 pm. Speaker: John Bowers, University of California at Santa Barbara. Please contact Kathleen Mallory: kmallory@pandes.net for more information. |
| May 24 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA Third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. May showing--"Kilowatt Ours: A Plan To Re-Energize America"--an award-winning documentary providing simple, practical, affordable solutions to America's energy crisis starting at the light switch. Please click here for more information and contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive notifications. |
| June 2011 | |
| June 17 | Unintended Consequences--What Happens when Bad Ordinances are Written Planning Director Roundtable Location TBA 6:00 pm. Please contact Kathleen Mallory: kmallory@pandes.net for more information. |
| June 21 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA 6:30 pm. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Film Screening: Bag It, a documentary on all things plastic (running time 78 minutes). Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive notifications. |
| June 30 | Scholarships Available for November 2011 AICP Exam Application deadline TODAY 5 p.m. To be considered for one of these scholarships, please obtain the application form from your Section Director or Professional Development Officer and e-mail it to Juan Borrelli, AICP, Vice President of Professional Development before the deadline ends. A committee will review the applications received by the deadline and will make a final determination of the qualified scholarship recipients. Selected scholarship recipients will be notified by Friday, July 8, 2011. For more information, please visit here. |
| July 2011 | |
| July 26 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA 6:30 pm. Mainstreet Architects and Planners: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Film screening of Beyond the Motor City. Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive notifications and if you plan to attend. Friends are welcome to join, as always. |
| July 30 | Planning Ethics Seminar University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 9:30 am. University Park Campus, Leavey Library Auditorium, Los Angeles CA. This three-hour semiar provides professional planners with a thorough and thoughful discussion of ethical concerns that many planners are likely to face in their careers. Ethics expert Carol Barrett, AICP, examines the AICP Code of Ethics, and applies its standards to common examples in everyday planning. Space for this event is limited to the first 40 registrants. To register or for more information, please click here. This seminar has been approved for 3 AICP Certificate Maintenance (CM) credits and fulfills the required 1.5 Ethics CM credits. |
| August 2011 | |
| August 6 | AICP Exam Preparation Seminar University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 9:00 am. University Park Campus, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building (MRF) Room 204, Los Angeles CA. Planetizen is offering an AICP exam preparation seminar provided by award-winning course instructor and Ohio State University professor, Jennifer Evans-Cowley, PhD, AICP. Space for this event is limited to the first 23 registrants. To register or for more information, please click here. For questions, please contact: courses@planetizen.com. |
| August 19 | Climate Action Planning A Tri-County Presentation and Roundtable Santa Barbara CA 5:00 pm. City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department, David Gebhard Public Meeting Room: 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara CA. Come join your colleagues to learn about the latest efforts in the tri-counties to tackle Climate Action Plans (CAPs) and enjoy a summer evening in Downtown Santa Barbara. Speakers include: Chris Williams, City of Oxnard; Michael Boswell, Cal Poly; Pammy Seale, PMC Consultants; and Heather Imgrund, County of Santa Barbara. The presentation and discussion will take place between 5:00 to 6:30 pm followed by Happy Hour at El Paseo Restaurant (813 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara CA). Please RSVP by August 12, 2011 (Wednesday) to Scott Bruce, San Luis Obispo Sub-Section Director, by email: scottB@wallacegroup.us. The presentation is approved for 1.5 CM credits. For more information, please click here. |
| August 25 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA 5:30 pm. Mainstreet Architects + Planners. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Stephen Schafer, President of the San Buenaventura Conservancy, also a well known local historian and photographer, will present amazing historic photos of Ventura and discuss the importance of historic preservation. He will do a mash-up of many topics, such as his take on New Architectural Terminology (Ever heard of Taco Bell Revival?) and CEQA Mitigations for Historic development, how new-urbanism resembles historic-urbanism, and the Then & Now of what we've lost & preserved in Ventura County. Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive future notifications. We are a casual group. Bring a snack, beverage, and a friend. |
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| September 11-14 | 2011 California Chapter American Planning Association Conference Opening reception at the Santa Barbara Zoo Conference at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort Hosted and organized by the Central Coast (APACA) Section – comprised of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties – the APACA conference is held in our region once every seven years. In addition to assisting during the event, opportunities abound for planners who would like to plan key elements of this year's conference, including researching keynote speakers, conference session themes, special events, mobile workshops, sponsorships, and how to make the conference more earth-friendly. Consider speaking on a planning topic at one of the program sessions or serving on one of the conference committees. More >> (For the original announcement, please visit:www.calapa.org.) |
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September 13 |
State Street Pub Crawl Santa Barbara CA 8:30 pm. Over 1,000 planners and professionals will be joiniing us here in Santa Barbara for the 2011 California APA Conference. Join in the fun with a pub crawl down Stat Street on Tuesday night for a great networking and social opportunity with planners from around the State. This event is open to all Central coast section members! For more information, please click here. |
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September 29 |
MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard)--Details TBD Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA 5:30 pm. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive notifications. |
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| October 2011 | |
| October 18 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA 5:30 pm. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Film: Vanishing Bees. The film looks incredibly interesting and thought provoking, and being that we live in an area that relies heavily on agriculture, it's very relevant. Read all about the film and watch the trailer here: http://www.vanishingbee.com. Bring your favorite beer, mead, and bit-o-honey, and well, enjoy it while it lasts. Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com to receive notifications and email: mimby@googlegroups.com to post. |
| October 20 | Celebrate Community Planning Locally Farmer's Market, City of San Luis Obispo CA 6:00 pm. October has been designated as National Community Planning Month by the American Planning Association (APA) as a way to highlight the role of planners and planning in each community. This year the planning community will celebrate at the San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market with activities to explain what planning is, how planning influences everyday activities, and what residents can do to become involved in planning for their community. For details about this event, please visit the original announcement on The Open Space website. |
| October 27 | Building Along the Boulevards in Our City Transportation as a Catalyst for Development City Hall Annex, City of Camarillo 11:30 am. Address: 2220 Ventura Boulevard. Speaker: Johannes Von Tilburg. Come enjoy inspiring dialogue and to be entered in a chance to win a FREE gift certificate! More details available at the event. Please RSVP by October 25th to Kathleen Mallory:kmallory@pandes.net. This is a brown bag lunch session ($5/sandwich due at the event) with dessert provided by the subsection. If you wish to order a sandwich, please specify this with your RSVP. |
| November 2011 | |
| November 15 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Mainstreet Architects, Ventura CA 5:30 pm. Address: 422 East Main Street, Ventura CA. Film: GasLand. Not only are we going to watch a really powerful film, but Brian Baca, Planning Manager from the County of Ventura/Hydrologist/Geologist, is graciously volunteering to talk about fracking, what's going on in Ventura County, and answer any questions you may have. As always, friends are welcome to join, and snacks and beverages are to share. Please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com for questions or to receive notifications. |
| December 2011 | |
| December 6 | APA/AEP Santa Barbara Subsection Holiday Party Arnoldi’s Café, Santa Barbara CA 5:30 - 8:00 pm. Address: 600 Olive Street, Santa Barbara CA. The APA/AEP Santa Barbara Subsection Holiday Party is open to members and non-members at no cost. Appetizers will be provided with a no-host bar. As part of your entry to this event, please consider donating a holiday gift item to the Transition House family shelter, either online or bring the item(s) to the party. The Transition House has provided gift ideas listed here. For questions, please contact: RBrooke@santabarbaraca.gov or Beth.Anna.Cornett@urs.com. This event is hosted by the American Planning Association Central Coast Section and the Association of Environmental Professionals. |
| December 8 | APA Ventura Subsection Holiday Party Brendan's Irish Pub & Restaurant, Camarillo CA 5:30 - 8:00 pm. Address: 1755 East Daily Drive, Camarillo CA. The APA Ventura Subsection Holiday Party is FREE to APA members and non-members. Appetizers will be provided. The original event announcement can be found here. Please RSVP by December 5, 2011 to Kathleen Mallory: kmallory@pandes.net. |
| December 8 | AEP and APA 2011 Winter Mixer Wallas Group Office, San Luis Obispo CA 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Address: 612 Clarion Court, San Luis Obispo CA. Beer, wine, and appetizers will be provided. The AEP and APA 2011 Winter Mixer is FREE for AEP/APA members and students, and $5 for non-members. Don't miss the raffle prizes! Please RSVP to Jeremy Freund: jeremyf@wallacegroup.us by December 1, 2011. |
| December 13 | MIMBY (Movies In My Back Yard) Fishbone Farms, Ventura CA 5:30 pm. Address: 1870 Ocean Ave., Ventura CA. Film: Idora Neighborhood. This short film is about how a community in Youngstown, OH completely turned itself around and became a major economic development and community building success. More about the film can be found here. In addition, Andrew Berner, founder of Fishbone Farms (FBF), is graciously hosting a tour of his up and running aquaponics system. FBF is a startup farm that utilizes and promotes 'aquaponics' as an innovative and sustainable approach to conventional food production that combines the benefits of aquaculture and hydroponics in one natural ecosystem. For more information about this event or FBF, please contact: lillyrika@gmail.com. The event will be outdoors, so please bring lawn chairs, blankets, jackets, and whatever else you may need to be warm and comfortable. As always, friends are welcome, as are snacks and beverages to share. |
| December 14 | FREE Training Session on California Emission Estimator Model (CalEEMod) Ventura County APCD, California Room, Ventura CA 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Address: 669 County Square Drive, Ventura CA. CalEEMod (released in February 2011) is the newest statewide computer emissions estimating model developed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District in collaboration with other California air districts. The training session will benefit those who use the model, such as government staff agencies, land use planners, consultants, and environmental professionals required to quantify and review air emissions associated with construction and operation of land use or transportation projects. This event is hosted by the Ventura County and Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control Districts (APCD). For questions, please contact Chuck Thomas or Molly Pearson. |
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