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OUR MISSION
The Florida Chapter of APA provides statewide leadership in the development of sustainable communities by advocating excellence in planning, providing professional development for its members, and working to protect and enhance the natural and built environments.

 Announcements
 

APA FLORIDA ELECTION UNDERWAY
The election of APA Florida state-wide officers is underway.  You will receive the official ballot in the July/August issue of Florida Planning.  Ballots must be postmarked by August 15th and received by the Chapter Office by August 22nd.  Click here to read the candidate position statements.

 

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING MATERIALS
The APA Florida Annual Business meeting will be held at the InterContinental Miami Hotel on Saturday, September 13th from 10:15 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.  At this meeting, the membership will act on the 2009 Budget (and Narrative), 2009 Strategic Operational Plan, and the 2009 Legislative Program and Policies.  These materials were published in the July/August issue of Florida Planning, and can also be read by clicking on the document name above.  If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you can use the Proxy Form included in the newsletter or download it here.

Please contact the Chapter Office at fapa@floridaplanning.org or 850-201-3272 if you have any questions.

 

Conference Program, Hotel & Exhibitor Info
New - OVERFLOW HOTEL

2008 Conference
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS

Annual Sponsors
Akerman Senterfitt
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
WilsonMiller
IBI Group, Inc.

Platinum Sponsors
Greenberg-Traurig, P.A.
HDR, Inc.
Land Design South
T-Mobile

Gold Sponsors
American Jewish Congress Energy Independence Task Force
Bilzen Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
The Corradino Group
EDAW / AECOM
Lewis, Longman and Walker, P.A.
MSCW
Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.
Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell
RWA, Inc.
Shoma Homes at Village of Doral, Inc.
TischlerBise, Inc.
Waste Management
Zyscovich Architects

Silver Sponsors
Clarion Associates
Cotleur & Hearing, Inc.
Dover, Kohl & Partners
Florida Power & Light
Florida Regional Councils Association
Fowler White Boggs Banker, P.A.
Gentile Holloway O’Mahoney & Associates, Inc.
Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Holland & Knight LLP
Mechanik Nuccio Hearne & Wester, P.A.
Morris-Depew Associates, Inc.
PBS&J
Renaissance Planning Group, Inc.
Theriaque, Vorbeck & Spain, P.A.
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, L.P.
World Waste Services, Inc.

Bronze Sponsors
1000 Friends of Florida
Florida Department of Health
HNTB Corporation
Land Planning Solutions
Land Planning Systems, Inc.
Lewis Stroud & Deutsch, P.L.
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed
Marina G. Pennington
Planning Design Group
Solin & Associates, Inc.
Town of Cutler Bay
Wendy S. Grey Land Use Planning

Exhibitors
AIRVAC, Inc.
Akerman Senterfitt
Bilzen Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
The Corradino Group
Data Transfer Solutions
Davey Resource Group
EDAW / AECOM
Florida Biofuels Association/MJA Associates
Florida Department of Community Affairs
Florida Planning & Zoning Association
GAP Architectural Products, Inc.
HDR, Inc.
IBI Group, Inc.
Iler Planning Group
Jacobs Engineering
Keith and Schnars, P.A.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Land Design Innovations, Inc.
Land Design South
Lewis, Longman, & Walker, P.A.
Miami-Dade Dept. of Planning & Zoning
MSCW
Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.
RWA, Inc.
SESCO Lighting
Solin & Associates, Inc.
South Florida Water Management District
Southwest Florida Water Management District
Stanley Consultants, Inc.
TischlerBise, Inc.
T-Mobile
Trans Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Waste Management
Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, L.P.
WilsonMiller
Zyscovich Architects


A Special Thank You to Our In-Kind Sponsors

The City of Hialeah Gardens
for providing buses for our mobile workshops

Miami Dade Transit
for providing transit passes

IBI Group
for printing conference signs

Miami River Port Authority
for the sponsoring of the Miami River mobile workshop

Miami Downtown Development Authority
for providing conference water bottles

 

FAPA’s 2008 Public Policy Workshop
Click here to view workshop presentations.
 

 

APA Needs Your Help!
The APA Hazards Planning Research Center is currently looking for planning documents and related publications that address hazard mitigation, to create a collection of best practices that make the connection between hazard mitigation planning and other local planning activities. Planners have a real opportunity to affect change on a wide variety of subjects through their strategic position as advisors to policy makers in town, city, county, and regional governments.

Specifically they are seeking the following types of documents and published materials (examples in parentheses):

  • long-range visioning documents/blueprints/goals and objectives
  • local plans (comprehensive, neighborhood, regional; housing, transportation, economic development; energy, climate change; water supply management)
  • development management tools (zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, design guidelines)
  • public investment tools (capital improvements program, general fund, financial revitalization tools)
  • local policies
  • built development projects

Help them learn what communities have already accomplished in integrating hazard mitigation into planning. Please send information (documents or links to web-based materials) to jschwab@planning.org. Participate in the online questionnaire and learn more about the project.
 

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Chapter Bylaws

Thank you for your support of the revised bylaws 
 

Check out the newsletter from APA's Planning and the Black Community Division!
 

RFP WEBPAGE
Our members have found the RFP feature so valuable that we have created a page for Requests for Proposals and other opportunities. Please check back often.
 

 
Annual Sponsors’ Program
The FAPA Annual Sponsors’ Program was created for businesses, corporations, and other organizations that share FAPA’s mission of advocating excellence in planning. Let others know you share this commitment through your patronage and the recognition that comes with this program by becoming a FAPA Annual Sponsor today!
 
 
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 Calendar
2008 CM Credit Workshop Series: Transit-Oriented Development
 9/4/2008

2008 APA Florida Annual Conference
 9/10/2008 - 9/13/2008

Housing: The New Environment Conference
 9/15/2008 - 9/17/2008

Planning and Designing for Pedestrian Safety Training Course
 9/16/2008 - 9/18/2008

Quasi-Judicial Proceedings
 9/19/2008


FAPA Annual Sponsors

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Career Corner

Total jobs listed: 16
Most recent addition: 8/27/2008

Total resumes listed: 16
Most recent addition: 8/21/2008



 Jobs
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPT.
 PLANNING MANAGER (Job Code 08-707701-07)
 Salary Range: $69,321- $108,286

CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPT.
 PLANNER (Job Code 08-707712-06)
 Salary Range: $46,931– $72,119

ST. PETE BEACH CITY GOVERNMENT
 SENIOR PLANNER – Community Development Department
 $50,593.71-$70,061; Starting Salary DOQ

CITY OF APOPKA
 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
 $79,133 - $123,872 DOQ

TOWN OF PALM BEACH
 PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR
 Starting Salary $51,325- $66,656

SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOLS
 PLANNING ANALYST
 

 

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