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The Annual NNECAPA Conference was a success in Belfast, ME this past week with over 140 participants. Thanks to the Maine delegation for their hard work in organizing the event.
Posted on: 2009-09-28
MoreAN interesting report from our friends up north...
Posted on: 2009-02-19
MoreSeveral APA chapters have worked together to develop a series of online trainings available to all APA members for FREE. Don't miss out on those great opportunities.
Posted on: 2008-12-02
MoreIn 2008, the Consensus Building Institute (CBI) researched models of professional exchange programs throughout the country and identified a range of interests and concerns around a Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association NNECAPA) planners exchange program. The goal of the research was to help NNECAPA to create an implementable short-term exchange program available to planning professionals in Northern New England. CBI used web-based research tools, phone interviews, and staff analysis to develop the findings and recommendations presented in this report. Kate Harvey, Associate, Consensus Building Institute was the primary researcher and can be reached at kharvey@cbuilding.org or 617-844-1136 for additional information.
Posted on: 2008-10-06
MoreEnvironmentalists in Russia are fuming over plans to construct a resort in the middle of a nature preserve near the 2014 Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.
Posted on: 2010-02-08
MoreVancouver is playing host to the Winter Olympics beginning later this week. It's a city admired across North America. But it's also home to a pocket of severe poverty and homelessness.
Posted on: 2010-02-08
MoreIn an effort to cut transportation maintenance costs, some cities are ditching their asphalt roads and going back to gravel.
Posted on: 2010-02-08
MoreWhat's good for the Bronx turns out to be good for upstate NY. In this case, a Plattsburgh bus manufacturer has received the first orders for what is promoted as the "bus of the future of NYC transit": 3-doors, articulated, low-floor, & low emission.
Posted on: 2010-02-08
MoreCalifornia's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, or AB 32, is known throughout the U.S. as being the landmark state legislation that addresses climate change. It is the target of an initiative that aims to suspend it unless unemployment drops.
Posted on: 2010-02-08
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