What's New
OAPA Board Election results--Congratulations to:
Amanda Ferguson, AICP - Vice President
Tom Schauer, AICP - Board Member At Large
Lisa Gardner, AICP - Board Member At Large
Thank you to all of you who took the time to vote.
Oregon Goes for the Green: 2010 Conference is here!
Metro Council President Candidates Forum - the OAPA is excited to host this event, Wednesday, March 10th from 5:30-7:30pm in the Heritage Room, Bridgeport BrewPub - in the Pearl District. We have closed the online registration for this event. There will be some tickets available at the door.
Input from planners requested for the Portland State University Intelligent Transportation Laboratory survey.
PSU Students requesting survey input - Sage Places, a group of five students in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program at Portland State University, is working on a workshop project involving older adults and planning. They are conducting a survey to learn more about how planners work with and engage older adults in planning processes. The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. To participate in the survey, please visit: http://www.sageplaces.com/planner-survey.html
January/February Oregon Planners' Journal has arrived. Log in to view.
Planning Commissioner Training for 2009-2010 This the third year that the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA) is partnering with the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University to provide a monthly, nine-part training series for planning commissioners. Trainings will be every 2nd or 3rd Friday @ 10AM beginning on October 16th and continuing through June and will be streamed live on the web. Schedule and info.
Award Nominations have closed. Check out all the current info.
Upcoming Professional Development Workshops
- Lots of good, free webcasts available to OAPA members as part of a multi-state coalition.
- New from APA - Digital Capture* of APA's National Planning Conference Visit APA for complete information.
RARE Pre-Applications are due on April 15, 2010. For more information about RARE (Resource Assistance for Rural Environments), visit http://rare.uoregon.edu/. If you have any questions, please email rare@uoregon.edu. or call 541-346-0259.
AICP CM Grace Period - As you know, we are in the four-month grace period for reporting CM. The grace period ends April 30, 2010. If you have any chapter members who are scrambling to get their credits or anyone who wants to get an early jump on the next term, the Planning Institute of Colorado has a red-hot deal for them!
Click on the following link http://www.vaned.com/planners/ and you have access to three courses worth four credit hours each for only $10 per course! This offer only lasts through April 30, 2010 - so do not delay! Choose from: Economics and Demographics, Growth Management and Transportation Planning. Take one or all courses and report your credits to APA. You take the courses on-line and at your own pace. For more information about the CM Grace Period you may download the whole paper from APA here.
The Long and Winding Road: Farmland Protection in Oregon 1961-2009
by Edward Sullivan and Ronald Eber Note: This article, 18 S.J.Agric.L.Rev 1(2009) is posted with permission and may not be further used without the express permission of the San Joaquin Law Agricultural Review. Open pdf | 
