Welcome to APA Delaware
The Delaware Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Delaware) serves as the local source for networking and professional development for planners in the First State. APA Delaware gives you a chance to share experiences with colleagues and broaden your perspective beyond your commission or office. Learn more about the Chapter.
Chapter Announcements
 UPCOMING SESSIONS Note that all sessions are worth 1.5 CM credits unless otherwise noted; Take place from 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET unless otherwise noted; Are recorded and posted to the Planning Webcast Series YouTube Channel  The Relevancy Guidebook: How We Can Transform the Future of Preservation Host: APA Urban Design and Preservation Division CM | 1.5 Join Landmarks Illinois CEO Bonnie McDonald to discuss the preservation field’s current challenges based on her interviews with preservation professionals and advocates. Key findings from the Relevancy project include creating a just preservation movement, dismantling preservation’s “culture of preciousness,” focusing on affordable housing, addressing climate change, and preservation job opportunities. [Read More…]  Planning, Preservation and Change: The Federal Perspective Host: APA Urban Design and Preservation Division CM | 1.5 The Honorable Sara Bronin, Chair of the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, will discuss the Council’s recently adopted federal policy statements on Housing and Historic Preservation and Climate Change and Historic Preservation and how they relate to our broader planning issues. Chair Bronin will also discuss her recent report and recommendations to the Council on applying and interpreting federal historic preservation standards. [Read More…]  Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Connecting Stadiums to Communities Host: APA Urban Design and Preservation Division CM | 1.5 When carefully planned with their surroundings, new sports facilities offer the opportunity to revitalize communities, promote economic development, and create great places. Learn lessons from renowned urban designer and architect Janet Marie Smith, who was instrumental in designing the pioneering Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, the renovation of Fenway Park in Boston, and the recent modernization of Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. [Read More…] View & Register for All Sessions ON-DEMAND SESSIONS (Just Listed!) New Developments in Planning Case Law CM | 1.5 L | 1 View All On-Demand Sessions |
2024 APA National Conference
Registration is now open for NPC24. April 13 – April 16, 2024 | Minneapolis and available Online | MAY 8–10, 2024
Our chapter is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration (MAPC), which is hosting a Resiliency Series of webinars through 2024. The first webinar was Resiliency 101 and laid out the basics. Delaware’s is the second webinar and will focus on resilience (and sustainability) at the local level. We will hear from our partners at the Resilient and Sustainable Communities League (RASCL), DelDOT’s sustainability team, and the Coastal Resource Design Studio.
Synopsis
Planners in Delaware are empowering local communities to develop resiliency and sustainability plans and to complete local mitigation projects to build community resilience. This webinar will feature a panel of speakers that will share examples of planning resources and local projects that are benefiting Delaware’s vulnerable communities. The audience will gain valuable resources and best practices that they can replicate in the context of their own communities.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fQAlarnkTlijQEwMW1DdXQ
A special thank you goes to our friends at the Virginia APA Chapter for administering this webinar for us.
To view #1 in the Resiliency Series and other past webinars, visit the MAPC YouTube page:
Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration – YouTube
Healthy Communities Delaware
HCD is offering free professional development opportunities for anyone working to create healthy, safe and vibrant communities in Delaware
Click here for more information and to register: https://healthycommunitiesde.org/events
2024 Delaware APA Monthly Lunch and Learn Series
The next APA Delaware Lunch & Learn session will be held on April 25th.
Lunch & Learn events at Noon every 4th Thursday of each month from
January-October and all will be made available for CM credits. Past recordings are available upon request.
Zoom meeting link: https://udel.zoom.us/j/96923776824
Annual Meeting: December 13
On December 13th, the Chapter held its 2023 Annual Meeting. Speaker and Panel discussion focused on affordable housing needs nationally and here in Delaware. Max Walton also provided an annual Law Review.
Presentations and recordings are Available Here!
| 7th Annual RASCL Summit Leading the Charge: Empowering our Communities for a Sustainable Delaware Held on January 17, 2024  Del-One Conference Center 100 Campus Drive, Building 700 Dover, DE 19904 AICP Credits can be registered here: 7th Annual RASCL Summit: Leading the Charge: Empowering Our Communities for a Sustainable Delaware (planning.org) |
APA Delaware 2023 Fall Forum:
The Pathway to Hope
The 2023 Fall Forum was held at the New Castle County Hope Center and featured recorded remarks from County Executive Matt Meyer, a screening of “The Pathway Home,” and a panel discussion with the Center’s Leadership Team. A video recording of the panel presentation is Now Available.
The Hope Center welcomes donations for household and other items. Please click HERE for a full list of needed items.
Virtual Policy Forum – Delaware in 2040: Demographic Changes and the Impacts on Infrastructure
This webinar, from July 2023, highlighted the history and influence of the Delaware Population Consortium (DPC) and the state’s demographic projections, which are approved on an annual basis by the DPC. The DPC’s current work and demographic trends impacting Delaware will also be highlighted, and we had a panel discussion focusing on the impact of our aging population in Delaware.
Speakers included:
- Edward Ratledge, Director, University of Delaware Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
- Dan Blevins, Principal Transportation Planner, WILMAPCO, Delaware Population Consortium Chair
- Carter Thompson, Director of Appropriations for Senator Chris Coons
- Melissa Smith, Director, Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
- Timothy Gibbs, Delaware Academy of Medicine and the Delaware Public Health Association
The recording is linked here: https://capture.udel.edu/media/1_g515njzq
Congratulations to the UD CRDS
Award for Excellence in Sustainability:
Student Award Winner
Congratulations to DJ Bromley, Lexi Dart, Delaney Pilotte, Chris Fettke von Koeckritz, Andrew Gainey, James Hill, Garrett Knobl, Chris McCarron, Leigh Muldrow, Claudia Schreier, and Michael Tobin, and to the Coastal Resilience Design Studio (CRDS) on your National APA Award for “Adapting and Living with Changing Coastal Conditions”
This conceptual resilience plan for the Town of Bowers, Delaware, was an interdisciplinary team effort of undergraduate students (landscape architecture, planning/policy, marine science, environmental engineering, and the environmental sciences).
APA National Announcements
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Registration is now open for NPC24. April 13 – April 16, 2024 | Minneapolis and available Online | MAY 8–10, 2024
AICP Certification Scholarships, Exam Prep & Code of Ethics
AICP Certification Diversity Scholarship
Each exam cycle, APA offers scholarships to APA members who are interested in taking the AICP exam or who are interested in submitting their experience assessment. Please visit the AICP Certification Diversity Scholarship webpage for more information.
AICP Exam Prep
APA offers a wealth of exam prep resources. Review the content outline, watch some training videos, explore other chapters’ exam prep materials, and much more. And don’t forget to contact our chapter for additional information.
- One Path to AICP – https://planning.org/certification/
- One Path FAQs
- AICP Certification Guide – https://planning.org/media/document/9227012/
Finally, the most recent update to the APA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is meant to “reflect the ever-changing issues that planners face.”
COVID-19 Notice: AICP Certification Maintenance Exemptions Learn More
2023-2024 Delaware Chapter Leadership
President: Sean O’Neill
Vice President/President Elect: Mike Tholstrup
Past President: Josh Thomas
Secretary: Savannah Edwards
Treasurer: Lauren Good
Professional Development Officer: Jim Galvin
