Steve Mouzon, renowned urban planner and author, will speak about his new digital book, New Media for Designers + Builders, which tackles the WHY’s and HOW’s of successful "New Media" marketing for planners, architects, developers, builders and other creatives. This book is a follow up to Mr. Mouzon’s acclaimed work, The Original Green.

The January meeting of the ALAPA Executive Committee will take place from at 10:30am at the Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission offices at 430 South Court Street in Montgomery, AL. Executive Committee Agenda 1-10-14  

The purpose of this workshop is to provide local officials and the citizens who serve on local planning commissions and boards of adjustment with a basic understanding of the constitutional and statutory framework for comprehensive and regulatory planning in Alabama.

This workshop is designed for local officials, staff, and others who want a more thorough understanding of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of planning commissions and boards of adjustment.

When your city decides to create a planning commission, enabling legislation in Alabama states that your commission must prepare a master or comprehensive plan. Therefore, preparing and adopting a master plan is a mandatory requirement, not an option.

In the "Basic Zoning and Subdivision Regulations" seminar, you'll learn the legal basis in Alabama law for regulating the use of land and its subdivision. 

You'll learn some practical and proven means to manage meetings, how to defuse unruly or disruptive attendees, and how best to manage large crowds. You'll also learn how to deal with the media on politically charged issues.

Join CNU Atlanta for Beyond The Red Tape, a demonstration of new ways to simplify the challenges facing people trying to remake their communities.   

Join the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) for its first annual Brownfields Redevelopment Conference.

Summary Too often communities struggle with achieving their development goals through Planned Unit Developments. As a result city planning officials question the value of planned unit zoning regulations. But, well designed planned unit development regulations and review processes can generate quality development that cannot be easily produced through conventional zoning. This course will provide 10 […]