Inland Empire

The Inland Empire Section serves professional planners in eastern Washington and northern Idaho and provides professional development, advocacy, networking, and community service.

Executive Committee : 2006 - 2008

IES-APA Board Meetings, 2nd Wednesday of the month, 5:30-7:00 PM, Studio Cascade Conference Room 114 W. Pacific, Spokane - Section members are invited to attend.

Annual Meeting

Proposed bylaws amendments.

SEPA Workshop

Click on the links below to download handouts from the SEPA Workshop.

• SEPA Basics, Barbara Ritchie
• An Attorney's Perspective, Charles R. Wolfe
• A Planner's Role in the SEPA Process, Heather Trautman
• SEPA Appeals, Rick Eichstaedt
• Putting SEPA to Work: Planned Action, Sandra Towne
• Putting SEPA to Work: GMA Integration, Karen Berkholz
• Putting SEPA to Work: Infill, Mixed Use and Categorical Exemptions, Gil Cerese
• Putting SEPA to Work: Impact Fees, Kris Liljeblad

Upcoming Events

March 9, 2007, 8-5
Active Communities - Planning and Public Health in the Built Environment
Active Communities Agenda

• Environmental Public Health - Bob Lutz, Physician, cycling advocate
• Rock Gyms, Coffee Shops, and the End of Suburbia - Bob Scarfo, Professor, Washington State University
• Safe Routes to School: New Active Community Teams - David Levinger, Executive Director, Feet First
• Active Communities: Planning and Public Health in the Built Environment - Heleen Dewey, Educator, Spokane Regional Health District
• Public Health and the Built Environment: A Toolkit for Planners - Matt Raimi, Principal, Raimi Associates, San Francisco
• Making Plans - Melissa Eadie, Planner, City of Spokane
• The Portland Way: Reforming Sprawl Produces Active Communities - Robert Liberty, Council, Portland Metro
• Public Health: Always Working for a Safer and Healthier Washington - Victor Coleman, Policy Analyst, Washington State Department of Health

May 31 - June 1, 2007
Priest Lake Conference

Programs

Mentoring Program: Matching EWU planning students with professional planners. More info: Jim Falk at 477-7228 or jfalk@spokanecounty.org.

Planning Links

Eastern Washington University Planning Program Community Projects:

• Pathways to Progress : Main Street Model
• Northwest and Alaska Tribal Transportation Assistance Program
• East Central Neighborhood Partnership Center

Metro (spo-kan'): Metro (spo-kan') is the online chronicle of commentary on city design and regional planning issues in the greater Spokane Region. The concept and content is the work of students from the Urban & Regional Planning program at Eastern Washington University.

Section Contact

Call 509-477-4237 for any questions about APA-IES activities.