2020 APA WA/OAPA Joint (Virtual) Conference

October 14–16, 2020

The APA WA/OAPA Joint Conference committee has been working hard to determine safe options for the upcoming joint conference, specifically deciding whether to hold an event in person or virtually. We are pleased to announce that we’re doing both (sort of).

Here are the key details:

• We’re going online for 2020! The 2020 Joint Washington-Oregon APA Chapter Conference will be held virtually, on October 14–16, 2020. Stay tuned for more details on schedules, speakers, and registration.
• We’re looking forward to following up with a joint in-person conference in Vancouver, WA, in October 2021
• The theme for the conference, Growing Together, will span two years: virtually this year, and (hopefully) in-person next year.

Our goal is to deliver a highly engaging, informative, and worthwhile experience online this fall. We have a number of details to work through, including fees, session offerings, sponsorship, and other logistics. We thank you for your patience as we work through and finalize these elements. Stay tuned to the Oregon APA website for more details as they become available.

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The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association is an organization of people with an interest in land use, housing, transportation, environmental, economic and social planning. Among others, our membership includes citizen planners, planning commissioners and other planning officials, and professional planners within the State of Washington and elsewhere.

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About the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association

Our Mission: The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association provides leadership in the development of vital communities by advocating excellence in community planning, promoting education and citizen empowerment, and providing the tools and support necessary to meet the challenges of growth and change.

Our Purpose: The purposes of the Chapter are to facilitate the individual participation of members of the American Planning Association, to conduct the affairs of the Association, and to further the purposes of the Association in the Chapter area.

Our Vision:  Ten years from now APA Washington will have increased its influence and credibility throughout the state of Washington. Through effective legislative influence and policy development, the Chapter will see that sustainable planning is in effect statewide. Accessible, affordable, and effective AICP certification maintenance training will be available to planners through a comprehensive system of seminars, webinars, and conferences. Membership will have doubled and represented the diversity of our state and our planning backgrounds. Sections will be providing more resources to members and Section Boards will be better connected to the State Chapter Board. A complete administrative and executive staff will be in place to better support all of the Chapter and Section activities.

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Planning is a dynamic profession that works to improve the welfare of people and their communities. Professional planners make great communities happen by working with civic leaders, businesses, and citizens to envision new possibilities and solutions to community problems.