2024 SNEAPA Conference!
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SNEAPA CONFERENCE – November 7 & 8
Register by October 25th
Click here to register!
The Conference Program, including the Mobile Workshop schedule, is available here.
Click here to register for both days or a single day.
Member, student and non-member rates are available.
Register by October 25th.
The SNEAPA Conference draws more than 500 planners, engineers, architects, students, and other professionals to share experiences, collaborate, network, and earn maintenance credits for AICP certification. Visit www.sneapa.org to:
- Register for a limited number of Exclusive Sponsorship & Exhibitor Opportunities.
- Register for a General Sponsorship
- Learn about Strong Towns and the Keynote Speaker, Charles “Chuck” Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns.
Opportunities to network with your peers. Visit sneapa.org to learn more about the reception location, the Armory.
2024 APA-MA Annual Awards Nominations Open!
It is time again to recognize and celebrate recent planning success stories and those who make a difference in the planning profession. The American Planning Association - Massachusetts Chapter (APA-MA) is pleased to announce its 2024 APA-MA Awards Program.
Each year APA-MA acknowledges planners and their work through its awards program. The program is designed to recognize an outstanding planning project, special person, or organization for a significant contribution to the field of planning.
This year nominations are being solicited for the following awards:
OUTSTANDING PLANNING DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Comprehensive Planning
Planning Project
Transportation & Mobility Planning Faye Siegfriedt
Sustainability & Resiliency
Social Advocacy Citizen Planner
Student Project
Journalism & Communications Emerging/Rising Planner
The APA-MA awards program is open to any individual or planning project in the Commonwealth. Except for the Professional Planner Award, membership in APA and/or the Massachusetts Chapter is not required.
Nominations for the Elected Official of the Year Award are due by September 27th; nominations for all other awards are due by October 25th. To make a nomination, and for all information about the awards process, please see our web page or contact APA-MA Chapter Manager Brian A. Currie, AICP at communications@apa-ma.org
Awards will be presented at the APA-MA Annual Awards on Friday, December 13th at the Publick House, Sturbridge . Save the date!
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