Registration Rates

Includes 2 days of virtual sessions and all in-person mobile workshops.

Conference Agenda

    1. Conference Overview

    2. Virtual Conference Instructions and Zoom Information

    3. Online Forum - Attendee Comments and Questions are Welcome Here!

    4. April 13 - Join a Local Planners' Happy Hour! (in-person)

    5. April 13 & 14 - For Region 5 / St. Louis Metro East Planners (in-person)

    1. 9:00 am - 9:15 am - Networking, Announcements, and Welcome

    2. 9:15 am - 10:15 am - Intersection between placemaking and branding

    3. 10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Wait wait… DO tell me!

    4. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch - Networking and Announcements

    5. 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Belonging-Centered Communities: What They Are and Why They Matter for Planning

    6. 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm - How to PLAN for Federal Funding

    7. 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Realizing Missing Middle Housing in the Middle of Illinois and Beyond

    1. 8:45 am - 9:00 am - Networking and Announcements

    2. 9:00 am - 10:15 am - Planning for an Urban Forest

    3. 10:30 am - 11:30 am - Top 10 Things About Building Codes That Every Planner Should Know

    4. 11:30 am - 12:45 pm - Lunch - Networking

    5. 12:45p - 2:00p - U of I Colloquium Session - Disaster Planning with Ariam Torres-Cordero, Ph.D. and Alisa Ortiz-Colón

    6. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - What Does the Sign Say? Sign Regulation and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court and Your Local Corner

    1. Locations and Details

    2. May 5th - Let's Play Along the Greenway! Expanding Habitat and Play Spaces along the Constitution Trail in Normal, IL

    3. April 28th - Champaign for Three! Green Street Tour, UIUC Colloquium Lecture, and Let's Bake a Master Plan Workshop

About this conference

  • 7.5 CM Credits
  • 1 CM Sustainability
  • 1 CM Law

Conference Chairpersons

Mercy Davison, AICP

2023 APA-ISS Conference-Co Chair; Town Planner, Town of Normal, IL

Tessa Ferraro

2023 APA-ISS Conference Co-Chair, Assistant Planner, Town of Normal, IL