Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Florida)

FPC25 SPONSOR PACKAGES NOW AVAILABLE We are thrilled to announce that the APA Florida Annual and Conference Sponsorship Program has been updated with opportunities for all organization sizes and budgets. Join us in Daytona Beach! While several benefits have been added and others revised, the same conference level sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are also still available that will place your brand in front of a captive audience. Once again this year we will offer a 25% discount for Florida-based minority-, woman- or veteran-owned businesses for annual and conference packages. All package information here: https://bit.ly/41ESCyN

MARCH 7 LEGISLATIVE REPORTER Session is in and bills are moving quickly. ICYMI, members can download the March 7 Legislative Reporter here: https://bit.ly/43FtZoe

Attention planners! Looking for your next big break? These top employers from APA Florida's JobMart are ready to fill 11 roles: - Pinellas County Government - City of Coral Springs - City of Greenacres - PONCE INLET, TOWN OF - Hillsborough County TPO - Boggs Engineering, LLC - Palm Beach County - Broward County Government - Monroe County BOCC Check out the latest listings before they close! Explore opportunities here: https://bit.ly/3KhRedu

This is a great narrative of ideal placemaking all the while listening and responding to a community. Well done, Jacksonville!

A MUST DOWNLOAD FOR ANY PLANNER This Journal of the American Planning Association article uses the City of Tallahassee as a subject to study the communications between planners and politicians and review what tactics worked. Florida State University researchers built a dynamic network model as a temporal exponential random graph model and adopted text-mining methods to examine email communication dynamics. They found that a more positive sentiment conveyed from email content was statistically significantly associated with a politician’s tendency to vote consistently with a planner’s recommendation. Download the article for free here: https://bit.ly/41FV6hP

2025 PROJECT AWARDS APA Florida is pleased to announce the opening of its 2025 Project Awards Program application cycle. This program provides APA Florida the opportunity to recognize outstanding planning projects in the State of Florida at its annual conference. The program provides APA Florida members with the chance to see and learn about development, conservation, government, or environmental projects, where planning has had a positive impact on the outcome. This year we have introduce a new Student Award category for individual projects. Download the practice form and criteria, rules here: https://bit.ly/3wyj8OC

That’s a wrap on this year’s APA Florida Executive Committee Retreat. Thanks to our all volunteer board members and chapter leaders who spent two days helping us strategize for 2025 and beyond. Great things are happening and we are excited to share with the Florida planning community very soon! And a special thanks to Dave Clare for his expertise (and patience) in directing us to find our purpose, voice, and mission. #champions

We are back in person here in the Capital City for the 23rd Annual Public Policy Workshop. Thanks to Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey for getting us started.

Great Places in Florida Top Vote Getter Recognized Last week APA Florida President Allara Mills-Gutcher, AICP, and Vice President of Conference Services Kathie Ebaugh, FAICP, honored the City of Palm Coast with the 2024 Great Places in Florida People's Choice Award. The presentation, which usually occurs in the fall, was delayed due to back-to-back hurricanes. Get to know the winning project here: https://bit.ly/4keWPl Congratulations to the City of Palm Coast!

We are looking for a Communications Intern to work at the chapter office starting in May. Please share with your network so we can get a rock star on board. Position description and application form: https://bit.ly/3o4JUKo