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Join the movement to increase housing choice and abundance through planning-led zoning reform — planners' top policy priority in 2025. At Planners' Day on Capitol Hill, APA will directly connect you …

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Jan 29, 2025 · The 2025 Trend Report features a list of over 100 existing, emerging, and potential future trends that the APA Foresight team and our Trend Scouting Foresight Community identified as …

Be a planning champion! Call for Nominations: 2027-28 APA Florida Executive Committee Statewide Positions Ready to help champion planning across Florida? Want to step up, get involved, and make …

The Planning Department is looking for an experienced licensed engineer to join our team. The selected applicant will be a solution-oriented critical thinker, able to work well with a variety of disciplines.