Planners Without Borders
Here at Exit133 there are lots of posts about Tacoma’s waterfront, redevelopment of urban centers, and working with government. All of these topics will be coming up in the joint conference of the Washington and Oregon Chapters of the American Planning Association when it comes to Tacoma next month.
This will be a great opportunity to have face-to-face discussions with others from Tacoma and beyond as well as learn about what is going on with planning on a regional basis. Or you could just take their “mobile workshop” of downtown Tacoma titled “Museum and Theater City.”
A detailed schedule and registration information can be found at http://www.washington-apa.org/2007conf/.
(The pdf schedule is the easiest to browse.)
We’re exicited to hear more about Taming the Strip [Mall] and Form-Based Zoning. Save $50 registering by 9/12. Even if you can’t go, what sessions sound interesting to you?
2 comments
D DavidS February 19, 2008
This if the City/residents lose this lawsuit it will not be the last as there are many opportunities to derail this project.
However, this one is more critical in that it could throw the whole project out rather than just modify it. This suit is aimed at determining if the old plat language and protections (~1980) restricting the use of the site are still valid.
I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes. (‘cause I’m a planning nerd.)
B bob February 19, 2008
A coalition of 2,500 concerned citizens? Really? 2,500? Is this literary license? I can see 2,500 citizens, but CONCERNED citizens? Let’s be real here!