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Please Vote!

On-line ballots for APA consolidated elections are due not later than September 10th.  Election results will be announced in mid-September.

At their meeting on July 23, 2015, the Executive Committee of the APA Texas Chapter approved endorsing the following candidates:

•AICP President-Elect – David Gattis, FAICP (the other candidate nominated for the same position is Glenn Larson, AICP)
•AICP Commissioner Elected From Region III – William Dahlstrom, FAICP (the other candidate nominated for the same position is Sylvia Vargas, AICP)
•APA Board Director Elected From Region III – Wendy Shabay, AICP (the other candidate nominated for the same positions is Angela Calvin Self, AICP)

The Executive Committee of the APA Texas Chapter urges you to support these fellow APA Texas Chapter members.  

Candidates’ Position Statements are posted on the APA Election website http://www.planning.org/elections/ and will be published in Interact and in Planning magazine.

It’s almost Island Time! Conference Hotels are Filling Up!

The Hilton Resort ($154 per night) and the Holiday Inn Resort ($124 per night) both still have rooms available for the APA Texas Chapter Conference and Short Course on October 7-9.  The San Luis Resort is completely filled with no more available rooms.  Cutoff for the hotel group rate is September 15, 2015, after which hotel reservations will be accepted on space and rate availability. 

Reserve your hotel room by calling (800) 392-5937. Identify yourself with the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association.  When calling, choose which hotel you want (subject to availability). Ask to be transferred to the Hilton Resort or Holiday Inn Resort in order to reserve at those hotels.

The hotels require a first night’s deposit of room and tax or credit card, per room, to guarantee individual reservations. The Hotel accepts all major credit cards as a guarantee.  Guests may cancel individual reservations up to 72-hours prior to arrival without penalty to the individual. Cancellations received inside of 72-hours of arrival will forfeit first night room and tax deposit.  All guests will be required to provide a credit card imprint upon check-in.  Group rates will be offered by Hotel for prior and post-meeting dates, subject to availability of guest rooms/category at the time of the reservation request.

Regular Registration on-line for the conference will end on September 15th. http://www.txplanning.org/chapter_conference_gal/

Late Registration will be on-site at the Galveston Island Convention Center on October 7-9.

It’s PLANARCHY! Join us for a tactical urbanism intervention in Galveston as our Legacy Project!

Cities and towns around Texas are looking for strategies to enhance the public realm while simultaneously increasing public participation in the revitalization process. The APA’s Legacy Project will use tactical urbanism to demonstrate how low-cost, incremental, changes can enhance Galveston’s public space, advance economic development opportunities, and improve health outcomes.

Planning is, by its very nature, a creative profession.  Planners think through how the streetscape will look, how housing facades blend with historical structures, how ordinances can engender creative, sustainable development, how art can enhance the public realm.

Planners who volunteer for the Legacy Project will learn about the different tactical urbanism techniques, how they can be applied, and gain hands on experience implementing interventions.

Conference attendees interested in contributing ideas or feedback about the project as it is developed over the month of September may join the Facebook Group “Legacy Project Galveston 2015”.

Volunteers will receive 3.0 CM credits for assisting with set-up on Friday afternoon.

This year, for the first time, the TXAPA Conference in Galveston will showcase Art by Planners Goes Public.  Art that has been created by YOU, our members, in whatever medium you practice in, will be on display at the Convention Center Wednesday-Friday, and will be displayed during the Legacy Project on Friday afternoon, [provided a pop up location is found).  So far, we have fiber art, stained glass hangings and lamps, ceramics, hand-painted maps, and wearable art.  We are also considering, space allowing, showcasing musical talents.

We have had a good response thus far and are excited about this project.  Contact Michael McAnelly, TX Chapter Executive Director at m.mcanelly@att.net, and let him know what your creativity is dreaming up!