Countdown to the Conference: 3 weeks to go!
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Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2010 is approved for a total of 106 AICP CM credits—all panel presentation sessions! The American Planning Association has just informed NCBW that approximately 70 of our conference sessions have qualified for Planners to earn credits towards their Certification Management. Take advantage of this tremendous opportunity by registering today!
The Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2010 conference takes place in Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 13-16, and will have a wide-ranging program focusing on everything from basic bike/ped planning to sessions covering the latest design manuals in sessions led by national experts. Our conference theme is Bringing Livable Communities to Scale—a timely theme considering how Federal agencies like DOT, EPA, HUD, and HHS are now beginning to coalesce their efforts under the umbrella of livability.
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Much of our program will reflect cutting edge practices in the areas of planning—specifically, environmental sustainability, active transportation, and transportation equity. Want to understand how health impacts and health outcomes can be incorporated into planning? We will have several sessions addressing this emerging (and exciting) practice.
Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2010 marks the second conference where NCBW has partnered with the American Planning Association, and the nearly ten-fold increase in the number of sessions eligible for CM credits speaks both volumes about the APA’s confidence in the quality of our conference, and of the rising stock of bicycling and walking when it comes to planning livable places.
And, in case you haven’t noticed, the field of planning has been experiencing a bit of resurgence as of late. No one could be more pleased with these recent developments than NCBW’s own Sharon Roerty, herself a planner by training. "Just over a year ago, as the Obama Administration searched the country for shovel-ready projects, we were all served with a reminder of how important planning is for keeping communities healthy and economically vibrant," said Roerty. "Communities that had long term plans in place; plans that emphasized livability and multi-modalism, were able to successfully compete for Federal grant funding through ARRA, TIGER, CPPW, and the new HUD Community Challenge Planning Grants. For those communities left behind, it was a wake up call. We should all go hug a planner today."
Our 70 panel presentations, 100 poster sessions, and numerous plenary sessions—with speakers of national and international renown—promises to keep anyone busy and engaged for the duration of our four day conference. For those of you who might want to see the outside of the conference center, there is a slate of 20 mobile workshops that will highlight how Chattanooga transformed itself from one of the direst cities in country, into one of its most livable communities.
See you in Chattanooga!
Register now to join us in the Scenic City, September 13-17, 2010, for ProWalk/ProBike®! Click here to read the Local Host Committee's Welcome Letter
