Federal Planning Division Elections

New Division Officers Elected!

2011 Federal Planning Division Awards -
Nominations Due December 9, 2011

Please consider submitting a nomination for this year's FPD awards program! Awardees will be honored during an awards luncheon at the 2012 Training Workshop in L.A. in April. The judge for this year's awards program will be Professor Lois Takahashi, Chair of Urban Planning, University of California Los Angeles. For more information, please contact John Versluys, FPD Awards Chair, at (This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or (913) 458-9349. The deadline to submit nominations is December 9, 2011.

• Invitation to Submit Nominations
• Nomination Form

Updated FPD Brochure

The Federal Planning Division has updated its membership brochure! If you have an upcoming event where you'd like to distribute this brochure, please contact Jennifer Howland, FPD Secretary-Treasurer, at (This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Federal Planning Division's First Regional Workshop

The Federal Planning Division invites all planners working for or with federal agencies to participate in the first Regional Workshop to be held 9 and 10 November 2011 in downtown Denver, Colorado. The workshop will feature speakers from multiple federal agencies and consulting firms discussing topics related to the workshop theme: Interagency Collaboration for Sustainable Landscapes.

To learn more about the workshop or to submit a presentation proposal, please refer to the Regional Workshop web page on the FPD site. Proposals are due 23 September 2011. If you have questions, please contact the Chair of the workshop, Mark Gillem, PhD, AICP, AIA at (This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

In Memoriam: Ms. Jane Brattain, AICP

Read Andrea Wohlfeld Kuhn’s
tribute to Ms. Jane Brattain (PDF)

FPD members, it’s my honor as chair to welcome
our newly elected members:

• Division Vice-Chair for 2011–2013: Tim Stone, AICP
• Secretary-Treasurer: Jennifer Howland, AICP
• Division Vice-Chair for 2011-2012: Mark L. Gillem, AICP

FPD Awards Program Winners Selected

Recipients of 2010 FPD planning awards will be acknowledged at the annual FPD Awards Luncheon on April 8, 2011 during the FPD National Training Conference at the Boston Marriott Copley Place:

2010 FPD Awards Program Winners (PDF)