In This Issue:
* From the Chair
* #NPC25 wrap-up
* STaR Awards, Part I
* Cultural Preservation for Small Towns
* Long-Term Gains on Short-Term Rentals
* Planning Webcasts
* STaR Gets Social
* STaR Student Member Profiles
* Avoiding Pitfalls in Zoning Engagement

I've been trying, but I can't find the right words to describe what this AMAZING track means to me. It's an absolute 🔥banger 🔥for sure, but it's also the perfect words for when someone safe asks me how I'm doing for real. Thanks forever and always!💜💜 @longestsoloever.com

#NPC25 #NerdcorePartyCon

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Is it too late to beg for this work of art at #NerdcorePC? From the 1st listen, I've dreamed of hearing it, especially that driving beat🔥 through a huge sound system in a room full of screaming fans! PRETTY PLEASE?!🙏💜🙏 #NPC25
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Recap: Lincoln Institute at American Planning Association’s 2025 National Planning Conference - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Learn more about the panel, which was a reprise of a Q&A with the mayors of Minneapolis, Cincinnati, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the 2024 National Planning Conference, in Catherine Benedict's recap of the Lincoln Institute's presence at #NPC25: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Full lineup for NPC'S performers. Are you excited for this lineup and are you going this year? #NPC25

Thank you to both our panelists and to all who attended! #NPC25

@seattleopcd.bsky.social

A screenshot of a virtual webinar with four people: Heather Hannon, Arica Young, Sam Leichtling, and Rico Quirindongo

For our final session at #NPC25 last month, Heather Hannon & Arica Young moderated a panel discussion on housing solutions & housing finance with planning directors Sam Leichtling of the City of Milwaukee & Rico Quirindongo (@ricoque-opcd.bsky.social) of the City of Seattle.

#NPC25 Online TODAY. 4/25 at 11am CDT
Tribal Community Development--Equitable Planning for Indigenous Land.
CM: 1 Equity
Moderator Tom Lampo is a STaR Member!
#STaRCurated #Arizona

#NPC25 online NOW. Check out today at 10am CDT, Reconnecting Communities: Inclusive Solutions to Overcome Transportation Barriers. Moderator Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez with RCAC (Rural Community Assistance Corporation).
The Annual Membership Meeting of APA and AICP is online at 2pm CDT.
#STaRCurated

Tuning in to #NPC25 online? You absolutely won't want to miss tomorrow's virtual panel with Wes Marshall, author of KILLED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. If you haven't yet picked up a copy of the book, use code APA25 for 25% on islandpress.org/killed

#NPC25 online--Empowering Colorado’s Rural Communities: Statewide Housing Technical Assistance
TODAY 4/23 @ 10:15am CDT
#CommunityBuilders
#STaRCurated #rural #housing #zoning

National Planning Conference NPC25 is your ticket to connection with your professional community. Join your peers in Denver or online and tap into an inspiring network that will help you analyze, imagine, and plan for the future.

Don't miss International Innovations: 10 Great Planning Ideas from Abroad in #npc25 online: Friday, April 25, 10:00 – 10:45 AM MT | Location: Channel 1 planning.org/conference/

APA Int'l Div brought lots of folks together at #npc25 with sessions on social housing in five countries, Vietnam urban planning, international hazard mitigation and recovery, int'l affordable housing, India students meet up, a business meeting, and a reception.

It was good to be with so many colleagues in Denver last week thinking of how to advance good planning to promote quality-of-life, resilience, and justice at home and abroad.

#npc25 American Planning Association American Planning Association International Division #globalplannersnetwork

STaR Members -- Recovering from #NPC25 in Colorado? Well, that was just a warm-up for the Online sessions coming up April 23-24-25. Log on from some great sessions delivered by STaR Members (and the other ones, too).

Policy and Governance at the National Planning Conference 2025 - Policy and Governance is our April theme this year. What better way to kick off the topic than the American Planning Association (APA) National Planning

Policy and Governance at NPC25 🌆

At the APA's National Planning Conference 2025, planners delved into renewable energy zoning, hazard mitigation, and more. Key insights and resources here:
jcshepard.com/2025/04/poli...

#NPC25 #Planning #Sustainability #CommunityResilience

There was great energy in the HUB at #npc25.

Envision Contra Costa received APA Sustainable Communities Division award of excellence during #NPC25. Tammy Seale received the award in behalf of PlaceWorks.

I was pleased to celebrate with Tammy (MSP) and Michael Boswell (PhD) - FSU Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Catching up with former students is the best part of planners' conferences! I wish I'd grabbed more pictures. #npc25

Edward Morrow Yan Song Bianca Mers Joseph McDonald Florida State University Department of Urban and Regional Planning - DURP Georgia Tech School of City and Regional Planning

There is so much different in planning practice across Britain, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the U.S., but we can agree that planning must respect national culture, economics, and society. #GlobalPlannersNetwork delegates enjoying relaxed time during #npc25 Denver.

Neighborhood segregation resulted from explicit law and policy. Many remedies are available and can be driven from the local or regional level.
--- Leah Rothstein @ #npc25 American Planning Association, Denver

Really excited to close out #NPC25 hearing from Leah Rothstein and how we can address the segregation that we have created in our development patterns.

Closing session about to start #NPC25 @APA_Planning @APA_SmallTown #Planners

#NPC25 Planners — Learn new approaches to community engagement that bring art and creativity into discussions about urban design at today's panel with James Rojas, author of DREAM, PLAY, BUILD. Take 25% off this and all other Island Press books by visiting islandpress.org/apa

#NPC25 Tuesday morning #STaRCurated sessions.

#NPC25 Tuesday morning #STaRCurated sessions.

#NPC25 Tuesday morning #STaRCurated sessions.

#NPC25 wrapping up this morning. Check out these #STaRCurated sessions before you head home.

#NPC25 Illinois reception packing the brew house at Wynkoop Brewing.

Helen Fadipe, president of Royal Town Planning Institute chaired today's meeting of the #globalplannersnetwork at American Planning Association #npc25 in Denver.