For those of you on LinkedIn, our chapter recently created a group you can join.  Search for American Planning Association-Idaho Chapter and request to join.  At this point, it is a members only group in order to reduce spam.  LOG ON HERE and become a member!

Make sure to save the date for our 2012 Annual Conference which will be held October 10-12 at the Owyhee Hotel in Boise.  CLICK HERE to check out the conference page for more details.

CLICK HERE to go to the conference page where you will find the full program and registration form for the 2012 Mini Conference

Check out this article on zombie subdivsions in the Intermountain West.

http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/2031_Subdivision-in-the-Intermountain-West

Check out three new job opportunities just posted!

CLICK HERE to read a recently published report by Idaho Smart Growth on Safe Routes to Schools best practices.

Click here to read a blog post from Law of the Land regarding the Burns case out of Teton County which was heard by the Idaho Supreme Court.  Law of the Land is a blog maintained by Patricia Salkin, Associate Dean of the Albany Law School.  The blog is dedicated to court decisions across the country that relate to land use.  A permanent link to the blog will be available from our website on the Planner’s Resource Page under Best Practices.

Click the link below to read the latest newsletter from Boise State University’s program in Community and Regional Planning.

2012 BSU Newsletter

2012 APA IDAHO CHAPTER CONFERENCE

Boise, Idaho – October 10-12, 2012

Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main Street, Boise, Idaho

Details on speakers and registration to follow soon

Planning Magazine, the most widely read planning publication in the United States, published in its March issue an article by Chris Blanchard, Environmental Finance Center Region X at Boise State University.  The article details the Idaho Supreme Court’s recent decision on Idaho stormwater fees.  CLICK HERE to read the article.