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5278 Planner II – San Francisco Planning Department Salary $36.28 – $44.09/hour; $6,288.00 – $7,642.00/month; $75,452.00 – $91,702.00/year Application Deadline: 2/16/16 @ 5:00 p.m. Position Description Under general supervision, performs difficult city planning work and participates in all phases of city planning; assists in the preparation of planning, research, surveys and projects; conducts investigations, collects […]
Dear PN wordpress list members: Best wishes for the 2016 New Year from the PN Steering Committee! If you are not presently a member of PN, we are hoping that you will consider becoming one this year. Please see the following link for information on how to join: http://www.plannersnetwork.org/join-pn/ Your membership would greatly help the […]
Executive Director ASSIST Inc, Community Design Center Salt Lake City, Utah Deadline for applications is Friday, January 22, 2016. ASSIST Inc, founded in 1969 as one of the first nonprofit Community Design Centers in the country, seeks an Executive Director to manage all aspects of the program and mission of ASSIST. ASSIST provides architectural design, […]
Dear Progressive Planners and Friends of Jackie Leavitt: As you may already know, Jackie Leavitt, most recently Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA and friends with many people in planning in both the east and west coasts, passed away on Nov. 27. We are planning a memorial gathering remembering Jackie in New York City to […]
Conference: 2nd International Symposium – New Metropolitan Perspectives Where: Reggio Calabria, Italy When: 2016, 18-20 May website: http://www.isth2020.org/ Call for Papers: http://media.wix.com/ugd/2b9527_27bb4d139cfb44fbacf6313bab6eb157.pdf Abstract: The second edition of the “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES” International Symposium will be specifically dedicated to the main topic: “Strategic planning, spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools. Contributions for a multidisciplinary integrated approach, through […]
Planner II – Urban Designer Salary: $36.28 – $44.09/hour; $6,288.00 – $7,642.00/month; $75,452.00 – $91,702.00/year Job Type – Temporary Exempt Application deadline: 1/4/2016 5:00:00 PM Appointment Type Temporary Exempt (TEX), Full-Time appointment not to exceed three (3) years. This position is exempt from the Civil Service rules pursuant to San Francisco Charter Section 10.104-18 and […]
It is with great sadness that PN announces the passing of PN advisory board member and long-time PN supporter, Jacqueline Leavitt. A true loss to the Planning community! Please read below about Jacqueline’s amazing contributions to the field, and look out for more tributes to come in the Magazine. Source: http://luskin.ucla.edu/news/school-public-affairs/memoriam-jacqueline-leavitt-1939-–-2015-professor-emeritus-urban-planning The UCLA Urban Planning Department […]
Planners Network resolution on the Planning Accreditation Board’s proposed changes to the accreditation diversity criteria. Whereas, The Planners Network is a group, nearly 1000 members strong, of progressive urban planning practitioners, students, activists and scholars with interests in the socially just development of the communities in which we work and live, and Whereas, issues of […]
The Seventh Generation Development in Detroit: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes by Lisa Berglund Detroit Race, Regionalism and Reconciliation: Detroit Planning Fails the Three Rs by Peter J. Hammer What’s on the Surface: Aesthetic Divides in Signage, Muraling, and Other Forms of Surface Treatment in a “Renewing” Detroit Landscape […]
Call for Article Submissions, Progressive Planning Magazine PNers! Want to share a progressive planning story relating to affordable housing, sustainable transport, social justice-focused urban design, issues of accessibility in the city, refugees, food security, public space, exclusionary/inclusionary zoning, equity planning, resisting gentrification (private-led or state-led), participatory budgeting or other planning-related topics? Consider submitting an article […]
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