APA-IL News BLAST!  Sept/Oct Edition Number 87
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January/February Illinois Planning News, Edition 89                                                             Paula Freeze, Editor
  Illinois State Section Update
By Rob Kowalski, AICP, ISS Director

Happy New Year! The Illinois State Section of the Chapter is looking forward to a great year. In addition to the ISS Spring conference to be held in Springfield, the Section plans to sponsor additional Citizen Planner Training Workshops. These workshops typically offer several presenters speaking on different topics – typically basic planning and zoning topics geared towards a citizen planner audience. Dates and locations are still being determined for future workshops but if you are a downstate planner and would like to organize a workshop for your community, give someone on the Board a shout. The Section will advise you on organizing the event and will sponsor the event to cover costs. Citizen Planner Training Workshops can be short and simple. Some of the most successful workshops have only been two hours and held on a weeknight. Your Plan Commission and Citizen Planners will really appreciate it.

2008 also looks very promising for getting the Regional Coordinator program off the ground. The Chapter has divided the state into six Regions and a Regional Coordinator is assigned to each one (see the map on the website). Regional Coordinators are responsible for forwarding planning related news articles from their region to the NewsBLAST! and to keep an active database of planners, interested citizens and Plan Commissions in their region. This database can then be used as outreach tools for conferences and other services offered by the Chapter. Thank you to all the Regional Coordinators serving the Section!

So, Happy New Year and make your resolution to become more involved in the Chapter and Section. There is a spot for you whether its attending a conference, organizing a conference or serving on the Board. 

  Rob Kowalski, AICP
Assistant Planning Director
102 N. Neil St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.403.8800
 
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