The Illinois State Section (ISS) is a sub-section of the full Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association. The ISS covers 95 of the 102 Illinois counties in the State of Illinois. All Illinois Chapter members living in one of these counties is automatically registered as a members of the State Section.

Illinois State Section News

APA-ISS Executive Committee

Section Officers

• Section Director - Lacey Rains Lowe, City of Champaign

• Assistant Director - Jeff Mariano, City of Champaign

• Secretary - Jessica Weitzel, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

• Treasurer - Jon Oliphant, AICP, City of Washington 

• Training Coordinator - Greg Crowe, AICP, City of Decatur

• Past Officer - Ben LeRoy, City of Champaign

Regional Coordinators

• Region 1 Coordinator - vacant

• Region 2 Coordinator - Reema Abi-Akar, Tri-County Regional Plan Commission

• Region 3 Coordinator - Markus Ricci, AICP, City of Urbana & Katherine Trotter, City of Urbana 

• Region 4 Coordinator - Chuck Bevelheimer, AICP, City of Quincy

• Region 5 Coordinator - Scott Hanson, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly

• Region 6 Coordinator - TBA

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ISS Documents

ISS Section By-Laws

ISS Section Minutes

Regional Coordinator Packet

Past ISS Events

2019 APA-IL ISS Spring Conference, Decatur, IL

June 6-7, 2019

Decatur Civic Center

#APAISS19​

photos of the 2019 ISS Spring Conference

2017 APA-IL ISS Spring Conference, Moline, IL

June 1-2, 2017

iWireless Center and Radisson at John Deere Commons

#APAISS17

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• 2017 Spring Conference website

photos of the 2017 ISS Spring Conference

2016 APA-IL ISS Spring Conference, Champaign, IL

April 21-22, 2016

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• 2016 Spring Conference Program

photos of the 2016 ISS Spring Conference

2015 APA-IL ISS Spring Conference

• 2015 Spring Conference Photos

• Schedule

2014 APA-IL ISS Spring Conference

• 2014 Spring Conference Photos

• Agenda

2013 APA-IL ISS Fall Conference, Columbia, IL 

• 2013 Conference Photos

• Measuring The State of Housing, Jennifer Groce & Dr. Shannon Sohl, NIU Center for Governmental Studies

• Rightsizing Big Data, Bridget Lane, & Diane Williams, Business Districts, Inc.

• Social Media & Tourism: Market YOUR Main Street, Becky McCray, Tourism Currents

• Building A Downtown From Scratch: Olympia Fields Town Center Plan, Adam Rosa, AICP, Camiros

• Development Review as Economic Development, Michael D’Onofrio, Village of Winnetka;  Chris Matteo, Pulte Group, Inc.; Michael Blue, FAICP, Teska Associates

• Group Home Zoning, Daniel Lauber, Planning Communications

• Historic Tax Credits in ESL, Michael Allen, Preservation Research Office

• Revitalizing Downtown, Mim Evans, NIU Center for Governmental Studies

• Tax Incentives for Historic Buildings, Carol Dyson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

• Joplin Recovery, Andy Struckhoff, AICP and Andrew Murray, AICP LEED GA, PGAV Planners

2011 APA-IL ISS Spring Conference, Quincy, IL

• Quincy Area Hydropower, John Neyens, Klingner & Associates, P.C.

• Sustainability and Economics, Pattsi Petrie, PhD, AICP

• Neighborhood Revitalization Program, Kyle Bach - President & CEO, MECCA Companies, Inc. 

• Day & Night Solar 

• How Communities Can Help Businesses Go Green, Cassie Carroll, Executive Director and Anthony Santarelli, Director of Program Development, Illinois Green Business Association

• Tackling Vacant Properties, Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress

• Priority Review, Mike Klingner, PE, Vice Chair, UMIMRA &Tri-State Water Resources Committee

• Mississippi River Flood of 2008 Sandbagging Operation, Quincy, IL, Jeffery H. Steinkamp, PE, City of Quincy, City Engineer