Events

Join Mike Thomas, Trail Crew Program Superintendent, and learn about the Trail Crew Program. Topics discussed will include the history of the program, accomplishments from the 2024 season, and how your organization can work with the field staff for your trail project needs. Register for FREE today!

Join us for a focused seminar on surety bonds tailored for government entities, with subject matter experts from Crum & Forster - the leading surety bonding firm in Utah. Learn about legal requirements, managing contractor bonding capacity, and handling claims. Understand when and how to require the right bond to protect public funds and ensure compliance in your projects. This ...

Join APA UT’s Planning Commission Chair and other experts for a monthly online networking, discussion, and problem-solving Session. Roundtables are held on the first Monday of each month at noon.

This session will introduce planners to the fundamentals of AI and the ethical implications of using it in local government. It will also explain how to assess whether their county and its municipalities are ready to adopt AI. Topics will include the principles we aspire to uphold and specific rules of conduct, particularly as they relate to the adoption and ...

Join APA Utah on February 19th for an in-depth discussion on The Other Side Academy Development and the role of modular housing. This webinar will provide a 360-degree view from the perspectives of a consultant, developer, and city representative. Speakers: Stuart Adams, Orien Goff, and Camillia Winne Free for APA members, $10 for non-members.

Healthy food walk audits provide a dynamic way to assess the food landscape in neighborhoods, evaluating availability, proximity, routes, and infrastructure needs. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use walk audits to gather data on the built environment’s influence on healthy food access, including identifying gaps in food availability, barriers in transportation routes, infrastructure challenges, and opportunities for ...

SAVE THE DATE! Online and in-person meeting at the Utah Local Governments Trust building. Registration details to come!

What is planning’s relationship to design? In this lecture, Siqi Zhu will argue for the necessity and efficacy of urban planning as a form of “strategic design”, moving past traditional design’s focus on discrete solutions — be it a building or a landscape — but borrowing traditional design’s principles and methods to tackle systemic challenges like inequality, unaffordable housing, and ...