Training

Planners today are asked to respond to a complex set of community challenges, including the mitigation of extreme weather effects, provision of equitable open space access, beautification of public spaces, and collaboration with a diverse array of actors who build, maintain and regulate the built environment. “Nature-Based Solutions” or “NBS” is a term which refers…

This webinar showcases strategies for building resilient shorelines and engaging communities in the process. The program expands upon our previous Sustainable Shorelines webinars, adding to the toolbox of resiliency guidelines available to designers, practitioners, and community decision-makers. Please join us regardless of whether you have attended any of our previous webinars. To learn more about…

In this hands-on workshop we will explore several of our Statistics in Schools lesson plans. This Census Bureau program uses census statistics and resources to create activities and materials for students. Teachers and subject matter experts from across the country help develop and review each and every SIS activity to make sure it is valuable,…

Public engagement is a vital component of any planning project or planning process. This session will review innovative best practices and considerations when engaging with the public. Della Rucker will offer a framework for deciding how to conduct public engagement and know what you are (and are not) promising the public. She'll also review ways…

The Census Bureau will hold a prerelease webinar to discuss the 2020 Census Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) to be publicly released May 25. These products provide demographic and housing characteristics of local communities, including population data on age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, families and households, and data on homeownership and vacant and occupied housing. Embargoed…

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute, welcomes Alan Spell and Justin Krohn as they present “The Importance of Off-Farm Income to the Agriculture Economy.” Off-farm jobs and income are critically important to farmers…

The Siting and Zoning Considerations for Large-Scale Solar presentation will focus on the importance of having solar ordinances. Zoning ordinances should define exclusion areas, type of use, setback, screening, access, decommissioning, and other considerations. Examples of recently adopted regulations will also be shared. Who is this for? Homeowners Landowners Business owners Local officials What will…

The DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University are pleased to share new guidance for municipalities to advance local conservation goals, developed in collaboration with Pace Land Use Law Center: "Best Practices for Adopting Conservation Inventories and Plans: A Guide for Communities in the Hudson River Estuary Watershed." The webinar will include: • an…

Planners shape and manage community change. Preservationists connect important stories, memories, and places to our communities. The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the American Planning Association Urban Design and Preservation Division have joined together to explore planning and preservation issues and opportunities presented by future change at two webcasts this Spring. Join preservation professionals…

Interested in learning about characteristics that affect the disabled community’s living experience in your area? This webinar provides an overview of various Census Bureau data sources and disability data trends through hands-on exercises using data.census.gov.