Planning board and zoning board of appeals members are required by state statute to obtain four hours of training a year. It is important local officials stay informed on planning and zoning issues, as their decisions directly impact their municipalities for decades to come.

If you have questions about a particular planning or zoning topic, or are seeking out generalized training for local officials, please contact us.
Online Training Resources
Ohio APA – Planning Webcast Series
- 3/24 – The Climate Planner: Strategies for Engaging on Climate When It’s Challenging
- 4/21 – Monuments for the Future: Planning for a More Equitable Public Space
- 4/28 – What are They Teaching Those Planning Students? The State of Accreditation of Planning Programs
- 5/19 – Planning, Preservation, & Change: Preservation – An Effective Planning Tool
Past Webcasts
- 3/23 – Activating the Trail Community in Conservation Issues
- 3/30 – The Trails Safe Passing Plan (TSPP) Stop! Speak and Stand Back
- 4/6 – Helping Wheelchair Hikers Find Hiking Trails
- 5/11 – Building a Comprehensive County Program in Your Park or on Your Trails
- 5/18 – Informing the Trail Experience: The Process of Signing a Trail
- 5/25 – Pack Goats: The Agile Trail Helpers
- 9/21 – How Trails Support Healthy Aging for All
- 9/28 – Engaging, Enabling, and Motivating Families and Diverse Trail Users
- 3/23 – Planning for Community Development
- 3/29 – Building Tables Using MDAT in data.census.gov
- 3/29 – What do Unions do? Wages, Incentives, and Investments
- 4/13 – Planning to Expand
- 4/20 – Exploring Census Data: Using Census Data to Guide Business Decisions
- 4/20 – Researching Formal Privacy for the Census Bureau’s CBP Program
- 4/27 – Where are the Kids? Explore Data for Children 18 Years and Under
- 5/25 – Exploring Census Data: Emergency Management