{"id":447922,"date":"2023-03-16T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/?post_type=blog&p=447922"},"modified":"2023-03-16T17:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:34:03","slug":"planning-community-development-housing-economic-development-civic-inclusion-scenario-planning","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/planning-community-development-housing-economic-development-civic-inclusion-scenario-planning","title":{"rendered":"Planning for the Future: A Geographic Approach to the National Planning Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2023 National Planning Conference is just around the corner. From April 1-4, planners from across the nation will be in Philadelphia to share their stories (both good and bad), learn from experts and colleagues, catch up with long-time friends, and make new ones, as well. And as we have for nearly three decades, Esri will be there, too, and we\u2019re happy to be a Gold Sponsor of NPC.<\/p>\n\n

Esri in The Hub<\/h2>\n\n

First of all, we will be exhibiting in The Hub on Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10:00 \u2013 5:00 each day in booth 601. This year, we\u2019ll have our ArcGIS Urban<\/a> product manager, Silvia Casas, and two of our most talented Professional Services team members, Christine Ma and Sydney Rich, to demonstrate how ArcGIS Urban has been a cornerstone in cutting-edge planning projects in cities across the country.\u00a0 They are also eager to learn about your goals and challenges to see how a geographic approach can drive your projects to success. In addition, Caitlin Smith from our Professional Services team will be in the booth to show how we\u2019ve helped regional governments work with their member municipalities and how cities can better work with their regional planning commission or MPO (and vice-versa).<\/p>\n\n

I\u2019ve said this to many of our users. Esri does not run a planning department on the side. We need to hear from the planning community. While we bring a great deal of planning experience to the table and visit dozens of departments each year, we never tire of learning what planners are wrestling with and what proven or new approaches we can take to solving problems.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n

I will be there to demonstrate how GIS can access and analyze demographic and socio-economic data<\/a>, how to generate more value from your permitting system<\/a> (whatever that system may be), and how GIS is an integral part of civic inclusion<\/a>. We\u2019ll also have an obnoxiously large touchscreen display where you can generate demographic and other reports for your city, county, or project area.<\/p>\n\n

Must-See Projects and Sessions for the Modern Planner<\/h2>\n\n

Second, Esri will be involved in several sessions with our users and partners. I wanted to highlight a few of them:<\/p>\n\n


1. How a Digital Twin Empowered Civic Inclusion<\/strong> \u2013 Sunday, April 2 at 11:30 \u2013 This is a very relatable story about State College, PA and how they took a geographic approach to their development constraints and challenges to produce a modern platform that effectively engages and informs the public, while providing a data-driven approach to development review. Speaking of which\u2026<\/p>\n\n


2. Data-Driven Approach to Meet Community Housing Needs<\/strong> \u2013 Sunday, April 2 at 3:00. \u2013 This is a learning lab where participants work in groups to identify housing opportunity sites for a fictional community using web-based GIS. No GIS experience necessary.<\/p>\n\n


3. Geodesign Tools are Changing the Community Planning Process<\/strong> \u2013 Monday, April 3 at 9:30. \u2013 Join Dan Meehan from Penn State, Christine Ma from Esri, and Robert Kain from Houseal-Lavigne to assess how GIS-based support tools are changing the ways planners effectively design and engage the community.<\/p>\n\n


4. Using Impact Models for Long-Range Planning<\/strong> \u2013 Monday, April 3 at 3:00. \u2013 Last and certainly not least is the story of how Boulder, CO leveraged GIS to conduct scenario planning to project and analyze different futures and communicate their impacts to the public. I love this story!<\/p>\n\n

And, finally…<\/h2>\n\n

We are supporting a very worthwhile initiative driven by APA\u2019s Advocacy Team in Innovation Alley in The Hub. I don\u2019t want to spoil it.\u00a0 You need to see it for yourself.\u00a0 If you think advocating for your community is something for someone else to do, this team will change your point of view. I genuinely appreciate and enjoy working with this group. They accomplish so much for the planning community\u2026probably more than you realize\u2026and you should get to know them and find out how you can support each other\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n\n

Our team is looking forward to seeing you and hearing from you at NPC in a couple of weeks.  See you in Philadelphia!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[3642],"class_list":["post-447922","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","tag-scenario-planning","industry-community-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPlanning for the Future: A Geographic Approach to the National Planning Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Esri continues the role of being an integral part of the National Planning Conference. 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