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2010 Western Planner Conference Registration Form
Call for sponsors and exhibitors!
Preliminary Schedule Announced!
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHORT COURSE UPDATE

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2010 Western Planner Conference

The Planning Association of Washington (PAW) invites you to attend Lasting Legacies & Living Landscapes, the 2010 Western Planner Conference, to be held August 10-13 in Vancouver, Washington. PAW is hosting this year’s Conference at the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay, located on the north shore of the Columbia River directly across the river from Portland, Oregon.

The Conference will examine and address both longstanding and emerging planning issues in a diverse range of breakout sessions, enriched by your choice of mobile tours. Please join us in exploring many of the planning challenges that confront contemporary planners throughout the West.

• Register and get more information by clicking here.

Call for Sponsors and Exhibitors!

It’s Washington’s turn to host the Western Planner Conference, an annual, fourteen-state, regional event, and the Planning Association of Washington (PAW) is on track to make this the best multi-state planning conference ever!

To help us produce and deliver a successful 2010 Western Planner conference, WE NEED YOU as our conference partner. We need general sponsors. We need event sponsors. We need break sponsors. We need special event sponsors. All sponsors will be prominently recognized: Please see the attached form for sponsors and exhibitors. We seek partners from: government and local agencies; private businesses; legal firms; planning/engineering and allied firms; and any individual who supports the PAW mission. Please help us to promote the lasting legacies and living landscapes we intend to impart to our conference participants from throughout the west this August.

Come share your planning related success stories and trade opportunities with us by choosing to be an exhibitor; display spaces at the trade show are still available. Or to increase your exposure, become both an exhibitor and a sponsor. Save the date, and join us at this important and well-attended conference.

Attached for your consideration is the Exhibitor/Sponsorship Registration Form that contains a list of various opportunities, all of which will support both the 2010 Western Planner conference and PAW.

Read the full sponsorship letter by clicking here.

Check out our Preliminary Schedule by clicking here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

This section includes upcoming events of interest to PAW members and friends. Please help us by providing information about any such events that you are aware of. You can reach us at vicky@planningpaw.org.

Short Course on Local Planning
For more information about Short Course presentations, visit the PAW Short Course Page, or send e-mail to Janet Rogerson, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Growth Management Services, Department of Commerce at Janet.rogerson@commerce.wa.gov. For a list of upcoming Short Course presentations, please visit the Washington State Department of Commerce site.

Water and Land Use in the Pacific Northwest Conference
This Pacific Northwest regional conference will merge the best available science and land-use knowledge to promote collaboration between scientists, planners, and decision makers on sustainable land-use methodologies. The conference will include featured speakers, oral presentations, panel discussions, a poster session, and a pre-conference field trip and workshop. Oral and poster presentations will be selected from abstracts received by May 6, 2009. For further details visit the conference website at http://capps.wsu.edu/waterland/index.asp

Washington Trust For Historic Preservation 2010 Conference
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is announcing the dates and place for its 2010 Conference, the Heritage Barn Conference. Please circle the dates on your calender and make plans to attend this important conference. The Planning Association of Washington is a conference sponsor and will be facilitating AICP CM credits for some of the conference sessions. Conference scholarships are available. Brochures describing the conference are available by clicking onto the links below. For further details please contact the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation at 206-624-9449, by visiting their web page, www.wa-trust.org, or sending an e-mail to khufty@wa-trust.org.
• 2010 Conference Scholarship Application
• Heritage Barn Conference #1
• Heritage Barn Conference #2

Getting Off the Ground: Working Effectively With Groups
April 26-29, 2010 - Spokane Valley, WA
This is an excellent training opportunity for anyone that works with the public, interest groups, or partnerships. If you are interested in acquiring or polishing your facilitation skills, running effective meetings, or learning how to overcome obstacles and keep groups moving forward then this workshop is for you and geared toward those working in natural resources, agriculture, and the environment.
For further details please visit their website at www.crmwashington.org
or view the Registration flyer by clicking here.

SHORT COURSE UPDATE

If you are interested in upcoming scheduled Short Courses, please visit the Washington State Department of Commerce site or view the latest Short Course Schedule Information.