March 10-12: California Redevelopment Association Annual Conference (Pasadena) supports redevelopment’s contributions to building better communities by promoting green and sustainable development, affordable housing and jobs, building and maintaining infrastructure, reducing or eliminating blight, redeveloping downtowns, and recapturing brownfields.  The theme of this year’s conference is “Stimulating Redevelopment and Building Sustainable and Viable Communities.”

March 15-16: Ten's Annual Conference (Washington, DC) TEN is a grassroots network of more than 350 community organizations in 41 states working to create an equity-based national transportation system.  This conference will include Organizing, advocacy, and transportation policy workshops; the 2010 Rosa Parks Award Ceremony; Inspiring speakers and Capitol Hill visits; Field Hearing in Prince George’s County.

March 24-26:  League of California Cities Planners Institute (Monterey) annually hosts over 450 attendees, including planning department directors, planning commissioners, city engineers, city managers and elected officials.  

April 6-7:   Oklahoma Public Health Association Annual Conference (Oklahoma City), co-sponsored with the Oklahoma Planning Association, will focus on "Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease - Strategies and Solutions," including tobacco control, built environment, physical activity and nutrition, behavioral and chronic disease management.

April 10-13:  American Planning Association National Conference (New Orleans) is the premier national conference for planning professionals. This year's focus focus is the Gulf Coast's recovery from the 2005 hurricanes and its continuing vulnerability. 

April 16-17: Yale Law School to Host Food Policy Conference (New Haven, CT) Yale Law School will host the Developing Food Policy conference featuring both a U.S. and an international track.  Food policy implicates a broad range of pressing humanitarian, public health, and environmental challenges. The aim of the conference is to help participants bring about patterns of food production that honor the universal right to food, the health and well-being of communities, and the preciousness of natural resources. Please visit the conference website, where you will find much more information about the conference schedule, keynote speaker, panel descriptions, and confirmed panelists.  Please contact Adrienna Wong or Jeremy Golubcow-Teglasi with any questions.

April 22: California Healthy Cities and Communities 2010 Forum (Oakland, CA) Dr. Jason Corburn, author of Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and the Politics of Urban Planning will discuss his book and work bridging planning and public health, followed by a reaction panel of experts. Dr. Corburn's research focuses on the links between environmental health and social justice in cities, notions of expertise in science-based policy making, and the role of local knowledge in addressing environmental and public health problems. 

April 22-23: Streets as Places (New York City) will introduce participants to new ways of thinking about streets as public spaces and how Placemaking can be used to build great streets and great communities. It is intended for anyone who is interested in creating a great street, including transportation professionals, civic and elected officials, and citizen activists.  Specific topics will include transportation and land use, community engagement, street design flexibility, transit and station planning, and bicycle friendly streets. 

April 29-30: How to Turn a Place Around (New York City) introduces new ways of thinking about public spaces and how Placemaking and creating the city of the future can be transformative for neighborhoods, towns, cities, regions and even countries. Drawing upon PPS' work in cities across the globe, this training course will provide tools and case study examples of successful solutions that unlock the economic potential of our public spaces.

May 14-15: How to Create Successful Markets (New York City) will focus on four crucial elements to successful markets: the right mix of vendors and products; a strong sense of place; solid economic and operational underpinnings; and a firm commitment to the surrounding community. Through presentations, working groups, and on-site tours of New York City's markets, the workshop will examine the benefits of markets, market planning and management, partnership building and community engagement.

May 19:  UC Davis Cooperative Extension Food Systems Planning Course (Davis, CA) This course will review each phase within a food system (e.g., production, processing and distribution, consumption, waste, etc.) and explore planning tools that can be implemented to support a healthier, more sustainable and equitable food system. Examine best practices and case studies that utilize new and traditional planning strategies to effect positive change– including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving natural resources, supporting local and regional economies, improving public health outcomes and building stronger communities through food.

May 19-22:  Congress for the New Urbanism:  Rx for Health Places (Atlanta), organized with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will present new research and innovative techniques for assessing the health impact of land use, transportation planning, and community design decisions.