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As a PBCPC member, you can expect a variety of informative and timely program topics, formats, and venues of interest each month (click on Special Events). Other benefits include regular newsletters, published on-line; a printed Annual Directory (available to Paid Members only); and access to an on-line directory listing, updated monthly, via log in with an assigned membership number.
If you are a Paid Member and are not receiving a monthly email notice from the Planning Congress, please email our President, Chris Barry
If you would like to be profiled in an upcoming issue of the Planning Congress Newsletter,
click on the following link to complete and submit the Member Spotlight Form.
To submit information for the Newsletter, click on Newsletter Editor. Deadline: 5 pm, the first Monday of the month.
Learn more about the
Planning Congress:
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2008 Membership Renewal Letter
2007 Membership Form
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WELCOME
to the Palm Beach County Planning Congress Inc. website.
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**2010 PROGRAM & UPCOMING EVENTS**
Click here for the 2010 Program. Please send any event ideas for 2010 to Chris Barry
Community Supported & Urban Agriculture
Date, Time & Location: Sunday, March 14, 2010 starting at 3:00 PM at Swank Farms (14311 North Road, Loxahatchee, FL 33470).
Cost: $15/person for paid members and their family, $25/person for non-members and free for children under the age of 10. Cash/check will be collected on day of event.
Continuing Education: Will be applying for AICP CM credits.
RSVP: By Wednesday, March 10, 2010, by sending an email to Chris Barry or by calling him at (561) 818-3127.
More information: See flyer for more information.
Evolution of the Firehouse
Date, Time & Location: Thursday, March 25, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at City of Boca Raton Fire Station 1 (1151 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL 33487).
Cost: Free for paid members and $5 for non-members.
Continuing Education: Will be applying for AICP CM credits.
RSVP: By Monday, March 22, 2010, by sending an email to Chris Barry or by calling him at (561) 818-3127.
More information: See Save the Date flyer for more information.
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**NEW LOGO DESIGN CHOSEN**
The Palm Beach County Planning Congress would like to announce that Lisa Barry's logo design was chosen and will be featured on the new web site. See new logo design by clicking here.
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**NEW WEB SITE**
The Board of The Palm Beach County Planning Congress is in the process of revamping the web site with GreenGroup Studio and expects to have the revamped web site up and running by April 2010. Click here for the design and color scheme approved by the Board on February 8, 2010.
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**2010 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL**
If you would like to join the Planning Congress or have not yet sent in your dues, dues are still only $40 per year and can be paid by electronic check, debit card, or credit card using our online payment option (click on the payment link below) or by paper check (mail to the PBC Planning Congress Inc. at P.O. Box 1371, West Palm Beach, FL 33402).
If you are not certain if you are a current member, please contact our Treasurer, Wes Blackman or at (561)308-0364.
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**SALES ANNOUNCEMENTS**
Audio CD Sales for The Third Annual Professional Ethics Seminar (2009)
Continuing Education: Program approved for 6 AICP Distance Learning CM Credits (General, Law & Ethics) and The Florida Bar for 8.0 hours CLE (Ethics) Credits. Note the AICP CM credits are good until March 31, 2010.
Cost: $30.00 (PBCPC Members), $45.00 (Non-members, tax exempt), $50.00 (non-members, non-tax exempt)
Questions: Call Frank Palen at (561) 655-0620 or send email to Frank
Sales Announcement: Click here for Sales Announcement.
Order Form: Click here for Printer Friendly CD Order Form. Alternately you may purchase the CD online via the following PayPal link.
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**OTHER ORGANIZATION EVENTS & OTHER NEWS**
Water Conservation in the Institutional, Commercial & Industrial Sector
A "How-to" Workshop and Conservation Technology Vendor Fair.
Date, Time & Location: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM at South Florida Water Management District Headquarters (3301 Gun Club Road, WPB, FL 33406, B-1 Auditorium).
More information: See Save the Date flyer and Agenda for more information.
Florida Earth Foundation's Natural Systems Module
As part of The Florida Earth Module Series this module covers the impact that natural systems have on South Florida. Many areas will be covered including visiting 2 natural systems, scientific, planning, water and legal issues surrounding this topic.
Date, Time & Location: Thursday, March 25, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM and Friday, March 26, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. See link to web site below for location details.
Continuing Education: Approved for 15 continuing education credits by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for Landscape Architects (License Number PVD106).
More information: See Florida Earth's web site for more information.
The ABCs of Public Private Partnerships
Basics of Public Private Partnerships for Urban Redevelopment.
Date, Time & Location: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 12:15 PM in Pompano Beach.
More information: See flyer for more information.
Transportation Today 2010: Session II
Program includes discussions on Constitutional Amendment#4, Marco Island Hurrican Evacuation Plan, Continuous Flow Intersections, Florida East Coast Commuter Rail Service and Residential Parking Permits.
Date, Time & Location: Thursday, May 6, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM at the Broward County Traffic Engineering Facility (2300 West Commercial Boulevard).
More information: See web site for more information.
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You are welcome to find out more about the Palm Beach County Planning Congress by joining us at one of our upcoming events.
Please submit any news for the next newsletter (job changes, promotions, other recognitions, job openings, special workshops and events, RFP's, etc.) to Chris Barry.
As always, please share our web site at http://www.pbcplanningcongress.org with any of your colleagues who may be interested in the Planning Congress. If interested in becoming a member, they can access and submit their 2009 application form electronically at: http://www.pbcplanningcongress.org/application.html and click on the Pay Pal link to pay their dues online.
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NOTES: The 2007 “FLORIDA DIRECTORY OF PLANNING OFFICIALS, by the Florida Department of Community Affairs” is now available and can be accessed at www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/dcp/publications/DPO/2007dpo.pdf.
The West Palm Beach and South Palm Beach County Leagues of Women Voters have issued their 2008 VOTERS DIGEST, a comprehensive directory of federal, state, and county elected officials, including general voting information and district maps. The complete text of the Voters Digest can be found at the League Web site: www.lwvpbc.org. To obtain a copy by mail, send a self addressed stamped No. 10 envelope to the LWV at PO Box 6208, Delray Beach, FL 33482. Copies are also available at public libraries, city halls, community centers, and chambers of commerce.
last updated 11/05/2009
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