Membership

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.

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**2010 PROGRAM & UPCOMING EVENTS**

Click here for the 2010 Program. Please send any event ideas for 2010 to Chris Barry

PBC Regulatory Climate Workshop Follow Up for Planners, Landscape Architects and Land Use Attorneys
Date, Time & Location: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. The event Will be held in Rooms VC-1E-58/59 at the Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department Building located at 2300 North Jog Road, WPB, FL 33411.
Cost: Free.
RSVP: To Josh Long at (561) 650-0717 or via email .
More information: See Save the Date flyer.

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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 clic king 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).


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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.

Price Options

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**OTHER ORGANIZATION EVENTS & OTHER NEWS**

Overview of LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND)
At their August 19, 2010 meeting the Palm Beach Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council will be discussing LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND).
Date, Time & Location: Thursday, August, 19, 2010 beginning at 5:30 PM at the PGA National Resort & Spa, 400 Avenue of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens.
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. "> ">
2010 EVENTS
January 27 2010 Legislative Breakfast
February 25 Succe ssful Programs and Opportunities for Implementing Demand Management and Other Water Conservation Programs
April 11 Community Supported and Urban Agriculture
April 24 Lake Worth Lagoon Boat Tour
May 28 3rd Annual Seminar on Planning Challenges of the 21st Century
June Tour of Butterfly Garden
June 24 Evolutio n of the Firehouse
June Haiti Re-construction Event
June Energy Focused Event
July Village of Wellington Capital Improvements & Neighborhood Stabilization Program
July Florida Engineering Society Shrimp Boil
August Archaeological Event
September Palm Beach Aggregates Tour/Lake Okeechobee Dike Restoration Site Visit
October 8-11 Keys Fest
November 8 4th Annual Ethics Seminar
November 13 Tour of Indiantown Solar Plant
December 2 Annual Joint Societies Holiday Party

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.



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.p df.

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.

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