The details:
Friday February 3, 2012
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Hudson Grille Midtown
942 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309 

Our happy hour will be upstairs in one of the small rooms. Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available. Complimentary valet parking is available at the restaurant, and on-street parking is available on Peachtree Place and other nearby streets. The Georgia Tech Trolley also stops at the Midtown MARTA Station, about 1 block from Hudson Grille. 

Please come out and meet other planners from throughout Metro Atlanta and across the state!

Time: Thursday, September 29th, 2011, 7:30 PM

Please join the GPA Young Planners Group for a happy hour at Churchill’s Pub & Restaurant during the GPA 2011 Fall Conference in Savannah. After the GPA reception on Thursday evening, we’ll head over to Churchill’s where everyone can unwind, grab a drink, and meet planners from throughout Georgia. This is a great opportunity to network with other planners and see what’s going on in the state, and to relax in a local pub in Savannah. For more information about the location, please go to http://www.thebritishpub.com/.

Thanks to our District 10 Rep Whitney Shephard for planning this event.

Networking and drinks to follow at Cypress Street Pint and Plate, 817 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30308

Speakers: James Bross, Professor of Law at Georgia State University, Corey Babb, Atlanta Regional Commission, Joy Hinkle, Southface

When: Thursday September 15, 2011, 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Where: Georgia Tech College of Architecture Reinsch Pierce Auditorium on the first floor of the East Architecture Building, 247 Fourth St. NW, Atlanta GA, 30332

AICP CM credits are being pursued for this event.

You are cordially invited to an informal gathering for happy hour at Churchill’s Pub in downtown Savannah on Thursday August 25 at 5:30 pm.

Although this event will shamelessly plug the District 10 Young Planners Group, as well as the Fall Conference, the event is primarily for socializing with area planners. Please plan on attending, and invite your colleagues! 

Churchill’s is located at 13-17 W Bay Street. Public parking is available nearby and the restaurant is accessible via the dot shuttle as well! You can find a parking & transportation map here. You can find more information about Churchill’s at http://www.thebritishpub.com/.

Please RSVP to the YPG District 10 coordinator Whitney Shephard at Whitney.Shephard@rsandh.com.

The Agenda:

• 6:00 – Meet on the north end of the park above the fountain.
• 6:15 – Kevin Burke begins our guided tour of the park. Upon completion, Ryan Gravel will give us an update on the BeltLine.
• After the speakers have concluded, we’ll head over to Bookhouse Pub (about 2 blocks away on Ponce) to grab a drink with our fellow planners.

We are pursuing AICP CM credits for this event and have two very knowledgeable speakers lined up:

• Kevin Burke, senior landscape architect at Atlanta Beltline Inc., will be taking us on a tour of the park and explaining its unique features. Kevin has more than 29 years of professional experience on a range of institutional, roadway, college and university, and park projects. Prior to joining ABI, Kevin worked for a number of years on the “Big Dig” in Boston.
• Ryan Gravel, whose joint master’s thesis in Architecture and City Planning from Georgia Tech in 1999 was the original vision for the Atlanta BeltLine, will be giving us an update on BeltLine planning as well as implementation. Eight years of his subsequent work as a volunteer and later in the nonprofit and government sectors was critical to the BeltLine’s success, which is now a $2+ billion public-private initiative in the early stages of implementation. Now practicing Urban Design at Perkins+Will, Ryan is Design Manager for the firm’s BeltLine Corridor Design contract, which will determine the character and design details for the trail, transit guideway, stations, access points, public spaces, public art, streetscapes, lighting, plants and materials.

If you’d like more information about the park, please visit http://www.h4wpc.org/.

See you on the 30th!

The details:

Friday February 11, 2011
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Hudson Grille Midtown
942 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309

Our happy hour will be upstairs in one of the small rooms. Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available.

See you on the 11th!

We’re heading back to Manual’s Tavern, located at 602 North Highland Ave, at the corner of North Highland Ave and North Ave. And we want to get your input on what YPG should be in 2011. This is your chance to help shape YPG. So come out, unwind with your fellow planners, and help us plan the future of YPG.

When:

Friday, November 5th

6:30 PM
Socializing and Networking

7:00 PM
YPG 2011 – What do you want us to be in the coming year?

The meeting will take place around the same time as the regular First Friday so you’ll have the chance to mingle with YPG and the greater planning community. We’ll be right next door to the usual First Friday spot in the North Avenue Room.

Please join us for our next Young Planners Group Meeting on Friday, June 25^th from 5:30-7:30.  We’re heading back to Hudson Grille in Midtown Atlanta, located at 942 Peachtree Street, at the corner of Peachtree Street and Peachtree Place.  We’ll be in the private room upstairs.

5:30 – 6:30 Socializing/Networking

6:30 – 7:30 Panel Discussion on Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) – What are they, why they’re relevant to planners, and why today’s limited public funding is making these groups even more important to everybody