Is There Social Equity in Planning? (doc) Description: GALIP Division co-sponsored a session with three other divisions: Women in Planning, Planning in the Black Community, and Indigenous Planning. Session Images

Child Care Panel: David Arthur Foster, Santa Cruz (Calif.) Community Credit Union, Moderator Ellen Dektar, Alameda County LINCC Project, Oakland, Calif. Kristen Anderson, City of Redwood City, Calif. Lihbin L. Shiao, BRIDGE Housing Corporation, San Fransciso Pattsi Petrie, AICP, Univ of Illinois, Champaign Adding Child Care to the Planner's Lexicon (pdf) Kristen Anderson, Child Care Coordinator, Redwood City Description: Until fairly recently, child care generally was not considered a local planning issue. But, changes in workforce participation have raised child care's profile. Discover how child care, when incorporated into residential neighborhoods and employment centers, can yield benefits ranging from reduced traffic to a stronger local economy.

Linking Child Care to Economic Development (pdf) Margot Lederer Prado, AICP, City of Oakland, Child Care Council of Alameda Co, moderator Jan Stokley, Exec. Dir., Child Care Coordinating Council, San Mateo Co. (CC Resource & Referral agency) Kristen Anderson, Child Care Coordinator, Redwood City Maria Raff, Manager, Developer Services, Low Income Investment Fund, ABCD (Affordable Buildings for Children’s Development) Ellen Dektar, Alameda County LINCC (Local Investment in Child Care) Description: Many states are starting to quantify the economic impact of child care, including California, where the industry generates between $4.7 and $5.4 billion in gross receipts. Listen as experts set the context for and give examples of ways that developers can successfully incorporate child care into their projects. Learn about a statewide initiative that supports the integration of child care with other community planning.

Changing Demographics and Community Planning Panel: Ramona Mattix, Director of Planning, Billings, MT, Moderator Pam S. Perlich, Bureau of Economic & Business Research, University of Utah Karen D. Chapple, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley Anna M. Hardman, MCP, PhD, Department of Economics, Tufts University Description: The demographic shift occurring in the U.S. has important planning and policy implications. Explore the 2000 census demographics and the projection for 2020 from a macro perspective. Examine case scenarios from the view of large and small communities. Demographic Trends Impacting Planning in Utah (pdf) Pam Perlich, Bureau of Economic & Business Research, University of Utah Planning for and with Diversity in the Immigrant Population (pdf) Anna M. Hardman, MCP, PhD, Department of Economics, Tufts University The Suburbanization of Poverty: Are Community-Based Organizations Ready? (pdf) Karen D. Chapple, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley