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For over 25 years, the South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (SCAPA) has been a leader in planning activities and an active resource for planners, communities, citizens, elected and appointed officials, and allied professionals throughout the state. SCAPA has an active and growing membership of about 350 members. It serves a diverse group of planning professionals embracing a variety of disciplines. The membership includes professional planners (public, private, and academic), planning commissioners, board of zoning appeals members, building officials, neighborhood group leaders, urban designers, economists and students of planning and community development. Among its members are several planners of international acclaim who have developed innovative approaches to critical issues facing our nation's cities and regions. Access the links at the top of this page for additional, specific information on the organization. |
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Through a quarterly meeting format, SCAPA brings in national, regional and statewide experts to address topics that affect its membership. Topics of past sessions include: comprehensive planning, open space preservation, transportation, "property rights", waterfront development, watershed protection, community visioning, new urbanism, infrastructure plans, economic development, migration, tourism, coastal resources, geographic information systems, military base closure, greenways, effective communication, board of zoning appeals, ISTEA, working with the media, and growth management. The Chapter, in conjunction with the USC Institute for Public Affairs also conducts annual workshops and training sessions for Zoning Boards of Appeals and Planning Commissions. Quarterly meetings are also used as forums on legislative issues, providing input to legislation authors or discussing strategies for encouraging or discouraging planning related legislation. Clemson University's Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture works with the Chapter to promote planning throughout South Carolina, and is the home for SCAPA's quarterly newsletter The Palmetto Planner. The newsletter contains summaries of planning agencies' activities throughout the state, featuring articles on significant projects, updates on APA activities and legislative issues, a calendar of planning events, and articles related to Chapter business. Publication costs are supported by a number of planning or planning-related consultants. Approximately 25% of the practicing planners who are members of SCAPA have met the requirements to be accepted as members of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). The Chapter promotes AICP membership and coordinates preparation for the exam, which is administered each spring. SCAPA serves as a resource to our membership available to provide professional and/or technical information regarding a variety of legislative matters. Basic legislative issues of the organization include:
The South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association is organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning - physical, environmental, economic and social - in South Carolina. The objective of SCAPA is to encourage planning that will contribute to the public well-being by developing communities and environments that meet the diverse needs of South Carolina. Officers ~ Committees ~ Representatives
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APA/SCAPA Membership Information Full Membership and Student Membership
Chapter Only Membership
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South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association PO Box 683 ● Clemson, South Carolina 29633 ● (864) 221-1433 ● www.scapa.org |
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