Lehigh Valley

Government Academy

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) is pleased to continue to offer the Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Education Institute (PMPEI) courses in community planning and land use regulations. These courses are targeted to planning commissioners, zoning hearing board members, zoning administrators, elected officials, and others with an interest or involvement in planning. For 2018, LVPC will offer three courses. Learn more about PMPEI courses at http://pmpei.org/

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  COMMUNITY PLANNING (SOLD OUT)

   

  WHAT IS IT?

  This is a course to teach planning commissioners, local officials and others how to carry out their responsibilities under the PA Municipalities Planning Code (MPC)—the statute that endows municipalities with the authority to plan. For those who don’t know or fully understand the provisions of the MPC, this course shows how the MPC gives a jurisdiction the authority to make critical decisions involving land use, which can shape their community’s quality of life.

   

  WHO SHOULD GO?

  Municipal zoning hearing board and planning commission members, elected officials, primary municipal support staff (managers and secretaries), prospective students of city and regional planning, professional planners, and engaged community members who wish to understand the zoning and subdivision approval processes.

   

  WHEN: 5:30-9:00 PM

  • Wednesday, September 11, 2019
  • Wednesday, September 18, 2019
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2019

   

  Classes will be at:

  LVPC, 961 Marcon Blvd., Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18109

  Food provided

  REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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  SUBDIVISION + LAND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW (SOLD OUT)

   

  WHAT IS IT?

  This course explores the work of planning commissions in the subdivision and land development review process, from pre-application meetings through project completion.

   

  WHO SHOULD GO?

  Municipal zoning hearing board and planning commission members, municipal elected officials, engineers, planners, attorneys, real estate professionals and others who deal with subdivision and land development ordinances.

   

  WHEN: 5:30-9:00 PM

  • Thursday, October 3
  • Thursday, October 10
  • Thursday, October 17

   

  Classes will be at:

  LVPC, 961 Marcon Blvd., Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18109

  Food provided

  REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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  ZONING (SOLD OUT)

   

  WHAT IS IT?

  This is a “nuts and bolts” course that deals with probably the most complex and provocative topic in local planning and zoning.  This course reviews how zoning hearing boards work and are managed, how zoning evolved in the United States, and how many of the original concepts still form the basis of the way zoning is practiced in Pennsylvania.

   

  WHO SHOULD GO?

  Planning commission and municipal zoning hearing board members, elected officials, engineers, planners, attorneys, real estate professionals, others who deal with zoning ordinances and anyone interested in zoning.

   

  WHEN: 5:30-9:00 PM

  • Monday, November 4
  • Monday, November 18
  • Monday, November 25

   

  Classes will be at:

  LVPC, 961 Marcon Blvd., Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18109

  Food provided

  REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Front row (left to right): Makala Ashmar*, Malissa Davis, Prabodh "Sunny" Ghai, Lori B. Seese, John von Kerczek; Back row (left to right): Tina Roseberry, PMPEI course instructor, Austin Burker*, Jeffrey Fox, Pamela Pearson*, John Gallagher.

* Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Education Institute Outstanding Education Achievement Award recipients

* Denotes PMPEI Outstanding Education Achievement Award

Lehigh Valley Planning Commission

961 Marcon Boulevard - Suite 310

Allentown, PA 18109

Phone: (610) 264-4544

Toll Free: (888) 627-8808

Fax: (610) 264-2616

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