APA Texas Chapter

APA Cross-Chapter Collaborative Conference 2021 PLANNING IN THE NEW PARADIGM

Arkansas ★ Missouri ★ New Mexico ★ Oklahoma ★ Texas

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87th Legislative Session APATX Legislative Session Review

Review the summary of the bills APATX tracked during the 87th Legislative Session!

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2021 Chapter Action Plan APA Texas members share their experiences and priorities

Every two years, APA Texas conducts an online survey of its members to gain a sense of what issues they are facing in their careers and communities and how effectively APA Texas is serving them. The results of this year’s survey are now available. Some key insights:

Almost 12% of members chose to take the survey. Participants were diverse in terms of their involvement with planning and APA Texas, and the part of the state where they live. Most respondents were White, non-Hispanic and professional planners (similar to the characteristics of the members overall). For the first time, the largest share of respondents were Millennials (43%), followed by Gen X’ers (30%) and then Baby Boomers (23%).
80% of respondents believe that the APA Texas Vision Statement is consistent with what they believe APA Texas should be and do.
Of the six goals APA Texas has established, participants felt it had been most effective in serving members during the past two years, with 44% saying it was ‘very effective’ or ‘somewhat effective’ in achieving this goal.
COVID’s top two effects on Texas planners and community planning are: ‘added new difficulties for public engagement’ and ‘involved them in new issues and responsibilities’.
Over 60% of participants said these five trends ‘will cause significant change’ in the future of planning education and practice in Texas:

o Increasing cost to rehabilitate aging public facilities and infrastructure (65%)

o Increasing polarization within communities (63%)

o Housing affordability/workforce housing (62%)

o More severe storms, extreme weather patterns or other aspects of climate change
(62%)

o People getting their news from separate media outlets with distinct views (rather
than from shared outlets perceived to be neutral) (61%)

Many people contributed diverse and thoughtful comments to the survey’s open-ended questions as well. All this input is being used by the Chapter Board of Directors as it drafts the Action Plan for 2021 – 2023. Check out the full survey report, including all the open-ended comments below.

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Who we are Texas Chapter: Y'all means all!

The Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association (APATX) represents public and private sector planners, planning academics and students, elected officials, and citizen planners in the great state of Texas.

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