Professional Development Webinars 

The Land Use Planning Community of Practice regularly offers professional development webinars to members and non on timely topics. Recent webinar offerings include:

• AI Use in Planning - December 17, 2025
• Leading AI Adoption in Texas Planning, Texas APA 2025 Leadership Academy

• Getting to know the Regional Rural Development Centers - April 22, 202

• The Power of Facilitation for Community Land Use Decisions - February 19, 2025

• Working with Local Communities on Clean Energy Siting - April 2, 2024

• Connecting the History of Redlining to Contextualize Local Housing Policy Decisions - November 30, 2022 (recording not available, though resources include):
• The Michigan State University (MSU) Extension Redlining in Michigan website includes resources and references for your further study and learning on the subject. Please also consider the following additional resources:
• Mapping Inequality – University of Richmond, Digital Solutions Lab digitized Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) “security maps” of cities graded at the neighborhood level.
• Mapping Prejudice – University of Minnesota project mapping racially restrictive covenants/deeds in greater Minneapolis.
• MSU Extension develops online resource, programs addressing historical redlining of Michigan cities
• Community discussions around housing: Explaining common key terms

• Tools for Making Resilient Communities - May 24, 2022

• Virtual Housing Forum - December 15, 2021

Ready or Not, Here Come the Solar Farms: Land Use Considerations for a Boom in Solar Energy - May 19, 2021 (includes CoP annual meeting)