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Preparing for an Aging Population: The AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities
AARP Indiana’s session will provide an overview of these nearing demographic shifts, the economic and social value of older adults (45 years and older), community preferences of older Hoosiers, and tools available to communities to help them meet the needs of this large population segment. It will also highlight the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, an affiliate of the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Program, which is one of the key resources for cities, towns, counties, and even states to accommodate and support our growing aging population.
Addison Pollock, AARP Indiana
Mandla Moyo, AARP Indiana
Dan Domsic, City of Fishers

AICP Session

Break

Law Session: Dillon’s Rule, Home Rule and everything in Between: Who controls what between state and local governments?
Each state has a unique way of determining how a state's police powers get divided between the state and local jurisdictions. This presentation gives some insight into this dynamic with historical context and examples from multiple states that illustrate the two extremes and all the gray area in between.

Armed with that background information, an in-depth look at how Home Rule works in Indiana will make much more sense. We will explore Indiana's Home Rule statute, a few regulatory provisions and some case law that highlights where uncertainties lie.
Josh Trenary, Indiana Pork
Brianna Schroeder, Janzen Ag Law

Presenting Wabash, Indiana A CreatINg Places Community
(Walking Tour)
Wabash is a great example of capitalizing on assets, partnerships, and creative funding for positive community development. Join us to visit three placemaking projects in and near downtown to learn from project creators about the funding sources and partnerships that made them possible. This is a walking tour offered rain or shine. Limited transportation is available for participants that need it.
Wabash Riverfront Plaza - Andrea Zwiebel, Project Coordinator
Rainforest Play Park - Kendall Hoover, Communications and Grant Manager, YMCA
Wabash Inclusive Playground - Shelly Myers, Project Creator and Adam Hall, Park Director

Lunch, APA-IN Awards Presentation and Annual Chapter Business Meeting

Community Planning for Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Guide for Local Government
This presentation will provide an overview of the document series, key considerations for each topic, and discussion about current trends for integrating topics into community planning efforts. We will additionally preview information about the upcoming state-wide Land Use Summit scheduled for Aug 28, 2019.
Kara Salazar, AICP, Purdue University Extension & Illinois – Indiana Sea Grant
Jeff Cummins, Indiana State Department of Agriculture

Mobile Workshop: Housing
Rock City Lofts is a 41-unit senior affordable housing development located in the Marketplace Downtown District in Wabash. Join us in this session to take a tour of the building, learn the details of the development process, and how it helps foster the vision of downtown Wabash as a place to live, work, shop and play. Be prepared for a short walk to the property, rain or shine!
Alissa Morlan, Director Property Management, H-I Management
Matt Gadus, Partnership for Affordable Housing

Break

Race & Place: The Ethics Case
This session will include a quick review of planning’s poor legacy related to race and place. After a historic background is shared by the panelists, we will focus in on three areas where this legacy impacts our current local planning efforts: Resistance to Multi-family Housing, Legacy of Red-lining – Environmental Justice & Housing, Influence of Citizen Planners on Decision-Making
K.K. Gerhart-Fritz, FAICP, The Planning Workshop, Inc.
Katie Bannon, AICP, City of Indianapolis
Brittanie Redd, City of Indianapolis

When it Rains, it Floods: A Planner’s Primer to Understanding and Communicating Flood Risk
This presentation will provide a refresher on floodplains and floodplain management, present findings from the climate change data and the predictions for Indiana, the most recent and innovative planning tools and resources for flood resilience, flood response, and flood mitigation, and ultimately how to communicate this critical information in our day to day work.
Sheila McKinley, AICP, CFM, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC
Denise Aschelman, AICP, CFM, City of Noblesville