Spring Symposium
2024 Spring Symposium - April 25 and April 26
Thursday, April 25: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Cosmosphere
- 10:00 AM - Welcome
- 10:05 AM - Augusta Panel - Red Brick District
- 11:00 AM - Richard Backlund, FHWA - Local Aid Support
- 12:00 PM - Lunch
- 1:00 PM - Chad Parasa, WAMPO - Bike/Ped Committee
- 2:00 PM - Tony Finaly, Hutchinson Rec Foundation - Neighborhood Revitalization
- 2:50 PM - Break & Snack
- 3:00 PM - Casey Woods - Emporia Main Street
- 4:00 PM - Planning Slam by KU and K-State Students
- 5:00 PM - Social Event at Cosmosphere (light refreshments provided)
Friday, April 26: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- 8:00 AM - Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce - Downtown Master Plan Presentation
- 9:00-9:15 AM - Walk to Reno County Museum
- 9:15-10:00 AM – Self-guided tour of Reno County Museum
- 10:00 -10:45 AM - Jim Seitnater - City of Hutchinson
- 11:00 AM - Walking tour of Downtown Hutchinson (1 Mile)
- 12:00 PM - Group lunch at Anchor Inn (not paid for by KS APA)
Register HERE!
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Previous Spring Symposiums
Housing Policy
2021 Spring Symposium - Virtual
Keynote speakers “What are the prospects for helping the poor live in high opportunity neighborhoods?” - Ed Goetz, Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Urban and Regional Planning Program, University of Minnesota and author of “The One-Way Street of Integration: Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities” and Kirk McClure, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Urban Planning Program, University of Kansas
Regional panelists “How about housing policy here?” - Kelley Hrabe, TCS, NPCC, M.U.P., Prairie Fire Co-Founder; Daniel Serda, KC-CUR Project Manager, LISC Greater Kansas City; Michael Grube, Director of Development, the Yarco Companies, and Lauren Palmer, Director of Local Government Services, Mid-America Regional Council
Resilency + Mobility
2019 Spring Symposium - Manhattan
Manhattan was the host for two-day 2019 Symposium that offered two tracks covering Resiliency Planning and Mobility.
Re* Imagine Re*Invest Re*Vitalize
2018 Spring Symposium - Emporia
Downtown Emporia hosted around 40 people to showcase revitalization of their historic main street and revisioning of old buildings, including former schools.
Agritourism
2017 Spring Symposium - Leavenworth County
The 2017 Spring Symposium took us on a tour of rural Leavenworth County and their booming world of agritourism. From wineries to weddings, rural America is finding ways to showcase what life has to offer outside of our cities.