<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp346d8b7fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><p class="ydpe747c67dyiv1877609811msonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:#1D2228">Happy Flag Day Planners from the previously
self identified “likely least patriotic town planner in Murica”</span></p>
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<p class="ydpe747c67dyiv1877609811msonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Chances are both
of my LinkedIn followers saw my post on Linkedin about SNEAPA. Its common
wisdom that if its in the paper it must be true and if its on the internetter
it absolutely positively must be true. With the dearth of local media let me
confirm that its absolutely positively true that SNEAPA needs <b>session</b> <b> proposals</b><span> </span>in a way more urgent than Mars need Woman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Needs_Women" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Needs_Women</a></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe747c67dyiv1877609811msonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">Within the
confines of the Commonwealth’s </span><span style="color:#202122;background:white">292 towns and 59 cities (and yes we know there are poser towns that are actually
city forms of govment) there are a number of one horse/planner towns like </span><span style="color:#C00000;background:white">CranberryLand USA</span><span style="color:#202122;background:white"> that don’t have the time or resources
to engage their local Rhodes Scholar to help with complete streets, lane diets,
and guerilla art projects to repurpose parking spaces. That said this your opportunity
to tell your story, to pay it forward by sharing your experience not only with
your fellow MassHoles but with our colleagues in the Nutmeg State’s 169 towns
and<span> </span>Little Rhody’s 31 towns. </span><span style="color:black;background:white"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe747c67dyiv1877609811msonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Southern New
England American Planning Association (SNEAPA) is hosting its annual conference
in Springfield, MA on November 7 & 8, 2024. The Conference Committee is
seeking engaging session proposals to showcase a diversity of participants, new
ideas, collaborative approaches, address current and relevant planning topics
and issues.<br style="outline: none !important">
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We welcome your proposals for the 2024 SNEAPA conference, which will provide
professional development and networking opportunities for planners, engineers,
and architects throughout the Southern New England Region.<br style="outline: none !important">
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Sessions shall offer learning experience to planners, students, and other
professionals interested in local or regional planning, community engagement,
infrastructure, or regulatory processes.<br style="outline: none !important">
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For more information on the Call for Sessions or To Submit a Session Proposal:</span><span style="color:#1D2228"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe747c67dyiv1877609811msonormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color:#1D2228"><a href="https://www.sneapa.org/call-for-session-proposals" style="outline: none !important" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.sneapa.org/call-for-session-proposals</a></span></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Don't be shy about the great work you are doing #Flex4YourFriends&Colleagues</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Thank much,</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"> TBott </span><br></div><p></p></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp346d8b7fsignature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif;">Thomas Bott <font color="#9d1811">CranberryLand USA</font> Town Planner</div><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; font-style: italic; background-color: inherit;">Practicing Planning in the Commonwealth since the last Millennium </font><font color="#808080" style="background-color: inherit;" size="2"><i>#TownPlannerSilverJubilee</i></font></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>