Entries from February 2009

February 12, 2009

Internship Opportunity this Summer

The Pennsylvania Downtown Center (PDC) is interested in hiring student interns with backgrounds in landscape architecture, landscape contracting, horticulture, environmental science, urban planning and community/regional planning for a 10-week service learning internship this summer. Interns will help plan, design and install community-based revitalization projects in Pennsylvania. This year’s projects range from community gardens to pocket [...]

February 10, 2009

Lunch & Learn featuring the Barataria-Terrebonne (B-T) National Estuary Program

The Barataria-Terrebonne (B-T) National Estuary Program is responsible for coordinating all agency and stakeholder efforts related to restoration in the B-T system and to create a sense of environmental stewardship for the natural resources of the estuary complex.  Mr. Michael Massimi will discuss a few of the issues effecting change and understanding of the complex [...]

February 6, 2009

American Planning Association New Orleans Annual Crawfish Boil

When:         Saturday,  April 4, 2009
                  
Where:       Popp’s Bandstand
                   City Park (next to the Casino building)
 
Time:          11am – 3 pm
 
Price:          Free to all active APA Metro Section members and their families
                   $25 per person for Non-Members
 
RSVP:        Please RSVP by Friday, March 27th with the number in your party and bring yourfavorite goodie to share at the dessert [...]

February 4, 2009

Part-time Job Opportunity

The University of Michigan Displaced New Orleans Residents Study will gather information
from 1800 respondents who lived in selected addresses in Orleans Parish in August 2005 at
the time that Hurricane Katrina struck the city. The interviews are expected to average
60 minutes and they will be conducted by phone when possible. Because we have to [...]