1. Annual Conference 2014
Amherst, Massachusetts
Thursday June 5
8-8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30-9 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Marc Resnick, MAPD President, and John Musante, Amherst Town Manager
9-10:30 SESSION A
Building a Culture of Planning Through the Master
Plan Process: A blended Approach
SESSION B
Losing Ground – New Update
Niels la Cour, Senior Planner, UMass Amherst Jeff Collins, Director of Ecological Management, Mass
Audubon
10:30-
10:45
Refreshment Break
10:45-12 SESSION A
Live, Work, Play! An update on DHCD’s Tools for
Mixed-Use Districts
SESSION B
Climate Change Adaptation Planning & Massachusetts
Policy Updates
Arthur Jemison, Deputy Undersecretary, MA DHCD,
Bill Reyelt, Principal Planner, Smart Growth Programs,
DHCD, Angus Jennings, AICP, A.G. Jennings LLC, Peter
Hechenbleikner, Interim Economic Development
Officer, Town of Westwood
E. Heidi Ricci, Senior Policy Analyst, Mass Audubon, Julie
Conroy, AICP, Senior Environmental Planner, MAPC, Karen
Heymann, Legislative Director, Mass Audubon
12-1:15 Lunch with Stephen Kulik, State Representative, introduced by Jeffrey Lacy, AICP, Regional Planner, DCR Division of
Water Supply Protection
1:15-2:30 SESSION A
Not Your Average Sustainability Session: Getting to
the Bottom of Sustainable Master Plans
SESSION B
APA Comprehensive Plan Certification – Foxborough’s
Participation in National Pilot Program
Angela J. Vincent, Sustainability Project Manager, VHB,
Craig Thomas, Urban Renewal Project Manager, and
Yovani Baez, Neighborhood Planner, City of Lowell
Sharon Wason, AICP, Town Planner, Foxborough, MA

2. 2:30-2:45 Refreshment Break
2:45-4:15 MOBILE WORKSHOP A
Amherst Business Improvement District Walking
Tour with Sarah laCour, Director, Amherst Business
Improvement District
MOBILE WORKSHOP B
Historic Preservation – Downtown Dickinson Historic
District Walking Tour with Philip A. Shaver, President of
the Board for the Amherst Historical Society, Vice-Chair,
Dickinson Local Historic District Commission
4:15-7 Rooftop Refreshments at the Lord Jeffrey provided by our sponsors
FRIDAY note – hotel guests are asked to be checked out of their rooms by 10:45 am
8-9 Continental Breakfast & Annual MAPD Meeting with Election of Officers
9-10:30 SESSION A SESSION B
Microhousing: Who Needs It? Communities and Consultants: Best Practices for Best
Results
Tamara Roy, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, ADD Inc.
Barry Bluestone, Dean in the School of Public Policy
and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
Kenneth Buckland, AICP, LEED AP, PP, The Cecil Group,
Inc., Angus Jennings, AICP, A.G. Jennings, LLC, Emily Keys
Innes, LEED Green Associate, The Cecil Group, Inc.
10:30-
10:45
Refreshment Break
10:45-
12:15
Recent Court Decisions
Barbara Saint Andre, Esq., Principal, Petrini & Associates, Ilana Quirk, Esq., Principal, Kopelman and Paige, PC, Pam
Brown, FAICP, Esq., Brown and Brown, PC
Have a safe trip home and a good weekend! Thank you for attending!