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THIS PAGE IS AN ARCHIVE OF THE PREVIOUS EVENT. CURRENT EVENT IS FNT2020.
#FNT2019
February 8, 2019
FOCUS NORTH TEXAS
Thank you for coming and for the support of our sponsors and the FNT Committee.
Provided below are PowerPoint presentations from each breakout session and a live recording of the Opening Plenary discussion on Mobility.
Opening Plenary: Mobility
PowerPoints provided by speakers:
Automated Vehicles and the Future of North Texas
Context-Sensitive Solutions (CSS)
Leveraging Technology to Enhance Mobility
Climate Change: Causes and Impacts
Climate Change: Tools and Actions
Suburban Remix
Homelessness and Affordable Housing: An Overview
Homelessness & Affordable Housing: Challenges and Actions
Zoning for Equity
Virtual Reality to Reality
PLACE-Making and Urban Design
Making Things Happen in Cities
Ethics and Open Meetings Training
Long Range Planning (Incl. Comp Plans)
WHEN:
2/8/2019
8:30AM - 5:00PM
WHERE:
IRVING CONVENTION CENTER AT LAS COLINAS
500 W Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, Texas 75039
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Focus North Texas is a regional training and continuing education event for city planning-related topics. It's a one-day planning symposium, and in 2019, the Midwest Texas Section of the APA and the North Central Texas Section of the APA combined forces to put on this affordable and regional training program together.
Planned and organized by a group of your peers and colleagues, highlights from #FNT2019 included:
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Anne Ricker and Bill Cunningham as Keynote Lunch speakers, discussing how to plan in a market-based reality, making plans and policies that are truly integrated into all elements of the city;
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An Opening Plenary panel discussing progressive mobility and its importance to North Texas;
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Five tracks of AICP CM-approved breakout sessions including Transportation, Resiliency, Social Equity, Legal/Ethics, Best Practices/Innovation; and
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An Elected and Appointed Officials track/training.

















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