Planning Activity Archives

Ken Graves, PiR, received the 2025 SPAN Outstanding Faculty Award during the Spring Banquet.
Jun 30, 2025
  • Misun Hur

Planner-in-Residence

Since its inception in 2018, East Carolina University’s Community and Regional Planning program has welcomed six Planners-in-Residence (PiRs): Merrill Flood, James Rhodes, AICP, Michelle Nance, FAICP, Lee Padrick, Angela Richter,...

Apr 01, 2025
  • Misun Hur

Planning the Future, Pirate Style – ECU at NPC25

Fourteen SPAN members--both undergraduates and graduate students--attended the 2025 National American Planning Association Conference (NPC25) in Denver, Colorado, from March 29 to April 1, 2025. The trip was organized by...

Nov 03, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Pirates and Precipitation

The Community and Regional Planning program hosted a Panel Discussion entitled, #Pirates and Precipitation: Who’ll Stop the Flood?, on October 29, 2024, co-hosted with the North Carolina Association of Floodplain...

Oct 22, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Pirates at the 2024 APA-NC Conference

Beyond networking, planners learn new skills, opportunities, and ideas by sharing research projects, best practices, and certification training at the American Planning Association (APA) conferences. The ECU’s Community and Regional...

Sep 05, 2024
  • Misun Hur

2024 Kick-Off

The Community and Regional Planning program and the SPAN hosted the 2024 Kick-Off event on September 4, 2024, at the Walter G. Fields III Planning Lab.

Apr 22, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Pirates in Minneapolis

The Student Planners Action Network (SPAN) raised over $6,000 to sponsor nine students to attend the National American Planning Association Conference (NPC24) in Minneapolis between April 13-16, 2024. This marks...

Feb 13, 2024
  • Misun Hur

Planning Classes took a Field Trip to Goldsboro, NC.

The Community and Regional Planning program took students for a field trip to Goldsboro, NC—a town with one of the most successful Main Street programs in North Carolina. ­­The NC Main...

Oct 18, 2023
  • Bella Sardina
  • Misun Hur

Tiny Home in a City

The Community and Regional Planning program hosted the Logistics of Implementing Tiny Homes Discussion Panel on Wednesday, September 27th, at the Main Student Center Black Box Theatre, East Carolina University....

Aug 08, 2023
  • Misun Hur

2022-23 Planning Newsletter

The 2022-2023 Planning Newsletter is published. All great news from the Brewster Building, Greenville, NC. ? Click the image below to read the newsletter (interactive pdf).

Apr 15, 2023
  • Misun Hur

2023 Spring Banquet

The 2023 Spring Banquet was on Friday, April 14, 2023, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM, at ECU Main Campus Student Center, Room #249. Over eighty alums, students and guests, faculty...