Spring Retreat 2022
Fall Creek Falls State Park | March 2nd-4th 2022 Planning: Bridging the Gap
The 2022 Spring Retreat will be March 2nd through 4th at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Middle Tennessee. This will be the first time the Spring Retreat has been held at Fall Creek Falls since 2017. The theme for this conference is centered on how planning can bridge the gap between different sectors. Planning often plays a role in Historic Preservation, Environment and Conservation, Equity and Diversity and many other areas.
Tickets have gone on sale in January. Tickets are $125 for TAPA members and $160 for non-members (a reminder that TAPA membership is $35). One-day tickets, student tickets, and retiree tickets are all available. You may book rooms online at the Fall Creek Falls website here.
The agenda for the 2022 Spring Retreat is listed below (as of 2/23):
All times listed are in Central Time, which is local time for Fall Creek Falls State Park
Wednesday March 2nd
6:00 PM – Executive Board Meeting
Thursday, March 3rd
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM - Opening Remarks, Lynn Tully, TAPA Chapter President
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (1.25 CM) Kimley-Horn: TN Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan: Conserving our
World-Class Resources and Providing Recreational Access all Tennesseans
10:00 AM – 10:15 Annual Sponsor Presentations
10:15 AM – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 AM – 11:30 PM (1 CM) Jeff Fleming, Move to Kingsport: The Great Migration
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM Annual Sponsor Presentation
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch & Keynote Presentation (1 CM) Ron Littlefield FAICP: Bridging the Gap – 50 years of
Planning in Tennessee
1:00PM – 2:00 PM (1 CM) Bert Kuyrkendall, Orion Planning: Planners and Engineers Working Together
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (1 CM) Ellen Dement Hunt, TN Historical Commission: Historic Preservation & Grant
Opportunities
3:00: PM – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM (1 CM ) TDOT Long Range Planning: What OCT can do for land use planning? New Tools
Developed 2020 and 2021
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM (1 CM) Tyra Copas: The Great Resignation: How workforce trends will shape the
landscape of planning in the future
Friday, March 4th
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM BREAKFAST
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (1 CM) Sean Santalla, FHWA Tennessee Division:
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)/Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (1.5 CM Legal Credit) Bill Terry / Sam Edwards – Legislative Update
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM - BREAK
10:45 AM – 11:45 PM (1 CM) Ethics – Logan Engle
Spring Retreat Overview
Every year, TAPA hosts a Spring Retreat during March or April. Usually attended by around 100 planners, the Spring Retreat is smaller with less sessions than the Fall Conference. However, it gives Tennessee planners another chance to get together, exchange ideas, and learn from each other to advance better community planning across the State.
