APA Florida Planning Annual Conference | Orlando Event Venues
Hello and welcome to Dream Big, Imagine Florida! The Orlando Metro Section is pleased to host the Florida Planning Conference in Orlando! We will be meeting September 8-11, 2020 at the Hilton on Destination Parkway in Orlando. Located in an ideal location, within walking distance of the international tourist attractions along I-Drive and centrally located to the City Beautiful, Kissimmee, Sanford, the Villages and other growing Central Florida cities, there will be opportunities to discover the best Central Florida has to offer. Spectacular international attractions that have made the area a world-class destination include Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World, and Kennedy Space Center. We are also home to a wide array of iconic preserves and state parks, from the Orlando Wetland Preserve to Wekiwa Springs State Park, there are plenty of oak hammock trails and cypress-lined waterbodies to explore and appreciate.
The Orlando Metro Section is comprised of Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Sumter Counties. Our municipalities range from rural communities to urban cities including bustling downtown transit-oriented cores, quaint main street villages, and a growing locavore culture with agriculture practices that support community identity, sustainability, resiliency and economic vitality. The region is a strong economic engine focused on tourism, cultural and historic preservation, technology, manufacturing, distribution/logistics, and retail. This regional planning area confronts many of the same topics reflected throughout the state including the integration of technology in planning, natural disaster readiness, environmental justice, economic development obstacles, affordable housing, mobility and mass transit, and the search for innovative urban or rural design.
