The Pitt County Planning Department, along with the City of
Greenville, East Carolina University and the North Carolina Chapter of the
American Planning Association hosted the 2017 Annual Conference at the
Greenville Convention Center on September 29th. The theme for this conference was: Rural,
Urban, Points in Between. This was the
first time the conference was hosted in Greenville and was considered a success
with over 400 attendees from across the state.
The program included 42 concurrent sessions, 7 mobile workshops and 2
deep dive sessions. The conference
kicked off with an Exhibitor & Sponsor Meet and Greet reception at the
historic Martinsborough Building in Uptown Greenville. On Thursday night, ECU hosted an Alumni
reception at the Croatan Building on ECU Campus for past planning program
alums. The Planning Department and Pitt County hosted several of the mobile
workshops: Exploring the County Home Complex, Creating Educational
Opportunities with Environmentally Sensitive Areas (at A Time For Science in
Grifton), and Agritourism with a True Farm to Table Experience (Simply Natural
Creamery in Greene County). The
following Pitt County staff served on the Planning Conference Committee:
Tabitha Auten, Tracy Cash, Mike Emory, Eric Gooby, Carla Hanson, Jonas Hill,
Eli Johnson, Bryan Jones, Alice Keene, Chris Lawson, Mark Nottingham and James
Rhodes. The conference was a huge
success and a pleasure to host.