2026 Agenda


Tuesday, May 5

2:00


3:30-5:30

5:00-8:00


8:00

Registration Opens | Exhibitor & Sponsor Set Up

APA WV Chapter Meeting

Welcome Reception with the Abandoned Properties Coalition

Evening Side Quest: Karaoke

Event Lobby


Public Library, Room 311B

Ballroom


Ballroom


Wednesday, May 6

8:00

8:30-9:30

9:45-10:45




11:00-12:00






12:00-1:00


1:30-2:30






2:30-3:00

3:15-4:30







5:30-7:30

7:30

Registration Opens

Keynote Breakfast with Brian Larkin

Concurrent Workshop #1
How About Housing WV? | Heirs Property in West Virginia: Challenges for Planning and Land Reuse

Concurrent Workshop #2
Placemaking as Land Use: Coordinating Growth & Investment Across Rural Communities | Property Acquisition, the Tax Sale, & Land Recycling | Brightfields & Resilience Hubs

Lunch, sponsored by the West Virginia Municipal League

Concurrent Workshop #3
Building Statewide Strength for Local Revitalization | Recovery, Restoration, and Reintroduction: Reenvisioning West Virginia | Brownfields Bootcamp: Starting on the Right Foot

Networking Break | Exhibitor Expo

Concurrent Workshop #4
Gathering with Purpose: Community & Stakeholder Engagement Workshop | Reclaiming Minelands Through Permaculture Design | [Mobile Session] Little by Little: Incremental Change to Build Up Neighborhoods

Reception: Reuse in Action

Evening Side Quest: Mario Kart Tournament

Event Lobby

Ballroom

Session Rooms




Session Rooms






Ballroom


Session Rooms






Event Lobby

Session Rooms







Ursus Brew Works


Thursday, May 7

8:00

8:30-9:30

9:45-10:45






11:00-12:00





12:00-1:30


1:30-2:30

Registration Opens

Breakfast

Concurrent Workshop #5
A New Lesson Plan for Vacant Schools | Land Use & Reuse Case Law Round Up | Mitigated Open Space Tracking: A Proactive Approach to Open Space Management & Enforcement

Concurrent Workshop #6
Beyond Buyouts: Planning Productive | Land Use & Reuse Legislative Round Up | Are Your Working Forests Working for You? Forest Carbon, Land, & Labor

Citizen Planner Luncheon with the American Planning Association WV

Farewell Side Quest: Public Arts Walk

Event Lobby

Ballroom

Session Rooms






Session Rooms





Ballroom


Meet in Main Lobby