Whether you are a professional planner, planning commissioner or elected official, student, or work in an allied profession, APA has something for you. With members around the world, nation, and locally in Colorado in a wide range of planning disciplines, membership in APA opens up opportunities for networking, sharing experiences and knowledge, training opportunities, and tapping into a variety of planning resources.

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Membership options include:

  • Join as a Planner
  • Join as an Academic
  • Join as a Student
  • Join as a Commissioner or Planning Board Member
  • Join from Outside the U.S.
  • Join as an Allied Professional or Citizen

Why Join?

  • Expand your network. APA Colorado brings together more than 1,500 individuals who share your passions. Engage with planners and allied professionals to discuss experiences, face challenges, and enhance our communities.
  • Connect with specialists. Every year, APA Colorado gathers planners for the Colorado Planning Conference, the premier learning and networking event for planners in Colorado
  • Connect locally. APA Colorado is divided into six areas, each with an Area Representative to connect you with local networking and professional development opportunities.
  • Get AICP certified. APA Colorado encourages all planners to become AICP certified. AICP members recognize more career opportunities, higher salaries, and enhanced professional credibility. 
  • Keep up with planning. All APA Colorado members receiver the quarterly Planning Matters Newsletter, chocked full of resources, current news, and additional information for Colorado planners and allied professionals.
  • Advance your career. Get a boost from the online Career Resources. Post your available job, or find your next opportunity.
  • Update your skills. With mentoring, guidance, and training at all stages of your professional life, APA Colorado is here to support you through your career.
  • Promote planning. Not only does your membership strengthen APA's advocacy for good planning and essential programs, but you'll also become an effective advocate for the planning profession.

Chapter Only Membership

The APA Colorado Chapter Only Membership (COM) entitles you to all APA Colorado Chapter benefits – member rates at all events, workshops, and conferences, notification of Planning Matters (online newsletter) and other chapter news, and voting rights. Chapter Only Memberships are renewed annually. A reminder will be emailed to you upon the end of your yearly membership with instructions on how to renew.

Chapter Only Membership Rates

  • Individual $125
  • Public Official (elected or appointed individual) $100
  • Board or Commission (elected or appointed board) $225

Join APA Colorado as a COM