DESIGN & HONOR AWARDS RECEPTION
Thank You Sponsors!
| Join us for the 2025 Design & Honor Awards Reception! Thursday, September 18, 2025 Culinary Productions, Inc. Reception begins at 6 p.m. Program to begin at 7 p.m.
Dress is Cocktail/Cocktail Casual Registration closes September 16. Sponsorships are available. Get more info HERE. |
PENSACAN
Calling all CANchitects and CANgineers! Assemble your build team and help us Demolish Hunger, Design Hope in this year's PensaCAN competition. PensaCAN is a competition where teams create impressive structures made entirely out of full cans of food. Following a week-long display of the structures and voting, all food is then donated to Manna for distribution to our neighbors in need in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Registration is open to ANYONE...architects, intern architects, engineers, designers, contractors, local businesses, professors, teachers, students, or anybody, anywhere, that wants to form a team and help the local community. Do not have a team but still want to build? Register as an individual and we will match you up with a team! The display and on-site location is the Cordova Mall, but off-site and digital builds can take place anywhere (just follow the directions/requirements on the Info Packet Coversheet and Judging Guidelines). Awards will be presented in eight categories. Not a builder but still want to help? Great sponsorships are available, or you can make a donation HERE (use the "in honor of" field and type "PensaCAN"). Help us break 20,000 meals this year! |
CULTIVATING NEIGHBORHOODS & THE SMALL SCALE DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT
This initiative is funded by the Panama City CRA and championed by Ward 2 City Commissioner Janice Lucas. In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in 2018, Panama City has been steadily working to rebuild. The Category 5 storm left behind a landscape of vacant lots and demolished structures but also opened the door for new opportunities. With resources to rebuild limited, the CRA focuses on connecting developable properties with capable local developers while helping property owners realize the potential of their land. This project embraces the principles of incremental development - a people-centered, financially sustainable approach to community growth. Instead of relying on large-scale developments that can displace residents and strain public resources, incremental development supports smaller, context-sensitive projects such as duplexes, corner stores, and main street building renovations. The initiative brings together a broad network of stakeholders committed to strengthening communities through small-scale, thoughtful development:
Free to Attend Thursday, September 4 6 - 8 PM Barbara Nelson Fine Arts Center 1200 Harrison Ave Panama City, FL 32401 |
SEPTEMBER CE LUNCHES
Outdoor Learning, The Outdoor Environment, and How Both Can Combat Toxic Stress Course Description Outdoor Learning has become a new trend in education, but how can we ensure we aren’t just building a million dollar shade structure that won’t be used? Current research supports the use of outdoor learning to combat toxic stress and negative effects of trauma. And, after we’ve all experienced the realities of living through a pandemic, outdoor learning has become that much more important as a tool for good health. So how can we support schools to ensure outdoor spaces are used? First, we will look at what the research says about the benefits of outdoor learning. But then we will move a step further to look at types of outdoor learning experiences and how outdoor environments can support easy use of these beneficial spaces. 1 HSW This course also provides credit for the following organizations: IDCEC (ASID, IDC, IDEC, IIDA) CEU Lunch Meetings are a benefit of membership in AIA Florida Northwest Any non-member attending will be charged $20 for cost of lunch. Registration for the event is required, any member who wishes to attend and did not register for the event will be charged $10 for lunch. | Join us for our August CE lunches! Tuesday, September 16 12 - 1 p.m. Bowden Bldg, Room 1 120 Church St Pensacola, FL 32502 Wednesday, September 17 12 - 1 p.m. Bay County Chamber of Commerce Boardroom 235 W 5th St Panama City, FL 32401 Thursday, September 18 12 - 1 p.m. DAG Architects 1223 Airport Road Destin, FL 32541 |
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ARE/EP EVENTS
| NCARB Live: Licensure 101 Click HERE to watch a video that is a great introduction for anyone starting the ARE process.
Visit the EP section on our Events page to keep to up date on ARE/EP events.
For more EP & ARE news and information, including ARE test prep materials, contact AIA Florida Northwest Associate Directors at admin@aianwfl.com. |
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP
Did you know that AIA Florida Northwest has funds available for scholarships to augment the participation costs in community leadership development programs that exist within our chapter region? Our intent is: 1) to increase the numbers of our members engaged in these programs, 2) to obtain tools, insights and relationships that will benefit our profession as a whole, and 3) to then create connections within our chapter communities demonstrating the value of architects in leadership roles. Download the AIA Florida Northwest Leadership Scholarship application HERE. | Below are local leadership programs and their approximate application opening dates (please check the respective site for their dates & deadlines): Leadership Pensacola - February Destin Forward - July Young Professionals of Walton County - July/August Leadership Okaloosa - August Leadership Bay - August Leadership Santa Rosa - September Leadership Walton - September |
ALLIED MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Jennifer Mitchell 850-510-2721 At Tarkett, social and environmental responsibility are woven, stamped and sealed into everything we do—driven by our commitment to create healthier environments indoors and out, today and for generations to come. | UPCOMING EVENTS
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2025 DESIGN & HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS |
THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL PARTNERS!
2025 PLATINUM ANNUAL PARTNER |
2025 WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL PARTNER |
