City accepting applications for 2025 Planning Academy

Applications are now open for the City's 2025 Planning Academy, a program designed to educate, engage, and empower Sacramento residents, business owners and community leaders in the City's planning process.

The free, eleven-week course, which begins March 3, 2025, provides participants with a background in the fundamentals of city planning and covers a broad spectrum of relevant planning and community development related topics and issues.

"Planning Academy equips Sacramentans to become strong advocates for a well-planned community," said the City's Community Development Department Director, Tom Pace. "Some of our graduates have gone on to serve on City commissions and even City Council."

Topics covered during the course include housing, transportation planning, historic preservation, climate action planning, and more.

More than 500 Sacramento residents, business owners, and community leaders have graduated from the Planning Academy since its inception in 2002.

Classes will take place on Monday evenings and be a mix of in-person and virtual sessions, plus two Saturday field trips. The class concludes with a ceremonial graduation and a special presentation at a City Council meeting.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Sacramento residents, business owners, and those who work for Sacramento-serving Community Based Organizations are invited to apply online. For a link to the application and more information about the academy, please visit the Planning Academy webpage.

If you have questions about the City of Sacramento Planning Academy, email [email protected].