The Best City To Live In For Women!

The best city for a women to live in according to Measure of America in 2012 is... Washington DC.

Based on:
-a long and healthy life
-access to knowledge and
-a decent standard of living.

And Chicago? ranked 12th!

Measure of America came out with 2013-2014 non-gender specific report. Connecticut was rated the top state for overall well being.

Urban Planning Continuing Education Courses

Missing the days of school? Here are some places that you can continue your education:

Coursera offers a Designing Cities course taught by professors from University of Pennsylvania. It's extremely well done. A little beginner but still enlightening.

If you haven't checked out Coursera there are plenty more courses to take that apply to urban planning and are all free! (Model Thinking, Introduction to Sustainability, Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society, Making Better Group Desicions)

Planetizen also offers courses, they aren't free but seem affordable. 

ESRI is holding an event Sharpen Your GIS Skills Seminar, November 5, 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM, free!

City of Chicago Colleges also offers classes that could be interesting. Here is an Architectural CAD class.

Youtube is also a great place to look first before paying for courses, here is a tutorial for Google SketchUp.

Have fun!