World Planning Day 2025
Save the Date!Join us this year for World Planning Day 2025! This year, we are hosting World Planning Day on Saturday, November 15th, from 11 AM to 3 PM. We have had a change of venue and are bringing World Planning Day to the Rainbow Drive Amphitheatre (3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA 30030). Stay tuned for more details to come! World Planning Day Middle School Youth Art ContestFor the 2025 World Planning Day event, the Planning & Sustainability Department will be hosting a Middle School Art Contest. The contest invites contestants enrolled in DeKalb County Middle Schools to illustrate the future of their community and bring a global perspective to a creative goal. Read the article below to find out more information! What is planning? Check out this video: What is Urban Planning? Crash Course Geography #47 - YouTube |  |
What is World Planning Day?
 | On World Planning Day, planners and communities worldwide come together to celebrate how good planning improves people's lives and benefits society at large, creating places to live, work, and play together. World Planning Day is held on November 08th of every year. To accommodate the scope of this year's event, however, we will be hosting the event on Saturday, November 09th! |
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World Planning Day Middle School Art Contest
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For the 2025 World Planning Day event, the Planning & Sustainability Department will be hosting a Middle School Art Contest. The contest invites contestants enrolled in DeKalb County Middle Schools to illustrate the future of their community and bring a global perspective to a creative goal.
Contest Guidelines:
- Open to all DeKalb County Middle School Students (Grades 6-8)
- Artwork must be two-dimensional and no greater than 11" x 16"
- Artwork should be focused on topics such as community, sustainability, beautification, transportation, etc., while answering the question “What does community look like to you?”
- Theme: Think Global, Plan Local
- Deadline: Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Submit artwork for the contest using the following link: https://forms.gle/TGHUgiNfXRoyNBbN7.
What is planning? Check out this video: What is Urban Planning? Crash Course Geography #47 - YouTube
We look forward to seeing the amazing work that our DeKalb students come up with!
What is World Planning Day? Visit our event page! World Planning Day 2025 | Engage DeKalb
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