The Iowa Chapter is officially recognized as a sub-ordinate organization by the American Planning Association and as such is registered is a 501c3 organization for educational purposes. The core of the chapter’s purpose is to serve as a catalyst by developing creative organizational plans, strong leadership and professional planners within the organization (inputs), and effectuating recognition, policy and legislative action and advocacy and outreach programs (outputs). A public relations and communications “umbrella” binds all our efforts together.