1999 APA National Planning Awards

Distinguished Leadership Award for an Elected Official
Thomas R. Carper
Governor of the State of Delaware

AICP President's Award
Fellow of AICP Task Force

Distinguished Leadership Award for a Citizen Planner
Hector Macpherson
Albany, Oregon

Distinguished Leadership Award for an Elected Official
Robert Rochelle
Tennessee State Senator

Outstanding Planning Award for a Plan
FOCUS Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

Outstanding Planning Award for a Project/Program/Tool
Landscapes, Vision Partnership & Planning Toolbox
Chester County, Pennsylvania

Current Topic Award for Information Technology
Community Vision Survey
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey

Outstanding Planning Award for Implementation
Tierra Contenta, a Master Planned Community
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Outstanding Planning Award for a Special Community Initiative
Port Towns Revitalization Initiative
Prince George's County Planning Department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

The HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award
A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH)
King County, Washington

Paul Davidoff Social Advocacy Award
Marisol Apartments Project
Oceanside, California

Daniel Burnham Award
1000 Friends of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Public Education Award
The Kids Neighborhood Workshop
Rancho Cucamonga, California

AICP National Planning Pioneer Awards

Planning Practice

Benton MacKaye, AICP (1879-1975)

AICP National Planning Landmark Awards

The Appalachian Trail

The Bay Conservation and Development Commission and Creation of the San Francisco Bay Plan

The First National Conference on City Planning

Oregon's Statewide Program for Land Use Planning

Karen B. Smith Chapter Achievement Awards

Overall Chapter Achievement

New York Metro Chapter

Outstanding Service to Members

Connecticut Chapter

Outstanding Outreach to Members

Louisiana Chapter

Divisions Council Award

Division Achievement

Planning and Law Division

Distinguished Contribution Award

Richard B. Stephens
Riverside, California

Distinguished Service Award

William W. Bowdy, AICP
Executive Director, Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission

Distinguished Contribution Award

Community Planning Team for Greensboro, North Carolina

Large Newspaper

Glen Justice and Steve Ritea
"Growing Pains: Boom Times and Bottlenecks in St. Tammany Parish"
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana

Medium Newspaper

Reporting Staff
"Growth in Utah: The Choices Ahead"
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah

Small Newspaper

Evan Brandt
"It's Do or Die"
Mercury, Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Best Article

Judith Innes
"Information in Communicative Planning"
Volume 64, Number 1

Best Article — Honorable Mention
Raphael Fischler
"The Metropolitan Dimension of Early Zoning"
Volume 64, Number 2

Best Feature

Michael Neuman, AICP
"Does Planning Need the Plan?"
Volume 64, Number 2

Best Feature — Honorable Mention
Evan Richert, AICP; Mark Lapping; Robert Fishman; Stephen Ward; Kermit C. Parks, AICP; Daniel Schaffer; Ruth Eckdish Knack, AICP
"Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City"
Volume 64, Number 2

Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.

Best Demonstrates the Contribution of Planning to Contemporary Issues

"The Byzantine-Latino Quarter: Creating Community in Los Angeles"
University of California, Los Angeles

Best Applying the Planning Process

"Morningside Housing Improvement Area Plan"
University of Michigan

Honorable Mention
"Brownfields Revitalization in Pittsburgh"
University of Pittsburgh: Capstone Seminar in Economic Development and Planning

Corinth, Texas Community Park Master Plan
Hoover/Klein Group, Inc.

Honorable Mention
Port Towns, Maryland Revitalization Opportunities Assessment and Implementation Plan
Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc.

Laura Huntoon and Mark Wilson
"Footprints in the Sands of Time: Do Ephemeral Events Have Long-term Impacts on Urban Development?"

Marla Nelson
"Casino Gambling in Atlantic City: A Sure Bet for Whom?"

Arthur Christian Nelson, AICP
"If They Come, Where Should They Go? Professional Sports Venue Location and Economic Development"

Timothy Chapin
"An Assessment of the Microarea Impacts of Sports Stadia"