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Planning April 2012 Contents Frack or Bust Help for Housing & Tackling Tourism Hotel NIMBY Small Towns, Big Dreams News Legal News By the Numbers Research You Can Use Letters Planners Library Media Viewpoint National Planning Awards Introduction Daniel Burnham Award Best Practices in Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Planning Award Best Practice Award Innovation in Sustaining Places Award Implementation Award Public Outreach Award Grassroots Initiative Award Award for a Planning Firm Advancing Diversity and Social Change Award Award for a Planning Advocate National Landmark Award: The Bennett Plan National Landmark Award: Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture Hard-Won Victory Award HUD Secretary's Award Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Award
	April 2012 Planning Special Section: National Planning Awards Frack or Bust Will shale gas extraction bring a boom — and its inevitable aftermath — to the Northeast? David West, Thomas Knipe, and Susan Christopherson seek answers in Planning Practice. Sidebars: Help for Housing and Tackling Tourism Hotel NIMBY A promising project is committeed to death in Madison, Wisconsin. Greg Flisram gives a blow-by-blow description of local events. Small Towns, Big Dreams William Atkinson offers four economic development success stories. News Agenda 21, Miami stadium. Legal News Billboards, disparate impact. By the Numbers Statistics in the news — compiled by APA's Research Department. This month: fracking. Research You Can Use Reid Ewing suggests a great study topic. Letters Post-flood choices, West Bank. Planners Library City design, strategic land planning. Media News reports, blogs, videos, etc. Viewpoint Lead, inspire, innovate. National Planning Awards Awards Introduction Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practices in Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Planning Florida Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program National Planning Excellence Awards for Best Practice Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change, Oregon National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Sustaining Places Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation Contra Costa Centre Transit Village, Contra Costa County, California National Planning Excellence Award for Public Outreach Fast Forward Mobile Outreach Bus, Tulsa, Oklahoma National Planning Excellence Award for a Grassroots Initiative Yorktown 2015: A Blueprint for Survival and Sustainability, Philadelphia National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm Sasaki Associates, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts National Planning Achievement Award for Advancing Diversity & Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff Leonardo Vasquez, AICP, New Brunswick, New Jersey National Planning Leadership Award for a Planning Advocate Gov. Martin O'Malley: Reinvigorating Smart Growth in Maryland National Planning Landmark Award The Bennett Plan, Pasadena, California National Planning Landmark Award Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture National Planning Achievement Award for a Hard-Won Victory Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II EIR, San Francisco HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award Robert R. Taylor Homes/North- Side Revitalization, Wilmington, North Carolina Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Award Strategic Master Plan I Petra Region, Jordan Cover: Sketch of the San Francisco Federal Building, courtesy of Morphosis Architects	My APA ID or E-mail Password Remember My ID Login Login Help Create a Login ID Customer service JOIN APA Become a member and connect with thousands of people who share your dedication to building vibrant communities. Join Find out more about APA's Professional Institute American Institute of Certified Planners Support APA’s philanthropic activities across the country Make a Donation

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