APA Announces 2019 National Planning Award Recipients
CHICAGO (April 3, 2019) — The American Planning Association (APA) proudly recognizes the recipients of the 2019 National Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards. This year's honorees represent superb work in comprehensive planning, urban design, transportation planning, resilience, public outreach, economic development planning, environmental planning, and more.
Established more than 50 years ago, APA's National Awards program is a proud tradition that recognizes achievements by individuals, planning departments, government agencies, and private firms for their leadership and innovation on planning issues. Their efforts help create communities of lasting value throughout the country — and around the world.
The two-tiered awards are selected through a juried process. In 2019, five recipients were selected to receive APA's National Planning Excellence Awards, the highest honor, while 20 recipients earned Achievement Awards, which recognize efforts in areas of specialization within the planning profession. All award recipients will be recognized during APA's National Planning Conference at a special awards luncheon on Monday, April 15, 2019, in San Francisco.
Find out more about each of the 2019 award recipients at www.planning.org/awards/2019.
"This year's award recipients demonstrate how planning helps create communities that offer access and opportunity for all," said Wendy Shabay, AICP, 2019 Awards Jury Chair. "Planning is vital to keep communities thriving and to ensure quality of life for residents."
2019 National Planning Excellence Awards
National Planning Excellence Award for Planning Pioneers
Mary Means
Silver Spring, Maryland
Advancing Diversity & Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff
Carolina Martinez and the Paradise Creek Planning Partnership
National City, California
HUD Secretary's Opportunity & Empowerment Award
Family Scholar House: Transforming Families and Communities
Family Scholar House and Marian Development
Louisville, Kentucky
Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award
Northeast False Creek Plan
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
Kaua'i County General Plan, Kaua'i Kākou
County of Kaua'i, Hawaii
2019 National Planning Achievement Awards
National Planning Achievement Award for a Best Practice — Gold
WEDG: The Blue Movement to Design Better Waterfronts
Waterfront Alliance
New York, New York
National Planning Achievement Award for a Best Practice — Silver
City of Clovis Cottage Home Program
Clovis, California
SMART Parks: A Toolkit
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Los Angeles, California
Planning Commission Online Public Hearings
Lakewood, Colorado
Engage 2017: Housing, Parking & Natural Resources
Town of Jackson / Teton County, Wyoming
National Planning Achievement Award for Economic Development Planning — Silver
Port NOLA Strategic Master Plan
Port of New Orleans, Louisiana
Los Alamos Tourism Strategic Plan
Los Alamos, New Mexico
National Planning Achievement Award for Environmental Planning — Gold
Sustainable Chinatown Initiative
San Francisco, California
National Planning Achievement Award for a Grassroots Initiative — Gold
Stoneham Transportation Advocacy Committee
Stoneham, Massachusetts
National Planning Achievement Award for Implementation — Gold
Van Aken District
Shaker Heights, Ohio
National Planning Achievement Award for Public Outreach — Gold
People's Planning Academy
Department of Metropolitan Development
Indianapolis, Indiana
National Planning Achievement Award for Public Outreach — Silver
Go Human Pop-Up Demonstration Events
Southern California
Parker The Planner: A City Planning Story
Madeline Dahlheimer (Peck), Bolton & Menk
Burnsville, Minnesota
National Planning Achievement Award for Resilience Planning — Gold
Climate Ready Boston Report
Boston, Massachusetts
National Planning Achievement Award for Resilience Planning — Silver
Liberty County Strategic Plan
Liberty County, Texas
Tropical Storm Irene Flood Buyouts
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Vermont
National Planning Achievement Award for Transportation Planning — Gold
Multimobility Planning on the Cellular Level
Stantec Consulting Services and Tahoe Transportation District
Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada
National Planning Achievement Award for Transportation Planning — Silver
Downtown St. Louis Multimodal Transportation Plan
St. Louis, Missouri
Cache County Trails and Active Transportation Master Plan
Cache County, Utah
National Planning Achievement Award for Urban Design — Gold
Downtown Allentown Development and Urban Design Plan
Allentown, Pennsylvania
The American Planning Association is an independent, not-for-profit educational organization that provides vital leadership in creating communities of lasting value. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, are dedicated to advancing the profession of planning, offering better choices for where and how people work and live. The 42,000 APA members work in concert with community residents, civic leaders and business interests to create communities that enrich people's lives. Through its philanthropic work, APA's Foundation helps to reduce economic and social barriers to good planning. APA has offices in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Learn more at www.planning.org.
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Contact
Roberta Rewers, APA, rrewers@planning.org, 312-786-6395