The efforts of 12 counties, four big cities, and four metropolitan planning organizations, as well as universities, major foundations, cultural institutions, and some 10,000 residents in Northeast Ohio have been rewarded.
"Northeast Ohio's biggest regional planning effort in a half-century has won the planning profession's top award for a comprehensive plan," reports Steven Litt.
"Vibrant NEO 2040, the product of three years' work by the nonprofit Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium, has been awarded the 2015 Daniel Burnham Award of the American Planning Association."
The award, described by the jury chair as the APA's top award, will be officially presented at the APA National Convention in Seattle this April.
Litt also provides a little insight into the content of the Vibrant NEO 2040 plan, "which calls for focusing new development on existing communities, particularly the region's aging urban cores." Moreover, "[o]ther recommendations call for focusing growth and development around existing transportation corridors, creating stronger transit links between cities and counties, preserving open space and safeguarding the region's air and water."
FULL STORY: Vibrant NEO 2040 regional plan wins prestigious Daniel Burnham Award from American Planning Association
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