2018 Planning Excellence Awards Announced

The APA revealed their annual recognition of the best of the best for planners and planning in 2018.

March 29, 2018, 7am PDT | James Brasuell | @CasualBrasuell

The APA recognized planOKC with the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan.

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The American Planning Association announced the 2018 Planning Excellence Awards this week, recognizing five recipients for planning work of national significance.

The APA website has details on each of the five awards, which are asl follows:

Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan: planOKC
Planning Advocate: Rick Tollakson
Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellent Award: 798 Arts District in Beijing, by Sasaki
Planning Pioneers: Margarita Piel McCoy, FAICP
HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award: Westlawn Gardens in Milwaukee

In addition to the five excellence awards, the APA also announced 16 recipients of the National Planning Achievement Awards—for Best Practice, Economic Development Planning, Environmental Planning, Grassroots Initiative, Implementation, Public Outreach, Transportation Planning, and Urban Design.

The APA also shared a video providing some visuals in this video of the five National Planning Excellence Award winners.

Congratulations to the 2018 National Planning Excellence Award recipients, whose achievements exemplify planners’ best efforts to create stronger, healthier, and more just communities. Kudos! pic.twitter.com/YOdFbqBvJk

— American Planning (@APA_Planning) March 28, 2018

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2018 National Planning Awards

Published on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in American Planning Association