American Planning Association Awards

The American Planning Association (APA) named the winners of the 2012 National Planning Excellence Awards. The planners and others responsible for the 14 projects selected for outstanding planning and advocacy will be honored during APA's 2012 National Planning Conference in Los Angeles, April 14-17. The National Planning Excellence, Achievement, and Leadership Awards pay homage to the best planning efforts and individuals that create communities of lasting value.

The following projects received National Planning Excellence Awards:

The Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
New York, New York

The HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award
Robert R. Taylor Homes / NorthSide Revitalization
Wilmington, North Carolina

National Planning Excellence Award for Best Practice
Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change
Oregon

National Excellence Planning Award for a Grassroots Initiative
Yorktown 2015: A Blueprint for Survival and Sustainability
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation
Contra Costa Centre Transit Village
California

National Planning Excellence Award for Public Outreach
Fast Forward Mobile Outreach Bus
Tulsa, Oklahoma

National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Sustaining Places
Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Best Practices in Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Planning
Florida Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program
Florida

National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm
Sasaki Associates, Inc.
Watertown, Massachusetts

National Planning Landmark Award
The Bennett Plan of the City of Pasadena (1925)
Pasadena, California

National Planning Achievement Awards
The Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Award
Strategic Master Plan I Petra Region, Jordan
Petra Region, Jordan

Advancing Diversity & Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff
Leonardo Vazquez
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

National Planning Achievement Award for a Hard-Won Victory
Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II EIR
California

The National Planning Excellence Award for Planning Advocate
Gov. Martin O'Malley: Reinvigorating Smart Growth in Maryland
Maryland