Texas APA - Planning Awards


		APA TEXAS PLANNING AWARDS PROGRAM

		The APA Texas Planning Awards Program recognizes individuals, organizations and communities for outstanding contributions to planning in Texas. Any APA Texas member may nominate plans, projects, programs, individuals, or organizations to several categories. Nominated plans, projects, programs, and studies must have been completed within two years of the nomination submittal date. The Awards Committee evaluates nominees based on innovation, transferability, quality, implementation, and comprehensiveness. The 2008 APA Texas Planning Awards were announced at the APA Texas Conference in El Paso.

		2008 PLANNING AWARD RECIPIENTS

		Current Planning Awards City of Galveston Height & Density Standards City of El Paso Subdivision Ordinance City of Dallas Form District Ordinance City of Tomball – Honorable Mention Future Land Use Plan	Project Planning Awards City of Arlington Oak Hill Neighborhood Plan City of Fort Worth Southwest Cluster Plan City of Austin N. Burnett Gateway Plan City of Pharr – Honorable Mention Illustrated Design Guide


		Comprehensive Planning Awards City of Mesquite Comprehensive Plan – ETJ Element City of McAllen Foresight Plan Student Award University of Texas at Arlington In Between – Connecting People and Places	Long Range Planning Award City of Dallas Trail Network Plan Planning Commissioner Award Sonia Falcon, McAllen


		Community of the Year Award City of El Paso City of Mesquite – Honorable Mention	Chapter President’s Award To Be Announced


		2008 AWARDS COMMITTEE SUMMARY
		This year, your Awards Committee met in the Hill Country at Concan to review and vote on the 42 submittals. This number of nominations ties a previous record. Due to the timing of Hurricane Ike there were three Sections not represented on the Committee. These were the Houston, Southeast and Central Sections. The Committee met at 8:30 am on Saturday September 13^th to consider the submittals. As is often the case, there were some new faces to the Committee and some who have served before. The process was informative and enjoyable. Thank you to those that served. Please join your professional and Commissioner peers at the APA Texas Chapter conference in early February 2009 to support the 2008 award recipients. I encourage you and your employer(s) to consider submitting a nomination(s) for next year’s Awards program. 2008 APA Texas Chapter Awards Committee* Craig Farmer, FAICP, Northwest Section Audra Buckley, North Central Texas Section Richard Schell, AICP, Midwest Section Christina Stokes, West Section Jaime Acevedo, Southmost Section Brian Chandler, San Antonio Section Cameron Walker, AICP, Chair *three sections were not represented due to Hurricane Ike (Southeast, Houston and Central)